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Portugal to send military equipment to Ukraine

Posted on February 28, 2022 by News Desk

Lisbon, Feb 27 (AFP/APP): Portugal is to send military equipment to Ukraine, the defence ministry said on Sunday, joining other Western nations in dispatching help to the eastern European country under Russian attack. Lisbon is to dispatch “vests, helmets, night-vision goggles, grenades and ammunition of […]

Belgium closes airspace to Russian airlines: PM

Posted on February 28, 2022 by News Desk

Brussels, Feb 27 (AFP/APP):Belgium is closing its airspace to Russian flights, the country’s prime minister said on Sunday, adding to a growing number of EU countries that have done the same. “Belgium has decided to close its airspace to all Russian airlines,” Prime Minister Alexander […]

‘Correction of history’: Syria president praises Ukraine invasion

Posted on February 27, 2022 by Tuba Zafar

DAMASCUS – February 26 (ONLINE): Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in a phone with President Vladimir Putin praised Russia’s military incursion into Ukraine, denouncing what he called Western “hysteria” surrounding it. Al-Assad told Putin on Friday what was happening in Ukraine was a “correction of history […]

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 […]

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Portugal to send military equipment to Ukraine

Belgium closes airspace to Russian airlines: PM

‘Correction of history’: Syria president praises Ukraine invasion

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

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