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Yerevan, April 7 (AFP/APP): Armenia and Azerbaijan are preparing for peace talks, officials in both countries said Thursday, after a flare-up last month in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region over which they fought a 2020 war. Armenia Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev […]

Brussels, April 6 (AFP/APP):The EU is looking to add two of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s daughters to its sanctions blacklist over Moscow’s war on Ukraine, according to a list seen by AFP Wednesday and confirmed by several diplomats. The move, under discussion by EU diplomats, […]

Krasnopillia, Ukraine, April 6 (AFP/APP): A highway through the rolling plains of eastern Ukraine looks set to play an important strategic role in the anticipated Russian offensive in the Donbas. Connecting the regions of Kharkiv and Donetsk, the two-lane thoroughfare is one of the key […]

Dublin, April 6 (AFP/APP):Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Wednesday condemned hesitancy in Europe over barring Russian energy imports, arguing some leaders were more worried about business losses than about war crimes. New “rhetoric” about sanctions had emerged, he told the Irish parliament, “but I cannot tolerate […]

Khartoum, April 6 (AFP/APP):Sudanese protesters are gearing up for mass anti-coup rallies Wednesday to mark the anniversaries of historic events that toppled Sudanese autocrats, most recently president Omar al-Bashir three years ago. The planned demonstrations will come as political and economic turmoil have deepened in […]

BEIJING, April 6 (Xinhua/APP): A 5.1-magnitude earthquake jolted Xingwen County of Yibin City, southwest China’s Sichuan Province at 7:50 a.m. Wednesday Beijing Time, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter was monitored at 28.22 degrees north latitude and 105.03 degrees east longitude, […]

ISLAMABAD, Apr 5 (APP): Russian Federation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Maria Zakharova has said that there was an attempt by the United States to interfere in the internal affairs of an independent state. Commenting on the political developments in Pakistan the other day, she […]

Bunia, DR Congo, April 5 (AFP/APP):A UN peacekeeper was killed Tuesday during an operation in the northeastern region of Ituri in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the UN mission in the country said. The peacekeeper’s nationality was not mentioned. A week earlier, a UN helicopter […]

Colombo, April 5 (AFP/APP): Sri Lanka’s president lost his parliamentary majority Tuesday as former allies urged his resignation following days of street protests over the island nation’s crippling economic crisis. Unprecedented shortages of food and fuel along with record inflation and blackouts have inflicted widespread […]

AMMAN – April 4 (ONLINE) Prince Hamza bin al-Hussein, a former heir to Jordan’s throne who was placed under house arrest last year, announced on Sunday he was giving up his royal title in protest over Jordan’s current policies. Hamza was accused last April of […]