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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 […]

France’s last surviving WWII Resistance hero dies aged 101: minister

Posted on October 13, 2021 by News Desk

Paris, Oct 12 (AFP/APP):The last survivor out of over 1,000 people who were awarded the highest bravery order by Charles de Gaulle for their role in French Resistance forces during World War II has died aged 101, France’s defence minister announced on Tuesday. “I want […]

Somalia comes out on top in Kenya sea border judgment

Posted on October 13, 2021 by News Desk

The Hague, Oct 12 (AFP/APP):The UN’s top court awarded Somalia control of most of a potentially oil and gas-rich chunk of the Indian Ocean on Tuesday after a bitter legal battle with neighbouring Kenya over their sea border. The International Court of Justice ruled there […]

G20 leaders ‘laser-focused’ on anti-terrorism efforts in Afghanistan

Posted on October 13, 2021 by News Desk

Washington, Oct 12 (AFP/APP):G20 leaders holding a virtual summit on Afghanistan Tuesday are “laser-focused” on keeping the Taliban-ruled country from becoming a militant haven and on providing humanitarian aid, says a US readout on the meeting. Leaders of the world’s major economies including US President […]

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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

France’s last surviving WWII Resistance hero dies aged 101: minister

Somalia comes out on top in Kenya sea border judgment

G20 leaders ‘laser-focused’ on anti-terrorism efforts in Afghanistan

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