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KABUL – April 3 (ONLINE) The Taliban announced on Sunday a ban on the cultivation of narcotics in Afghanistan, the world’s biggest opium producer. “As per the decree of the supreme leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, all Afghans are informed that from now […]

Paris, April 3 (AFP/APP): French President Emmanuel Macron condemned Sunday the “unbearable” images of murdered civilians in the Ukrainian town of Bucha and said Russian authorities “must answer for these crimes”. “On the streets, hundreds of civilians cowardly murdered,” Macron wrote on Twitter, in reference […]

NEW YORK, Apr 04 (APP): A large number of American-Muslims gathered in New York’s iconic Times Square, New York, tonight to mark the beginning of Ramadan, the first time the event was held in the heart of this city. They broke their first fast, as […]

Ajaccio, France, April 3 (AFP/APP): A demonstration by thousands of supporters of murdered Corsican nationalist Yvan Colonna on Sunday turned violent amid fears the clashes with police could delay talks between the island’s political leaders and the French government. The clashes involved more than 100 […]

San José, April 3 (AFP/APP):Costa Ricans voted on Sunday to choose between two scandal-tainted presidential candidates in a country grappling with sky-high poverty and unemployment. Former president Jose Maria Figueres was once investigated for corruption while ex-finance minister Rodrigo Chaves — who was slightly ahead […]

COLOMBO – April 1 (ONLINE) Police and the military patrolled Sri Lanka’s capital city Colombo as shops slowly opened on Saturday – the first day after a state of emergency was declared to tackle growing unrest amid an unprecedented economic crisis. In an order late […]

Kyiv, Ukraine, March 30 (AFP/APP): Ukraine on Wednesday accused Russia of shelling a city where it had promised de-escalation, dampening hopes of an end to a war that has killed thousands and displaced millions, including four million who have now fled the country. Ukraine and […]

Tunis, March 30 (AFP/APP): Tunisia’s President Kais Saied announced Wednesday that he was dissolving the country’s parliament, eight months after suspending it in a July power grab. “Today, at this historic moment, I announce the dissolution of the Assembly of Representatives of the people, to […]

The Hague, March 30 (AFP/APP):Two people were killed after a gunman opened fire in a McDonald’s restaurant in the northern Dutch city of Zwolle, police and local media said on Wednesday. “Two people were killed in a shooting incident,” Dutch police tweeted, with local broadcaster […]

Mykolaiv, Ukraine, March 29 (AFP/APP): Several days of calm in the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv came to an abrupt end around breakfast-time Tuesday, when a Russian missile tore through a government building, killing seven people. AFP journalists saw dust-covered rescue workers pull two bodies […]