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PARIS – April 25 (ONLINE) Emmanuel Macron comfortably defeated far-right rival Marine Le Pen, heading off a political earthquake for Europe but acknowledging dissatisfaction with his first term and saying he would seek to make amends. His supporters erupted with joy as the results appeared […]

WASHINGTON, Apr 26 (APP): The state of religious freedom in India “significantly worsened” last year, a U.S. panel’s report has said, calling for targeted sanctions against the country over alleged abuses. In its annual report released on Monday, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom […]

Tripoli, Lebanon, April 24 (AFP/APP):At least six people died, including a little girl, and almost 50 others were rescued after a migrant boat capsized off Lebanon, state media said, in the latest tragedy at sea off the crisis-hit country. The boat capsized on Saturday night […]

Kunduz, Afghanistan, April 22 (AFP/APP): A blast ripped through a mosque during Friday prayers in northern Afghanistan, killing 33 people and wounding 43 more, a Taliban spokesman said, just a day after the Islamic State group claimed two separate deadly attacks. Since Taliban fighters seized […]

Moscow, April 22 (AFP/APP): Russian authorities on Friday declared opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza a “foreign agent” and ordered his pre-trial detention for allegedly spreading false information about the Russian army amid its military campaign in Ukraine. Moscow’s Basmanny district court ordered that the 40-year-old Kremlin […]

ISLAMABAD – April 22 (ONLINE) Federal Minister Chaudhry Salik Hussain has been given the charge of Chairman of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority. According to details, Salik’s designation will have an equal rank to Federal Minister. In the past, General Retired Asim Saleem […]

MOSCOW – April 22 (ONLINE) The European Union currently has no plans of introducing a collective ban on Russian oil supplies, because several EU members threatened to veto this initiative, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell told the LENA news […]

UNITED NATIONS, Apr 22 (APP): Over the past two months, Ukraine has seen “suffering, devastation, and destruction on a massive scale”, the UN Crisis Coordinator for the country said Thursday, echoing the world body’s chief’s words, “we must stop the bloodshed and destruction”. “At least […]

Kabul, April 21 (AFP/APP):A blast Thursday at a mosque in Mazar-i-Sharif city in Afghanistan caused dozens of casualties, a Taliban official said, the second attack against a Shiite target in three days. “There are at least 25 casualties,” Zabihullah Noorani, head of Balkh province’s information […]

LOS ANGELES, Apr 20 (XINHUA/APP):A total of 34 people were shot in Los Angeles in a “troubling week,” local media reported Tuesday citing Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department Michel Moore. The police chief told the Los Angeles Police Commission that 23 of the […]