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Annecy, France, June 8 (AFP/APP):A man armed with a knife attacked a group of pre-school children playing by a lake in the French Alps Thursday, wounding four as well as an adult and sending shockwaves through the country. Witnesses described the suspected knifeman running around […]

Kherson, Ukraine, June 8 (AFP/APP):Ukrainian rescuers have been venturing into Russian-held areas despite shelling as they search for residents stranded by massive flooding from a destroyed dam. “We continue to save our people. And this includes getting people from occupied territories,” a military press officer, […]

ISLAMABAD, JUNE 08 (ONLINE): The United States has announced an additional 16.4 million dollars for post-flood recovery in Pakistan in health sector including help for rehabilitation of health facilities and address malnutrition. The announcement was made by Deputy Administrator of USAID Isobel Coleman during 2nd […]

CAIRO, June 4 (Xinhua/APP): An oil tanker that broke down in Egypt’s Suez Canal has been towed away, chairman of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Osama Rabie said on Sunday. “Traffic in both directions had resumed as normal after tugboats managed to move the stranded […]

WASHINGTON, Jun 04 (APP):Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States, Masood Khan, urged faith and community leaders to work together to promote inter-religious harmony when he met them at his residence on Saturday. The faith leaders comprised Muslims, Christians, Hindus and Sikhs. “The strong bonds of […]

Kuwait City, June 4 (AFP/APP): Kuwait is staging its seventh general election in just over 10 years on Tuesday as the oil-rich Gulf state remains mired in a political impasse undermining hopes of economic reform. Fearing that widespread skepticism will discourage many people from voting, […]