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Abu Dhabi, May 14 (AFP/APP):The UAE’s long-time de facto ruler Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan was elected as president on Saturday, official media said, a day after the death of former leader Sheikh Khalifa. The 61-year-old was unanimously elected by the Federal Supreme Council, […]

JERUSALEM – PALESTINE – May 14 (ONLINE) Israeli police officers charged at Palestinian mourners carrying the coffin of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on Friday, before thousands led her casket through Jerusalem’s Old City in an outpouring of grief and anger over her killing. […]

KYIV – May 13 (ONLINE) Ukraine said it had damaged a Russian navy logistics ship near Snake Island, a small but strategic outpost in the Black Sea, while relatives of Ukrainian soldiers holed up in Mariupol’s besieged steelworks pleaded for them to be saved. Renewed […]

New Delhi, May 13 (AFP/APP): Twenty-seven people died and dozens more were injured in a massive fire in a building in the Indian capital New Delhi on Friday, emergency services said. “The fire has been put out now. The total number of dead is 27. […]

Jerusalem, May 13 (AFP/APP):Israel bolstered security in Jerusalem ahead of the funeral on Friday of veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, two days after she was killed during an Israeli army raid. Israel and the Palestinians have traded blame over the fatal shooting of […]

RAWALPINDI, May 12 (APP): Director General of the Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR) Major General Babar Iftikhar Thursday said the Pakistan Army could not get involved in the political affairs as it had to deal with security challenges facing the country. The entire nation loved […]

UNITED NATIONS, May 13 (APP): The U.N. Human Rights Council passed a resolution on Thursday to set up an investigation into possible war crimes by Russian troops in Ukraine’s Kyiv area and beyond, a move Russia branded as a politicized stunt and refused to attend […]

ANKARA, May 12 (AA/APP): Finland’s willingness to be a NATO member shows that the Russian war is putting more than just Ukraine’s sovereignty at stake, the Spanish foreign minister said on Thursday. “This is because right now we all feel that not only the integrity […]

ISLAMABAD, May 12 (APP):The National Assembly on Thursday passed a unanimous resolution calling upon the international community to ensure accountability of India’s grave and persistent violations of human rights, war crimes being committed in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu Kashmir (IIOJK). The resolution was moved by […]

Colombo, May 12 (AFP/APP): A Sri Lankan court on Thursday banned former prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, his politician son Namal and 15 allies from leaving the country over violence against anti-government demonstrators. The magistrate in capital Colombo ordered police to investigate Monday’s mob attacks on […]