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Ailing Czech leader summons new parliament for Nov 8

Posted on October 15, 2021 by News Desk

Prague, Oct 14 (AFP/APP):Hospitalised Czech President Milos Zeman on Thursday summoned parliament to hold its first session after last weekend’s tight general election for November 8, his spokesman Jiri Ovcacek said. The announcement came as Zeman spent a fifth day in intensive care at a […]

Japanese billionaire Maezawa ‘not afraid’ ahead of ISS launch

Posted on October 15, 2021 by News Desk

Moscow, Oct 14 (AFP/APP):Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa said Thursday he had no fear ahead of his “dream-come-true” launch to the International Space Station (ISS), a Russian project aimed at boosting its space tourism credentials. The mission is one of several this year by non-professional astronauts, […]

Tunisia president slams overseas ‘traitors’

Posted on October 15, 2021 by News Desk

Tunis, Oct 14 (AFP/APP):Tunisian President Kais Saied on Thursday accused unnamed politicians of using refuge overseas to “plot” against the state, implicitly targeting one of his predecessors based in France. “Tunisia is a free and independent state and there can be no interference in its […]

Latvian president tests positive for COIVD-19

Posted on October 15, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

RIGA, Oct 14 (XINHUA/APP):Latvian President Egils Levits has tested positive for COVID-19, his office said Thursday. On returning from a visit to Sweden on Wednesday evening, the president took a rapid COVID-19 test, which came back positive. Levits will now take a PCR test to […]

EU envoy visits Iran with hope to revive nuclear talks

Posted on October 14, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Tehran, Oct 14 (AFP/APP):The EU envoy charged with coordinating talks on reviving the Iran nuclear deal, Enrique Mora, met Iranian deputy foreign minister Ali Bagheri in Tehran on Thursday. The talks come a day after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned of “other options” […]

US rules out normalizing with Syria’s Assad

Posted on October 14, 2021 by News Desk

Washington, Oct 13 (AFP/APP):Secretary of State Antony Blinken renewed US opposition Wednesday to normalization with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who has seen growing acceptance from Arab nations that have concluded he won the brutal civil war. Meeting with his Israeli and UAE counterparts, Blinken said […]

EU offers border ‘express lane’ to solve N.Ireland Brexit row

Posted on October 14, 2021 by News Desk

Brussels, Oct 13 (AFP/APP):The EU on Wednesday offered to reduce customs checks and paperwork on British products intended for Northern Ireland in the hope of averting a new Brexit-related spat. The EU put forward a host of proposals in a bid to solve problems in […]

Fresh fighting in Ethiopia’s Afar as army mounts ‘offensive’

Posted on October 14, 2021 by News Desk

Addis Ababa, Oct 13 (AFP/APP):Fighting has resumed in northern Ethiopia’s Afar region after a month-long lull, humanitarian and rebel sources told AFP Wednesday, as the government appeared to be pressing a new offensive. There were reports of an armed clash Tuesday in the town of […]

France’s Macron hosts Tajik leader for talks on Afghanistan

Posted on October 14, 2021 by News Desk

Paris, Oct 13 (AFP/APP):French President Emmanuel Macron hosted Tajikistan’s leader for rare talks on Wednesday, vowing to help the Central Asian state as it deals with the aftermath of the Taliban takeover of neighbouring Afghanistan. The invitation to the Elysee Palace — a rare honour […]

Pakistani peacekeepers save South Sudanese city by building dykes to prevent flooding: Report

Posted on October 14, 2021 by News Desk

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 13 (APP):Pakistani army engineers, serving the U.N. Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), helped save the city of Bentiu from being submerged by flood waters as they rapidly constructed dykes to divert the flow of water away from the Unity state’s capital, according […]

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Ailing Czech leader summons new parliament for Nov 8

Japanese billionaire Maezawa ‘not afraid’ ahead of ISS launch

Tunisia president slams overseas ‘traitors’

Latvian president tests positive for COIVD-19

EU envoy visits Iran with hope to revive nuclear talks

US rules out normalizing with Syria’s Assad

EU offers border ‘express lane’ to solve N.Ireland Brexit row

Fresh fighting in Ethiopia’s Afar as army mounts ‘offensive’

France’s Macron hosts Tajik leader for talks on Afghanistan

Pakistani peacekeepers save South Sudanese city by building dykes to prevent flooding: Report

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