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OSCE urges ‘dialogue’ in Ukraine security talks

Posted on February 22, 2022 by News Desk

Vienna, Feb 21 (AFP/APP): The world’s largest security body on Monday held an extraordinary meeting of permanent representatives to find ways to de-escalate the situation in Ukraine with its secretary general calling for “dialogue”. Ukraine had requested the meeting of the OSCE’s Permanent Council amid […]

EU expands Myanmar junta sanctions over crackdown

Posted on February 22, 2022 by News Desk

Brussels, Feb 21 (AFP/APP):The European Union on Monday added 22 officials from Myanmar’s military junta and four companies tied to the regime to the bloc’s sanctions list over an ongoing crackdown after a coup last year. The move takes the number of Myanmar officials targeted […]

Australia accuses China of ‘act of intimidation’ after laser aimed at aircraft

Posted on February 21, 2022 by News Desk

MELBOURNE-February 20 (Online): Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison accused Beijing of an ‘act of intimidation’ after a Chinese navy vessel directed a laser at an Australian military surveillance aircraft last week. A P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft was illuminated on Thursday while flying over Australia’s […]

Ukraine incursion could ‘cost Russia a prosperous future’: von der Leyen

Posted on February 19, 2022 by Tuba Zafar

Munich, Germany, Feb 19 (AFP/APP):Russia risks throwing away future prosperity if it invades Ukraine, EU chief Ursula von der Leyen warned Saturday, vowing a “robust package” of financial and economic sanctions against Moscow in case of any aggression. That “may cost Russia a prosperous future”, […]

Rescue efforts continue for 12 missing in Greece ferry fire

Posted on February 19, 2022 by Tuba Zafar

Corfu, Greece, Feb 19 (AFP/APP): Rescuers picked up the search for 12 missing people at the break of dawn Saturday after an Italian-flagged ferry caught fire on the Ionian Sea the previous day. Overnight, patrol ships combed the area off Corfu Island hoping […]

Ukraine rebel leader announces ‘general mobilisation’

Posted on February 19, 2022 by Tuba Zafar

Moscow, Feb 19 (AFP/APP): The leader of the east Ukraine breakaway region of Donetsk on Saturday said he had introduced general mobilisation, with fears mounting of war in the ex-Soviet country. The announcement came after observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe […]

At Berlin conference, UN chief call for de-escalation of heightened tensions

Posted on February 19, 2022 by News Desk

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 18 (APP): With tensions continuing to mount over the Ukraine crisis, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Friday that he still believed military conflict in Europe “will not happen” – but if it did, “it would be catastrophic”. Addressing world leaders at the […]

Ukraine says ‘no intention’ to attack separatists

Posted on February 18, 2022 by Tuba Zafar

Kyiv, Feb 18 (AFP/APP):Ukraine’s defence minister said Friday his armed forces do not intend to attack eastern separatists or launch an operation to reclaim the Russian-annexed peninsula of Crimea by force. Oleksiy Reznikov told parliament that Russia has surrounded Ukraine with 149,000 troops and that […]

Pakistani Parliamentary delegation in New York for UN-IPU Hearing

Posted on February 18, 2022 by News Desk

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 17 (APP):A Pakistani parliamentary delegation is in New York to participate in the annual two-day Parliamentary Hearing that began at the United Nations on Thursday. Sardar Talib Hasan Nakai, MNA, is leading the delegation which includes, Zahid Akram Durrani, Ali Nawaz Awan […]

Markets rise on report of partial Russian pullback from Ukraine border

Posted on February 16, 2022 by News Desk

MOSCOW – February 15 (ONLINE): Russian financial markets rose strongly on Tuesday on a report that Russia was pulling back some troops from near the Ukrainian border, as German Chancellor Olaf Scholz flew into Moscow for Kremlin talks with President Vladimir Putin. Russian shares and […]

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OSCE urges ‘dialogue’ in Ukraine security talks

EU expands Myanmar junta sanctions over crackdown

Australia accuses China of ‘act of intimidation’ after laser aimed at aircraft

Ukraine incursion could ‘cost Russia a prosperous future’: von der Leyen

Rescue efforts continue for 12 missing in Greece ferry fire

Ukraine rebel leader announces ‘general mobilisation’

At Berlin conference, UN chief call for de-escalation of heightened tensions

Ukraine says ‘no intention’ to attack separatists

Pakistani Parliamentary delegation in New York for UN-IPU Hearing

Markets rise on report of partial Russian pullback from Ukraine border

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