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China’s Xi says ‘reunification with Taiwan must be fulfilled’

Posted on October 9, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Beijing – October 9 (Online): China’s President Xi Jinping has said that “reunification” with Taiwan “must be fulfilled”, as heightened tensions over the island continue. Xi said unification should be achieved peacefully, but warned that the Chinese people had a “glorious tradition” of opposing separatism. […]

Guards shoot six migrants dead at Libya detention centre: IOM

Posted on October 9, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Tripoli, Oct 8 (AFP/APP):Guards at a Libyan detention centre shot dead six migrants on Friday, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said. The UN agency’s Libya chief Federico Soda said there was “massive overcrowding” at the facility in Tripoli. “Shooting broke out and six migrants […]

Up to 15 trapped under collapsed building in Georgia

Posted on October 9, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Tbilisi, Oct 8 (AFP/APP):A five-storey building collapsed Friday in Georgia’s second city Batumi as authorities deployed hundreds of firemen and medics to rescue victims. Georgian police said “around 10 to 15 people” were trapped under debris and that it was doing “everything” to get them […]

Suicide bomber kills at least 55 at mosque in Afghanistan

Posted on October 9, 2021 by News Desk

Kunduz, Afghanistan, Oct 8 (AFP/APP):A suicide bomb attack on worshippers at a Shiite mosque in the Afghan city of Kunduz killed at least 55 people Friday, in the bloodiest assault since US forces left the country. Scores more victims from the community were wounded in […]

Croatia admits violent migrant pushbacks, Greece to probe reports

Posted on October 9, 2021 by News Desk

Zagreb, Oct 8 (AFP/APP):Croatia on Friday confirmed violent migrant pushbacks as Greece promised to probe fresh reports of similar rights breaches on its border following pressure from the European Union. Investigations published Wednesday in several European media used video recordings and documents to show an […]

US envoy on Yemen returns as UN drops abuse probe

Posted on October 9, 2021 by News Desk

Washington, Oct 8 (AFP/APP):The US envoy on Yemen on Friday started a fresh peace bid that includes a stop in Saudi Arabia, which succeeded in scuttling a UN-backed probe into abuses in the conflict. Tim Lenderking, tasked by President Joe Biden with working to end […]

5.6-Magnitude quake jolts western Indonesia

Posted on October 9, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

JAKARTA, Oct 8 (XINHUA/APP):An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 rocked Indonesia’s western province of Aceh on Friday, the meteorology and geophysics agency said here. The quake hit at 17 : 04 a.m. Jakarta time (1014 GMT) with the epicenter at 29 km southwest Calang […]

Japan, Russia to continue talks on peace treaty

Posted on October 9, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Tokyo – October 8 (Online): Japan’s new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Thursday that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed to move forward with negotiations on a post-war peace agreement between the two countries. Speaking to the press after his first phone call […]

Journalists Ressa, Muratov win Nobel Peace Prize

Posted on October 9, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Islamabad – October 8 (Online): Philippine and Russian journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov have won Noble Peace Prize for their ‘courageous efforts for press freedom in their native countries. According to international media, the committee called the pair “representatives of all journalists who stand […]

Poland wants to stay in EU, PM says despite legal challenge

Posted on October 8, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Warsaw, Oct 8 (AFP/APP):Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on Friday said that Poland wanted to stay in the European Union, a day after a landmark court ruling that experts said could instead lead to “Polexit”. The ruling from Poland’s Constitutional Court challenged the primacy of EU […]

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China’s Xi says ‘reunification with Taiwan must be fulfilled’

Guards shoot six migrants dead at Libya detention centre: IOM

Up to 15 trapped under collapsed building in Georgia

Suicide bomber kills at least 55 at mosque in Afghanistan

Croatia admits violent migrant pushbacks, Greece to probe reports

US envoy on Yemen returns as UN drops abuse probe

5.6-Magnitude quake jolts western Indonesia

Japan, Russia to continue talks on peace treaty

Journalists Ressa, Muratov win Nobel Peace Prize

Poland wants to stay in EU, PM says despite legal challenge

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