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Bomb blast kills one in Syrian border city, wounds several

Posted on January 14, 2022 by News Desk

Amman –January 13 (Online): A car bomb in the rebel-held city of Azaz in northwest Syria killed one civilian on Thursday and wounded several bystanders, witnesses said, in the first act of its kind this year. According to rescue worker an improvised explosive device in […]

France to ease UK travel restrictions on Friday

Posted on January 13, 2022 by Tuba Zafar

Paris, Jan 13 (AFP/APP):France said it will ease coronavirus curbs introduced last month on travellers from Britain, enabling vaccinated tourists to visit from Friday providing they have a negative test. The government has decided to end a blanket ban on non-essential travel, announced on December […]

11 killed in Philippine truck crash

Posted on January 13, 2022 by Tuba Zafar

Manila, Jan 13 (AFP/APP):At least 11 people were killed after a small truck packed with partygoers, including children, overturned in the southern Philippines, police said Thursday. The vehicle was travelling to a beachside resort on Mindanao island for a postponed Christmas party on Wednesday when […]

Biden says US inflation figures show ‘progress’

Posted on January 13, 2022 by News Desk

Washington, Jan 12 (AFP/APP):President Joe Biden said there are signs of “progress” in Wednesday’s US inflation report, with price rises in some key sectors slowing, even if the overall hike is the steepest in four decades. “Today’s report — which shows a meaningful reduction in […]

France to allow suspected ETA leader to face trial in Spain

Posted on January 13, 2022 by News Desk

Paris, Jan 12 (AFP/APP):A French court ruled Wednesday that a suspected former leader of the ETA Basque separatist group known as “Txeroki” can be transferred to Spain to stand trial. The Paris appeals court accepted a Spanish request for him to be tried there in […]

Armenia says three dead in border clashes with Azerbaijan

Posted on January 12, 2022 by Tuba Zafar

Yerevan, Jan 12 (AFP/APP):Armenia said Wednesday that the number of its soldiers killed in border clashes with Azerbaijan had risen to three, in the most serious outbreak of fighting between the ex-Soviet adversaries in months. Azerbaijan previously said one of its soldiers died in the […]

UK PM faces new ‘lockdown party’ hangover

Posted on January 12, 2022 by News Desk

London, Jan 11 (AFP/APP):UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday faced a furious backlash over new claims of a breach of coronavirus restrictions by his team on top of a slew of recent scandals. London’s Metropolitan Police said they were in contact with the Cabinet […]

UK police review 1969 Murdoch-linked kidnap murder

Posted on January 11, 2022 by Tuba Zafar

London, Jan 11 (AFP/APP):London police said Tuesday they were reviewing new information in the 1969 kidnap-murder of Muriel McKay, who was mistaken for media tycoon Rupert Murdoch’s wife, and whose body had never been found. The Metropolitan Police said McKay’s family had contacted them with […]

UN’s Guterres ‘saddened’ by reports of deadly strike in Tigray: spokesman

Posted on January 11, 2022 by Tuba Zafar

New York, Jan 11 (AFP/APP):UN chief Antonio Guterres is “deeply concerned” over reports of a deadly airstrike in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, his spokesman said Monday, in the international body’s first comment on an attack which rebels said left 56 people dead. The Tigray People’s Liberation […]

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