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Four dead, 17 missing as Spain trawler sinks off Canada

Montreal, Feb 15 (AFP/APP):At least four fishermen died and another 17 were missing after a Spanish trawler sank in rough waters off eastern Canada on Tuesday, Spanish and Canadian officials said. Rescuers managed to save three crew members after the boat went down some 250 […]

Pakistan accords top priority to projects for Afghanistan: PM Imran Khan

ISLAMABAD, Feb 14 (APP): Prime Minister Imran Khan Monday said Pakistan accorded top priority to business-to-business relationships and communication projects for Afghanistan. The prime minister, while chairing the fourth meeting of the Apex Committee on Afghanistan here, said the government would fully facilitate expansion of […]

EU mulls emergency summit over Ukraine crisis

Brussels, Feb 14 (AFP/APP): EU leaders could hold an emergency summit on the Ukraine crisis this week, on the sidelines of a meeting with their African counterparts, a senior EU official said Monday. Fears have soared that Russia could be planning an imminent invasion of […]

Russian submarine passes through Turkey’s strait to Black Sea: media

ISTANBUL, Feb. 14 (Xinhua/APP) –:A Russian Navy Kilo-class submarine passed through Turkey’s Bosphorus strait on Sunday en route to the Black Sea, local media reported. The Kilo-class Rostov-Na-Donu submarine entered the 30-km-long strait from Turkey’s inland Sea of Marmara, and headed to the Black Sea, […]

Half of population in Afghanistan in very precarious situation, facing hunger, food shortages: PM Imran Khan

ISLAMABAD, Feb 14 (APP): Prime Minister Imran Khan Sunday said half of the population in Afghanistan was in a very precarious situation because of hunger, malnutrition and food shortages. In an exclusive interview with CNN’s GPS host Fareed Zakaria, he said the present situation was […]

Many governments urging citizens to leave Ukraine

Paris, Feb 13 (AFP/APP): Fearing an invasion of Ukraine by Russia, many countries are urging their citizens there to leave and are cutting back their diplomatic staff. – Calls to leave Ukraine – Among the countries that have called on their nationals to leave Ukraine […]

Armed men kidnap five UN staff in southern Yemen

ADEN – February 13 (ONLINE): Five United Nations employees have been abducted by unknown armed men in southern Yemen while returning to Aden after a field mission. The staff was abducted on Friday in the Abyan governorate, according to Russell Geekie, a spokesman for the […]

Hijab ban in Indian state violates religious freedom, says US official

WASHINGTON – February 13 (ONLINE): A US official has voiced concerns about the controversial banning of the headscarf at schools and colleges in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, prompting a strongly worded rebuttal from New Delhi. Rashad Hussain, the US ambassador-at-large for International Religious […]

Kremlin denounces US ‘peak hysteria’ after Putin-Biden call

Moscow, Feb 12 (AFP/APP):The Kremlin on Saturday denounced US “peak hysteria” surrounding the Ukraine conflict but said Russian President Vladimir Putin and US leader Joe Biden had agreed to continue dialogue. Speaking after new phone talks between Putin and Biden, the Kremlin’s top foreign policy […]

Unfreeze Afghan foreign reserves urgently would help address humanitarian crisis in Afghan

Islamabad February 12 (Online): Pakistan has said that finding ways to unfreeze the Afghan foreign reserves urgently would help address the humanitarian and economic needs of the Afghan people. Pakistan has seen the US decision to unfreeze the Afghan assets held by the US banks […]

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