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Queen Elizabeth cancels COP26 attendance ‘on medical advice’

London, Oct 26 (AFP/APP):Britain’s 95-year-old Queen Elizabeth II will not attend the COP26 UN climate conference in Glasgow, after “advice to rest” from doctors following an overnight hospital stay, her Buckingham Palace office said Tuesday. “Her Majesty has regretfully decided that she will no longer […]

Roh Tae-woo: coup plotter, elected president, convict

Seoul, Oct 26 (AFP/APP): Former South Korean president and general Roh Tae-woo, who died on Tuesday aged 88, was instrumental in crushing the Gwangju Uprising at a cost of hundreds of lives, later won democratic elections, and was subsequently convicted of treason. Roh’s victory in […]

Woman teacher expelled in India for expressing joy over Pakistan’s T20 win

Udaipur, October 26 (ONLINE): A teacher, working in a private school in Indian state of Rajasthan was expelled from her job after she expressed joy over Pakistan’s victory against India in Sunday’s T20I match. The Muslim teacher, Nafeesa Attari, was working at the Neerja Modi […]

Russian, Chinese warships hold first joint patrols in the Pacific

MOSCOW-October 24(Online): Russian and Chinese warships held their first joint patrols in the western Pacific Ocean over the past week, Russia’s defense ministry said on Saturday. Moscow and Beijing, which staged naval cooperation drills in the Sea of Japan earlier in October, have cultivated closer […]

Man asks Italian police to jail him to escape wife at home

ROME-October 24(Online): A man under house arrest in Italy showed up at a police barracks asking to be put behind bars because life with his wife at home was unbearable, police said Sunday. The 30-year-old Albanian citizen living in Guidonia Montecelio, outside Rome, “was no […]

Italy’s Berlusconi says early elections would be ‘irresponsible’

Rome, Oct 24 (AFP/APP):Early elections in Italy would be “irresponsible,” former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi said Sunday, reiterating his support for the coalition government led by Mario Draghi. In an interview with the Corriere della Sera newspaper, the scandal-plagued leader of the centre-right Forza Italia […]

US to use Pakistan’s airspace to carry out military operations in Afghanistan: CNN

New York-October 23(Online): Cable News Network (CNN) on Saturday has claimed that US is nearing a formalized agreement with Pakistan for use of its airspace to conduct military and intelligence operations in Afghanistan. In an article, the foreign media mentioned that sources told Pakistan has […]

Turkey’s Erdogan orders expulsion of 10 ambassadors

Ankara, Oct 23 (AFP/APP):Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday told his foreign minister to expel the ambassadors of 10 countries including Germany and the United States who appealed for the release of a jailed civil society leader. The envoys issued a highly unusual joint […]

US Iran envoy to hold nuclear talks with Europe powers

Paris, Oct 22 (AFP/APP):US envoy for Iran Robert Malley will on Friday meet diplomats from three European powers over the Iranian nuclear crisis as Vienna-based talks to salvage a 2015 deal remain suspended. The agreement between Iran and world powers to find a long-term solution […]

Ethiopia conducts new air strike west of Tigray capital

Nairobi, Oct 20 (AFP/APP):The Ethiopian government said it carried out a new air strike on Wednesday against rebel targets in an area of Tigray west of the regional capital Mekele. Government spokesman Legesse Tulu said in a text message to AFP that the raid against […]

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