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WHO chief says Tigray ‘blockade’ killing people

Posted on November 13, 2021 by News Desk

Geneva, Nov 12 (AFP/APP):Ethiopia’s conflict-torn Tigray region is under “effective blockade”, the World Health Organization chief said Friday, warning that people were starving to death and dying from lack of access to medicines. “People are dying because of lack of supplies,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, himself […]

Qatar FM calls for halt to normalization with Syria after UAE visit

Posted on November 13, 2021 by News Desk

Washington, Nov 12 (AFP/APP):Qatar’s top diplomat voiced hope Friday for a halt to normalization with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad after his counterpart from the United Arab Emirates paid a visit to Damascus. “We hope that countries will be discouraged from taking further steps with the […]

Four migrants drown off Morocco trying to reach Europe

Posted on November 13, 2021 by News Desk

Skheirat, Morocco, Nov 12 (AFP/APP):Four Moroccan migrants trying to reach the European Union have drowned in the Atlantic Ocean, officials and relatives said Friday. Three other migrants were rescued after their vessel sank off the resort of Skheirat, south of the capital Rabat, on Thursday. […]

Blast at mosque in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province: Taliban official

Posted on November 12, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Nov 12 (AFP/APP):A blast at a mosque in Afghanistan’s restive Nangarhar province on Friday caused fatalities and injuries, a Taliban official told AFP. “I can confirm a blast during Friday prayers inside a mosque in Spin Ghar district. There are casualties and fatalities,” […]

Turkey bans Iraqis, Syrians, Yemenis from flying to Belarus

Posted on November 12, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Ankara, Nov 12 (AFP/APP):Ankara on Friday banned citizens of Syria, Iraq and Yemen from flying from Turkish airports to Belarus because of the refugee crisis at the former Soviet country’s border with Poland. The announcement followed an urgent round of diplomatic contacts between Polish, Turkish […]

UK says migrant numbers crossing Channel from France ‘unacceptable’

Posted on November 12, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

London, Nov 12 (AFP/APP):Britain on Friday branded the number of migrants trying to cross the Channel illegally from France as “unacceptable”, after reported record levels of attempted journeys in the past 24 hours. “The British public have had enough of seeing people die in the […]

Residents voice fear in tense Polish border town

Posted on November 11, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Sokolka, Poland, Nov 11 (AFP/APP):In a town swept up in the migrant crisis on the Poland-Belarus border, residents said they were worried by the growing tensions but voiced support for the Polish government’s tough stance. Since Monday, when hundreds of migrants marched to the Polish […]

Algeria welcomes ‘respectful’ French comments amid row

Posted on November 11, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Algiers, Nov 10 (AFP/APP):Algeria on Wednesday welcomed comments from the office of French President Emmanuel Macron expressing regret over criticism of the former French colony, and confirmed Algerian officials would attend a conference on Libya in Paris. “This statement contained reasonable ideas that respect Algeria, […]

Macron tells Harris France-US cooperation ‘absolutely critical’

Posted on November 11, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Paris, Nov 10 (AFP/APP):French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday told visiting US Vice President Kamala Harris that cooperation between France and the United States was “absolutely critical” following a row over the cancellation of an Australian submarine contract. “We do share the view that we […]

Bomb wounds 11 university students in Cameroon

Posted on November 11, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Yaounde, Nov 10 (AFP/APP):A homemade bomb thrown through the roof of a university lecture hall wounded 11 students on Wednesday, the vice-chancellor said, in an English-speaking region of Cameroon in the grip of a bloody separatist conflict. University of Buea vice-chancellor Horace Ngomo Manga that […]

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WHO chief says Tigray ‘blockade’ killing people

Qatar FM calls for halt to normalization with Syria after UAE visit

Four migrants drown off Morocco trying to reach Europe

Blast at mosque in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province: Taliban official

Turkey bans Iraqis, Syrians, Yemenis from flying to Belarus

UK says migrant numbers crossing Channel from France ‘unacceptable’

Residents voice fear in tense Polish border town

Algeria welcomes ‘respectful’ French comments amid row

Macron tells Harris France-US cooperation ‘absolutely critical’

Bomb wounds 11 university students in Cameroon

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