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Tokyo, July 8 (AFP/APP): Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot at a campaign event on Friday, a government spokesman said, as local media reported the nation’s longest-serving premier was showing no vital signs. “Former Prime Minister Abe was shot at around 11:30 am,” […]

Stockholm, July 7 (AFP/APP): A prominent Swedish psychiatrist stabbed to death in broad daylight on the island of Gotland during a political event was likely targeted because of her professional background, authorities said Thursday. Ing-Marie Wieselgren, 64, was attacked on Wednesday in the city of […]

London, July 7 (AFP/APP): Boris Johnson resigned on Thursday as leader of Britain’s Conservative party, triggering a race to succeed him as prime minister after a frenzied 48 hours which saw dozens desert his scandal-hit government. Johnson acknowledged it was “clearly the will of the […]

LONDON, UK – July 07 (ONLINE) Boris Johnson will announce his resignation as British prime minister on Thursday after he was abandoned by ministers and his Conservative Party’s lawmakers who said he was no longer fit to govern. With eight ministers, including two secretaries of […]

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – July 06 (ONLINE) Sri Lanka is “bankrupt,” Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said Tuesday, as the country suffers its worst financial crisis in decades, leaving millions struggling to buy food, medicine and fuel. Wickremesinghe told lawmakers that negotiations with the International Monetary […]

LONDON, UK – July 06 (ONLINE) Boris Johnson is fighting for political survival after two of his top ministers attacked his leadership and resigned. Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Health Secretary Sajid Javid quit within 10 minutes of each other, followed by a flurry of junior […]

Highland Park, United States, July 6 (AFP/APP): The 21-year-old man arrested for a mass shooting at a July 4 parade in a Chicago suburb has confessed and told police he considered a second attack while on the run. After fleeing the shooting scene in Highland […]

London, July 6 (AFP/APP): Boris Johnson’s position as UK prime minister was on the brink on Wednesday, after two of his senior ministers quit in protest at his scandal-hit leadership, piling on pressure as he faced a grilling from angry MPs. The 58-year-old leader’s grip […]

ISLAMABAD, Jul 5 (APP): The Parliamentary Committee on National Security on Tuesday gave a formal approval to the government for holding talks with the proscribed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) besides forming a parliamentary oversight committee to ensure the process moved within constitution’s ambit. The committee, which […]

Geneva, July 5 (AFP/APP): The UN rights chief on Tuesday condemned Russia’s “senseless war” in Ukraine as she demanded an end to the “unbearable” civilian suffering unleashed by the invasion. Michelle Bachelet called for an immediate end to hostilities and redress for the war’s victims, […]