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Guinea junta hosts talks on post-coup transition

Posted on September 15, 2021 by News Desk

Conakry, Sept 14 (AFP/APP):Guinea’s military strongman opened a four-day series of talks on Tuesday, intended to pave a return to civilian rule after a coup that one attendee said he blamed on “the failure of the entire political and military class”. Coup leader Lieutenant Colonel […]

Over 100 world leaders including PM Imran Khan to address UNGA’s high-level debate next week

Posted on September 15, 2021 by News Desk

UNITED NATIONS, Sep 14 (APP):Prime Minister Imran Khan will be among more than 100 heads of state and government to address the annual high-level segment of the UN General Assembly session next week, according to the latest speakers list. The Pakistani leader will be speaking […]

184 illegal migrants rescued off Libyan coast

Posted on September 14, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

TRIPOLI, Sep 14 (XINHUA/APP):The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Monday said that 184 illegal migrants were rescued off Libya’s coast and returned to western Libya. “184 persons were returned this evening to the Oil Refinery point in Azzawiya. Among them were 12 […]

Putin says unauthorized foreign military presence main problem for Syria

Posted on September 14, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

MOSCOW, Sep 14 (XINHUA/APP):The unauthorized presence of foreign armed forces in parts of Syria is the main problem facing the Middle Eastern country, Russian President Vladimir Putin told visiting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the Kremlin said Tuesday. Their presence not approved by the United Nations […]

Taxes and freedom: California’s Republicans ring same old bells

Posted on September 14, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Los Angeles, Sept 14 (AFP/APP):Excessive taxes, an over-reaching state, individual liberties at risk and an out-of-touch elite. Conservative candidates in California’s gubernatorial recall election have a list of well-trodden grievances about life in a Democratic stronghold. “The biggest challenge in California in general is the […]

US mother of young cancer victim sues over Roundup weedkiller

Posted on September 14, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Los Angeles, Sept 14 (AFP/APP):A mother who says her young son developed a rare form of cancer because of his exposure to Roundup sued the maker of the weed killer in California on Monday. Ezra Clark was only four years old in when he was […]

Vital to engage with Taliban: UN chief

Posted on September 14, 2021 by News Desk

Geneva, Sept 13 (AFP/APP):UN chief Antonio Guterres called Monday for international engagement with the Taliban to avert an economic collapse in Afghanistan, insisting aid could be used as leverage to improve human rights. Speaking to journalists on the sidelines of a donor conference for the […]

California man arrested outside Democratic HQ with machete: police

Posted on September 14, 2021 by News Desk

Washington, Sept 13 (AFP/APP):A California man espousing white supremacist views and armed with a bayonet and a machete was arrested on Monday outside the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters in Washington, police said. Donald Craighead, 44, of Oceanside, California, was arrested for possession of prohibited […]

Dozens of abducted students freed in NW Nigeria

Posted on September 14, 2021 by News Desk

Kano, Nigeria, Sept 13 (AFP/APP):Nigerian gunmen have freed dozens of schoolchildren kidnapped this month in northwest Zamfara State, the local government said, following an army offensive on criminal gangs. Nigerian troops also came under attack in Zamfara at the weekend after an armed group raided […]

WFP says to cut food aid to South Sudan over funding crunch

Posted on September 14, 2021 by News Desk

JUBA, Sep 13 (XINHUA/APP):The World Food Program (WFP) warned Monday it will suspend food assistance for more than 100,000 displaced people in parts of South Sudan for three months from October due to funding shortages. Matthew Hollingworth, representative and country director of the WFP in […]

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Guinea junta hosts talks on post-coup transition

Over 100 world leaders including PM Imran Khan to address UNGA’s high-level debate next week

184 illegal migrants rescued off Libyan coast

Putin says unauthorized foreign military presence main problem for Syria

Taxes and freedom: California’s Republicans ring same old bells

US mother of young cancer victim sues over Roundup weedkiller

Vital to engage with Taliban: UN chief

California man arrested outside Democratic HQ with machete: police

Dozens of abducted students freed in NW Nigeria

WFP says to cut food aid to South Sudan over funding crunch

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