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Street fighting erupts in battle for Ukraine’s capital Kyiv

Posted on February 27, 2022 by Tuba Zafar

KYIV – February 26 (ONLINE): Russian troops stormed toward Ukraine’s capital early Saturday, and street fighting broke out as city officials urged residents to take shelter. The country’s president refused an American offer to evacuate, insisting that he would stay. “The fight is here,” he […]

US seeks urgent UN Security Council meeting Sunday on Ukraine: diplomats

Posted on February 27, 2022 by Tuba Zafar

United Nations, United States, Feb 26 (AFP/APP): The United States and Albania have requested an emergency UN Security Council meeting Sunday to adopt a resolution convening a special General Assembly session on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, diplomats said. Only nine of the 15 Security […]

Plane with 14 people on board crashes in the Comoros

Posted on February 27, 2022 by Tuba Zafar

Moroni, Comoros, Feb 26 (AFP/APP): Rescuers in the Comoros on Saturday scrambled to find survivors and the wreckage of a plane carrying 14 people that crashed in the Indian Ocean archipelago on Saturday. Airline AB Aviation said its small Cessna plane disappeared from the radar […]

Guterres tells Ukraine that UN determined to ‘enhance’ humanitarian aid

Posted on February 27, 2022 by Tuba Zafar

United Nations, United States, Feb 26 (AFP/APP): The United Nations told Ukraine Saturday that it will work to increase humanitarian assistance in the wake of the Russian invasion. With the war already prompting tens of thousands of people in Ukraine to flee their homes, Secretary […]

Pakistan knows where US stands on Ukraine issue, US State Department

Posted on February 26, 2022 by Tuba Zafar

Washington: February 26 (ONLINE): US State department said that Pakistan knows where US stands on Ukraine issue as Pakistan has been briefed about our position before and during attack of Russia on Ukraine . Spokesperson US State Department Ned price said while addressing the media […]

Rights groups condemn Texas governor order on transgender youth medical care

Posted on February 26, 2022 by Tuba Zafar

Washington, Feb 26 (AFP/APP):”Unethical,” “scary” and “maddening” — human rights groups have reacted with fury to a Texas order that a state agency should investigate cases of transgender children receiving gender-affirming medical care as child abuse. Earlier this week, Republican Governor Greg Abbott sent […]

Eight Polio vaccinators killed in Afghanistan

Posted on February 26, 2022 by News Desk

KABUL – February 25 (ONLINE): Eight members of polio vaccination teams working to eradicate the crippling virus in Afghanistan were killed on Thursday in four separate attacks, the United Nations said. Polio teams were frequently targeted by insurgent groups in Afghanistan until the Taliban’s takeover […]

‘Rooted in NATO’: Iran responds to Russia’s Ukraine attack

Posted on February 26, 2022 by News Desk

TEHRAN – February 25 (ONLINE): While Iran says it is opposed to war in Ukraine, it will not outright denounce Russia’s military operation, instead blaming the West for NATO’s presence in the region. Iran’s foreign minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian, said in his first reaction on Thursday […]

Five MSF workers kidnapped in Cameroon

Posted on February 26, 2022 by News Desk

Yaoundé, Feb 25 (AFP/APP): Five workers with the French medical charity MSF have been kidnapped in Cameroon’s Far North, a region troubled by jihadist insurgents, MSF and a senior local official told AFP on Friday. Armed men in Fotokol, near the border with Nigeria, on […]

W.African envoy leaves Mali after inconclusive democracy talks

Posted on February 26, 2022 by News Desk

Bamako, Feb 25 (AFP/APP): An envoy from West Africa’s regional bloc left Mali on Friday, officials said, after inconclusive talks with the military junta over restoring civilian rule in the fragile Sahel state. Former Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan, representing the 15-nation Economic Community of West […]

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Street fighting erupts in battle for Ukraine’s capital Kyiv

US seeks urgent UN Security Council meeting Sunday on Ukraine: diplomats

Plane with 14 people on board crashes in the Comoros

Guterres tells Ukraine that UN determined to ‘enhance’ humanitarian aid

Pakistan knows where US stands on Ukraine issue, US State Department

Rights groups condemn Texas governor order on transgender youth medical care

Eight Polio vaccinators killed in Afghanistan

‘Rooted in NATO’: Iran responds to Russia’s Ukraine attack

Five MSF workers kidnapped in Cameroon

W.African envoy leaves Mali after inconclusive democracy talks

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