Uzbekistan lifts COVID-19 restrictions on foreign tourists

TASHKENT, March 16 (Xinhua/APP): Uzbekistan cancelled some COVID-19 restrictions starting from Wednesday and will resume issuing electronic visas for foreigners to open the country to tourists, said the Uzbek special commission on COVID-19. Foreigners arriving in Uzbekistan are still required to hold a vaccination certificate […]

Paris may offer autonomy to ease Corsica tensions: minister

Paris, March 16 (AFP/APP):Paris could offer Corsica “autonomy” to calm tensions between the Mediterranean island’s fierce independence movement and the French state that have flared this month, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said ahead of a visit Wednesday. “We are ready to go as far as […]

Turkish FM to hold ceasefire talks in Russia, Ukraine

Istanbul, March 15 (AFP/APP): Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will fly to Russia and Ukraine this week as Ankara facilitates ceasefire talks between the two warring sides, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday. “We are sending our foreign minister to Russia today. He will […]

Turkmenistan strongman’s son wins presidential vote: official results

Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, March 15 (AFP/APP): The son of Turkmenistan’s autocrat leader Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov won a decisive victory in presidential elections, officials said Tuesday, paving the way to hereditary succession in one of the world’s most tightly-controlled countries. Serdar Berdymukhamedov, 40, won the ballot held on […]

Polish, Czech, Slovenian PMs to Kyiv on Tuesday: statement

Warsaw, March 15 (AFP/APP): The Polish, Czech and Slovenian prime ministers will travel to Kyiv on Tuesday to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the Polish government said in a statement. The visit comes amid deadly Russian strikes on the Ukrainian capital, which has nearly […]

Two employees stabbed inside New York museum

NEW YORK – March 13 (ONLINE) Two female employees were stabbed inside New York’s prestigious Museum of Modern Art on Saturday, allegedly by an angry patron, police said, causing the museum to be evacuated. The women were injured “in the back, in the collarbone, in […]

Zelensky admits his country will have to pay for Western help

KYIV – March 13 (ONLINE) Western countries are helping Ukraine, but Kiev is yet to pay for it, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has said. “The money allocated by Europe and other nations are spent only on humanitarian aid or weapons. Sometimes we receive weapons directly, […]

Over 8.2 mln Overseas Pakistanis registered with NADRA: Tariq Malik

ISLAMABAD, Mar 13 (APP): Chairman National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA), Muhammad Tariq Malik here on Sunday said that over 8.2 million Overseas Pakistanis registered with NADRA and the government was committed to provide maximum facilities to expatriates. Addressing at the Overseas Pakistanis International Conference […]