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Iran MPs put forth conditions for reviving nuclear deal

Posted on February 22, 2022 by News Desk

Dubai-February 21 (online): Iranian lawmakers have laid out six conditions for the revival of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal with global powers in a letter to President Ebrahim Raisi published, the country’s official IRNA news agency reported. The letter, signed by 250 out of 290 […]

EU agrees to help Cyprus manage record migrant influx

Posted on February 22, 2022 by News Desk

Nicosia, Feb 21 (AFP/APP): Cyprus struck a deal Monday with the European Union to help it handle a large migrant influx to the divided Mediterranean island, which Nicosia says is the highest per capita in the EU. The agreement will make it easier for Cyprus […]

UN warns pushbacks of migrants in Europe becoming ‘normalised’

Posted on February 22, 2022 by News Desk

Geneva, Feb 21 (AFP/APP): The UN refugee chief voiced alarm Monday at increasing violence against refugees and migrants at European borders, warning that rights abuses and illegal pushbacks across frontiers risked becoming “normalised”. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi criticised the growing number […]

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 […]

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Iran MPs put forth conditions for reviving nuclear deal

EU agrees to help Cyprus manage record migrant influx

UN warns pushbacks of migrants in Europe becoming ‘normalised’

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

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