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UNGA adopts four Pakistani resolutions aimed at underpinning regional, world peace

Posted on December 8, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 08 (APP):The United Nations General Assembly has approved Pakistan’s four disarmament-related resolutions that are aimed at strengthening regional and international peace and security. The resolutions were recommended by the 193-member Assembly’s First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) where the texts were adopted […]

Elephant kills two Sri Lanka cricket stadium staff

Posted on December 8, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Colombo, Dec 8 (AFP/APP):Two ground staff at an international cricket stadium in Sri Lanka were killed in an elephant attack, officials said Wednesday. The two workers were heading home on Tuesday evening when they were attacked outside the Suriyawewa Mahinda Rajapaksa international stadium in Hambantota. […]

20 sentenced to death for Bangladesh student killing: prosecutor

Posted on December 8, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Dhaka, Dec 8 (AFP/APP):Bangladesh sentenced 20 people to death on Wednesday for the brutal 2019 murder of a university student who criticised the government on social media, a prosecutor told AFP. “Twenty people have been sentenced to death and five people were sentenced to life […]

Northern Ireland Protocol stokes EU-UK tensions

Posted on December 8, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Belfast, Dec 8 (AFP/APP):The Northern Ireland Protocol was signed separately from the Brexit trade deal between the UK and the European Union and aims to avoid a “hard” border on the island of Ireland. Physical infrastructure on the border between the province and EU member […]

UN court tells Armenia and Azerbaijan to cool feud

Posted on December 8, 2021 by News Desk

The Hague, Dec 7 (AFP/APP):The UN’s top court ordered rivals Armenia and Azerbaijan Tuesday to prevent racial hatred and avoid aggravating their feud following last year’s war between the Caucasus arch-foes. Azerbaijan was also told to protect Armenian prisoners from the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and […]

France arrests man suspected of Khashoggi murder link

Posted on December 8, 2021 by News Desk

Paris, Dec 7 (AFP/APP):French police on Tuesday arrested a man suspected of being a member of the hit squad that murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018 at the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul, multiple sources close to the case said. Investigators were seeking to confirm […]

Biden will consult European allies before Putin call, brief Zelensky after: official

Posted on December 7, 2021 by News Desk

Washington, Dec 6 (AFP/APP):US President Joe Biden will consult with European allies before a Tuesday call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, and will brief Ukraine’s president afterwards, a senior White House official said. “In advance of that call, the president will be speaking later […]

Libya central banks to reunite after 7-year split

Posted on December 7, 2021 by News Desk

Tripoli, Dec 6 (AFP/APP):Libya’s rival central banks said on Monday they had reached a reunification deal, seven years after they divided as conflict tore the country apart. The original bank, which manages the North African state’s vast oil revenues, had been severed in 2014 when […]

Pope cautions over ‘interpretation’ of abuse report

Posted on December 7, 2021 by News Desk

Aboard the Papal Plane, Dec 6 (AFP/APP):Pope Francis urged caution Monday in the “interpretation” of a damning report into child sexual abuse by French Catholic clergy, saying a “historical situation” must be viewed in context. A landmark inquiry overseen by an independent commission confirmed in […]

Venezuela opposition heavyweight calls for end to interim govt

Posted on December 6, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Caracas, Dec 6 (AFP/APP):One of Venezuela’s opposition heavyweights called Sunday for an end to the country’s interim government that was formed in 2019 to try to oust President Nicolas Maduro, two weeks after a crushing defeat in regional elections. “The interim government should disappear completely,” […]

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UNGA adopts four Pakistani resolutions aimed at underpinning regional, world peace

Elephant kills two Sri Lanka cricket stadium staff

20 sentenced to death for Bangladesh student killing: prosecutor

Northern Ireland Protocol stokes EU-UK tensions

UN court tells Armenia and Azerbaijan to cool feud

France arrests man suspected of Khashoggi murder link

Biden will consult European allies before Putin call, brief Zelensky after: official

Libya central banks to reunite after 7-year split

Pope cautions over ‘interpretation’ of abuse report

Venezuela opposition heavyweight calls for end to interim govt

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