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Brussels, July 25 (AFP/APP): The European Commission said Tuesday it had launched a probe into whether French media group Vivendi had breached rules before sealing its acquisition of publishing and retail conglomerate Lagardere. The EU executive said the probe would examine if Vivendi had started […]

ISLAMABAD, Jul 24 (APP): Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari held a telephone conversation with European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell here on Monday and discussed matters of mutual interest. Expressing Pakistan’s concerns over the expiry of the Black Sea […]

DUBAI July 23 (Online): The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has condemned in the strongest terms the burning of a copy of the Holy Quran by an extremist group outside the Iraqi embassy in Copenhagen. OIC Secretary-General Hissein Brahim Taha expressed in a statement his […]

SEOUL July 22 (Online): North Korea fired several cruise missiles toward its western sea Saturday, South Korea’s military said, marking the second launch event this week apparently in protest of the docking of a nuclear-armed US submarine in South Korea. While adding to its barrage […]

Athens, July 22 (AFP/APP): More than 2,000 people were ferried to safety from beaches on the Greek island of Rhodes on Saturday, where a wildfire has been raging out of control for five days. Three coastguard boats were leading more than 30 private vessels in […]