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Amman, June 27 (AFP/APP): Ten people were killed and more than 200 injured Monday in a toxic gas leak in Jordan’s Aqaba port, the government spokesman said. Footage on state TV showed a large cylinder plunging from a crane on a moored vessel, causing a […]

DOHA, Qatar – June 27 (ONLINE) Qatar will host indirect talks between Iran and the United States in the coming days, Iranian media reported on Monday, amid a push by the EU to break a months-long impasse in the negotiations to reinstate a 2015 nuclear […]

ISLAMABAD, June 27 (Online): Islamabad High Court (IHC) has reseved judgement on the mainatainability of the petition filed by two sacked prosecutors. The c ase came up for hearing beforesingle bench of IHC led by Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kiani here Monday. Mian Amir Sultan Goraya […]

KYIV, Ukraine – June 26 (ONLINE) Russia missiles struck the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Sunday, a day after a key eastern city fell to pro-Russian forces in a major set-back for Ukraine and as world leaders gathered in Europe to discuss further sanctions against Moscow. […]

JERUSALEM, Palestine – June 25 (ONLINE) A Palestinian teenager was killed by Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank after they opened fire on a group of Palestinians throwing rocks at passing drivers, the Israeli army said on Saturday. The Palestinian Foreign Ministry said the […]

LONDON, UK – June 24 (ONLINE) Beleaguered British Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered two crushing parliamentary by-election defeats on Friday, including in a southwest English seat previously held by his ruling Conservatives for over a century, prompting the party’s chairman to quit. In a stunning […]

Washington, June 24 (AFP/APP): US lawmakers broke a decades-long stalemate on firearms control Friday, passing the first major safety regulations in almost 30 years, less than 24 hours after the Supreme Court bolstered the right to bear arms. Gun regulation is a touchstone issue for […]

Tehran, June 24 (AFP/APP):European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell was headed to Tehran on Friday for a surprise visit that could breathe new life into stalled talks on reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. Borrell was due to arrive in the Iranian capital at […]

Geneva, June 23 (AFP/APP):The UN rights chief called Thursday for the Ethiopian authorities to conduct “prompt, impartial and thorough” investigations into weekend attacks in the west of the country that have killed hundreds of people. “I am horrified by the senseless killing as well as […]

London, June 23 (AFP/APP): Travel on Britain’s railway system ground to a near halt again on Thursday, amid the second of three days of widespread strike action this week billed as the biggest in decades. Tens of thousands of rail workers staged the latest day-long […]