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Centrist US senator issues new warning over cost of Biden spending plan

Posted on September 13, 2021 by News Desk

Washington, Sept 12 (AFP/APP):Centrist Senate Democrat Joe Manchin flexed his political muscle Sunday, warning the White House and US lawmakers returning from summer break that he could doom President Joe Biden’s immense $3.5 trillion spending package unless they hit the brakes and forge a compromise. […]

Top Qatar diplomat most senior to visit Kabul since Taliban takeover

Posted on September 13, 2021 by News Desk

Kabul, Sept 12 (AFP/APP):Qatar’s foreign minister, who is also the country’s deputy premier, was briefly in Afghanistan Sunday, becoming the most senior diplomat to visit the country since the Taliban’s takeover on August 15. A Taliban official tweeted that Sheikh Mohammad bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani met […]

Iraq PM visits neighbour Iran for economic talks

Posted on September 12, 2021 by News Desk

Tehran, Sept 12 (AFP/APP):Iraq’s Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi met Iran’s recently-elected President Ebrahim Raisi on Sunday to discuss the neighbours’ economic relations, official sources said. Kadhemi is the first foreign leader to visit the ultra-conservative Raisi, and brought along a “high level political and economic […]

Indian troops launch CASO in Rajouri

Posted on September 12, 2021 by News Desk

ISLAMABAD, Sep 12 (APP):In Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), Indian troops launched a cordon and search operation (CASO) in Rajouri district on Sunday. According to Kashmir Media Service, the troops launched the operation in higher reaches of Barote Village of the district. The […]

Crisis-hit Lebanon gets cabinet after 13-month wait

Posted on September 11, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Beirut, Sept 11 (AFP/APP):Lebanon ended a 13-month wait for a new government Friday with the unveiling of a lineup that faces the daunting task of rescuing the country from economic meltdown. A new cabinet was a condition for much-needed international assistance but its ability to […]

Russia summons US ambassador over ‘election interference’

Posted on September 11, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Moscow, Sept 10 (AFP/APP):Russia’s foreign ministry said Friday it summoned US ambassador John Sullivan over election interference as the country is set to hold parliamentary polls later this month. “There is one reason — interference into Russian elections. We hope this is how American diplomats […]

French ‘king of hash’ sentenced to 16 years in prison

Posted on September 11, 2021 by News Desk

Bordeaux, Sept 10 (AFP/APP):A man suspected of being one of France’s biggest drug barons has been sentenced to 16 years in prison after a trial that heard of his import techniques involving high-speed vehicles laden with marijuana. Moufide Bouchibi, a 41-year-old Franco-Algerian known as “Mouf”, […]

New government for Lebanon a ‘very important step’: UN chief

Posted on September 11, 2021 by News Desk

United Nations, United States, Sept 10 (AFP/APP):The appointment of a new government in Lebanon is a “very important step” for the crisis-hit country, UN chief Antonio Guterres said Friday, wishing Prime Minister Najib Mikati “the best success.” Guterres added of the new government that “of […]

China’s first drone test base commissioned

Posted on September 10, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

XI’AN, Sep 10 (XINHUA/APP):China’s first professional test base for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) has been put into service in Jingbian County, northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, filling a gap in the country’s UAV industry chain. The test base is expected to be built into a national […]

Mass graves found in Ethiopia’s Tigray