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Iran Guards say released seized Vietnamese tanker

Posted on November 10, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Tehran, Nov 10 (AFP/APP):Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Wednesday they had released a Vietnamese-flagged oil tanker they seized last month in the Sea of Oman in a tense incident also involving the US Navy. While Iran’s Guards claimed they thwarted an attempt by the US ship […]

UN says Ethiopia detains 72 World Food Programme drivers in war-hit north

Posted on November 10, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Addis Ababa, Nov 10 (AFP/APP):The United Nations said Wednesday that Ethiopia had detained 72 drivers working for the World Food Programme (WFP) in a northern city along the only functional road leading into the famine-threatened Tigray region. “We confirm that 72 outsourced drivers contracted by […]

Belarus says West ‘provoking’ migrant crisis to impose new sanctions

Posted on November 10, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Moscow, Nov 10 (AFP/APP):Belarus’s foreign minister accused the EU of “provoking” the migrant stand-off on its border with Poland and said Minsk is seeking a “joint reponse” to the crisis with Russia. “The migrant crisis was provoked by the EU itself and its states that […]

‘I saved him’: Niger teacher relives school fire tragedy

Posted on November 10, 2021 by News Desk

Maradi, Niger, Nov 9 (AFP/APP):Aisha Ibrahim bursts into tears as she recounts how a fire ripped through the southern Niger school where she teaches, burning up classrooms made of straw and killing 26 children. “A pupil clung to me shouting: ‘Auntie, it’s hot!’ I managed […]

France says to host Russian defence, foreign ministers for talks Friday

Posted on November 10, 2021 by News Desk

Paris, Nov 9 (AFP/APP):France will host Russia’s foreign and defence ministers for talks in Paris on Friday on the situation in Ukraine and Russia’s activities in the Sahel region of West Africa, the French government said. French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and Defence Minister […]

UN agencies voice deep concern over Israeli military de-authorization of Palestine NGOs

Posted on November 10, 2021 by News Desk

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 09 (APP):UN Agencies and the Association International Development Agencies (AIDA) Tuesday said that they were standing firmly behind civil society organizations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, following an Israeli military decision to de-authorize six NGOs. In a statement released today, the agencies […]

Malala Yousafzai ties the knot in Birmingham

Posted on November 10, 2021 by News Desk

ISLAMABAD, Nov 9 (APP):Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai announced on Tuesday that she has tied the knot with Asser in a ‘small Nikkah’ ceremony held at her home in Birmingham. Malala made the announcement on her twitter account and called it a ‘precious’ day of her […]

Singapore court delays disabled man’s execution over Covid

Posted on November 10, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Singapore, Nov 9 (AFP/APP):Singapore’s top court on Tuesday postponed the imminent execution of a Malaysian man — whom campaigners say is mentally disabled — after he tested positive for Covid-19, with his family hailing a “miracle”. Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam was arrested in 2009 for trafficking […]

US Supreme Court to debate restrictions on religious advisors at executions

Posted on November 9, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Washington, Nov 9 (AFP/APP):The US Supreme Court will consider Tuesday a death row prisoner’s request that his pastor be allowed to touch him during his execution, a case that could determine the role of religious advisors in death chambers. John Ramirez, 37, was scheduled to […]

India’s Cattle Royale dung fight marks end of Diwali

Posted on November 7, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Gumatapura, India, Nov 7 (AFP/APP):Joyful crowds pelted each other with fistfuls of cow manure this weekend as part of one village’s local ritual to mark the end of Diwali, India’s most important Hindu festival. Similar to Spain’s “La Tomatina” — the eccentric tomato-hurling celebration of […]

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Iran Guards say released seized Vietnamese tanker

UN says Ethiopia detains 72 World Food Programme drivers in war-hit north

Belarus says West ‘provoking’ migrant crisis to impose new sanctions

‘I saved him’: Niger teacher relives school fire tragedy

France says to host Russian defence, foreign ministers for talks Friday

UN agencies voice deep concern over Israeli military de-authorization of Palestine NGOs

Malala Yousafzai ties the knot in Birmingham

Singapore court delays disabled man’s execution over Covid

US Supreme Court to debate restrictions on religious advisors at executions

India’s Cattle Royale dung fight marks end of Diwali

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