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Kano, Nigeria, March 22 (AFP/APP): Gunmen killed 34 people in northwest Nigeria’s Kaduna State, including two soldiers, in the latest attack blamed on heavily-armed criminal gangs, local authorities said on Tuesday. More than 200 homes were also destroyed in Sunday’s attack on four villages in […]

ISLAMABAD, Mar 22 (APP): President Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Muhammad Sulaiman Al Jasser Tuesday sought generous support from the member countries of Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), development partners, humanitarian organizations and donors to successfully operationalize the newly formed Afghanistan Humanitarian Trust Fund. He said […]

ISLAMABAD, Mar 22 (APP): Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Hissein Brahim Taha Tuesday stressed upon concerted efforts by all the OIC member states to tackle various challenges being faced by the Muslim Ummah. Addressing the inaugural session of the OIC-Council of […]

Paris, March 22 (AFP/APP): President Vladimir Putin is for now holding on to the public loyalty of Russia’s political elite, despite the international outcry over the invasion of Ukraine and unprecedented sanctions. Russian artists and heavyweight media figures have spoken out against the war and […]

WASHINGTON – March 21 (ONLINE) US President Joe Biden will depart to Brussels on March 23, where he will discuss the events in Ukraine at NATO, G7 and European Council summit, after which he will hold negotiations with Polish President Andrzej Duda in Warsaw, according […]

Yangon, March 21 (AFP/APP): The US decision to brand a crackdown by Myanmar’s military against the Rohingya minority as genocide is a victory for human rights campaigners but will do little to alleviate the suffering of those still languishing in camps, activists say. Hundreds of […]

ISLAMABAD March 20 (Online): Pakistan on Sunday has condemned Houthis ballistic missile attack on civilian’s infrastructure of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Pakistan foreign office spokesperson has called Houthis missile attack condemnation and violation of international laws. In a press release he has reaffirmed Pakistan’s support […]

Tunis, March 20 (AFP/APP): Thousands of Tunisians rallied in the capital Sunday, the country’s Independence Day, to protest against President Kais Saied and consultations over constitutional reforms proposed by him. Protesters shouted “the people want to overthrow the president” and “no to consultations”, according to […]

Brussels, March 20 (AFP/APP):A car ploughed into a crowd of early morning carnival-goers in Belgium on Sunday, killing six people and injuring dozens of others, authorities said. The tragedy took place just after 5:00 am (0400 GMT) at the carnival of Strepy-Bracquegnies, a district of […]

Kyiv, March 20 (AFP/APP): Ukrainian authorities said on Sunday that Russia had bombed a school sheltering 400 people in the besieged port of Mariupol, as Moscow claimed that it had again fired hypersonic missiles in Ukraine, the second time it had used the next-generation weapon […]