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Azerbaijan accuses Armenia at UN court of laying mines

Posted on October 19, 2021 by News Desk

The Hague, Oct 18 (AFP/APP):Azerbaijan accused rival Armenia at the UN’s top court on Monday of laying landmines as part of a campaign of “ethnic cleansing” despite the end of last year’s war. Both countries have lodged tit-for-tat cases at the International Court of Justice […]

Feminist group sues Miss France over selection criteria

Posted on October 19, 2021 by News Desk

Paris, Oct 18 (AFP/APP):A leading feminist organisation in France said Monday it was suing the promoters of the Miss France beauty contest in a labour court, alleging they used discriminatory criteria to select participants. The “Osez le feminisme” (Dare to be a Feminist) group, along […]

US Justice Dept asks Supreme Court to block Texas abortion law

Posted on October 19, 2021 by News Desk

Washington, Oct 18 (AFP/APP):The US Justice Department asked the Supreme Court on Monday to block a Texas law that bans most abortion in the state. President Joe Biden’s administration said the controversial Texas law violates the landmark 1973 Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade, […]

Conservative mayor Marki-Zay set to challenge Hungary’s Orban

Posted on October 18, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Budapest, Oct 17 (AFP/APP):Peter Marki-Zay, a conservative provincial mayor, looks set to challenge Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban at an election next year after taking a lead in an opposition primary vote Sunday, according to partial results. Marki-Zay, a practising Catholic and father-of-seven, led Klara […]

New Japan PM sends offering to controversial Yasukuni shrine

Posted on October 17, 2021 by News Desk

Tokyo, Oct 17 (AFP/APP):Japan’s new prime minister on Sunday sent a ritual offering to the controversial Yasukuni shrine that honours the war dead but is seen by neighbouring countries as a symbol of Tokyo’s past militarism. Fumio Kishida sent the “masakaki” tree offering under his […]

15 US missionaries and family kidnapped in Haiti: security source

Posted on October 17, 2021 by News Desk

PortauPrince, Oct 17 (AFP/APP):About 15 American missionaries and family members were kidnapped on Saturday by a gang outside the Haitian capital, a local security source told AFP. The group of between 15 and 17 people, including children, were being held by an armed gang that […]

Giant Rome rally urges ban on extreme right

Posted on October 17, 2021 by News Desk

Rome, Oct 16 (AFP/APP):Tens of thousands of Italians called for a ban on the extreme right as they rallied in Rome Saturday after protests over a tough coronavirus pass regime last weekend degenerated into riots blamed on neofascists. Carrying placards reading “Fascism: Never Again”, the […]

Macron condemns ‘inexcusable’ crackdown on 1961 Paris protest of Algerians

Posted on October 17, 2021 by News Desk

Paris, Oct 16 (AFP/APP):French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday condemned as “inexcusable” a deadly crackdown by Paris police on a 1961 protest by Algerians whose scale was a taboo covered up for decades by French authorities. Macron told relatives and activists on the 60th anniversary […]

UN slams attack at Kandahar mosque; UNICEF warns of children’s plight

Posted on October 16, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 16 (APP):The United Nations has condemned the deadly suicide bombing during Friday prayers at the largest Shia mosque in Kandahar, which killed at least 30 people and wounded dozens more. The attack marked the second consecutive week that a Shia mosque in […]

Myanmar junta chief excluded from summit: ASEAN

Posted on October 16, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, Oct 16 (AFP/APP):Myanmar’s junta chief will be excluded from an upcoming ASEAN summit, the group said Saturday, a rare rebuke as concerns rise over the military government’s commitment to defusing a bloody crisis. Foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian […]

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Azerbaijan accuses Armenia at UN court of laying mines

Feminist group sues Miss France over selection criteria

US Justice Dept asks Supreme Court to block Texas abortion law

Conservative mayor Marki-Zay set to challenge Hungary’s Orban

New Japan PM sends offering to controversial Yasukuni shrine

15 US missionaries and family kidnapped in Haiti: security source

Giant Rome rally urges ban on extreme right

Macron condemns ‘inexcusable’ crackdown on 1961 Paris protest of Algerians

UN slams attack at Kandahar mosque; UNICEF warns of children’s plight

Myanmar junta chief excluded from summit: ASEAN

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