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UNITED NATIONS, Apr 09 (APP): The UN General Assembly President, Dennis Francis, appealed on Monday for “all those with leverage” to use their power to bring an end to the six-month-long war in Gaza. Francis convened the 193-member Assembly, UN’s most representative body, following the […]

BEIJING, April 9 (APP): Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday stressed that China and Russia have set an example of friendly interaction and win-win cooperation between major countries as well as neighbors. Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party […]

UNITED NATIONS, Apr 08 (APP): Global food prices in March recorded their first monthly increase in seven months, driven by higher costs of vegetable oils and dairy products, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), a Rome-based UN agency, has said. The prices, however, posted a […]

UNITED NATIONS, Apr 07 (APP): With the largest hospital in Gaza largely destroyed and out of action, access to healthcare has now become “totally inadequate” following six months of Israeli attacks, the World Health Organization (WHO), a Geneva-based UN agency, has said. That’s the assessment […]

BEIJING, Apr 6 (APP): China has provided equipment of early warning system to Gwadar port to help mitigate detrimental impacts of natural disasters like catastrophic flood, torrential rain as well as metrological hazards. The equipment doled out by China Meteorological Administration (CMA) to Pakistan Meteorological […]

BEIJING, Apr 5 (APP): Paying tribute to the dead and spring outings marked this year’s three-day Qingming Festival holidays that started yesterday. The Qingming Festival, a traditional Chinese holiday also known as Tomb Sweeping Day, was observed on April 4 this year. The festival is […]

BEIJING, Apr 4 (APP): Secretary General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Zhang Ming condemned the air attack on the Consulate of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Damascus and expressed its condolences to the Iranian government. We believe that the relevant Vienna Conventions clearly […]