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Washington, April 13 (AFP/APP): FBI agents on Thursday arrested a young national guardsman suspected of being behind a major leak of sensitive US government secrets — including about the Ukraine war. US Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the arrest made “in connection with an investigation […]

Oslo, April 13 (AFP/APP): Norway on Thursday announced the expulsion of 15 “intelligence officers” working at the Russian embassy in Oslo. “The 15 intelligence officers have been engaging in activities that are not compatible with their diplomatic status,” Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt said in a […]

Tehran, April 12 (AFP/APP): An Iranian delegation arrived in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, Tehran said, to pave the way for reopening diplomatic missions as the Gulf countries prepare to normalise bilateral relations. The announcement came just days after a Saudi delegation made a similar visit […]

Dublin, April 12 (AFP/APP): US President Joe Biden on Wednesday began a nostalgia-filled tour of the Republic of Ireland, jetting in from Northern Ireland where he pushed for an end to crippling political paralysis in the British province. Biden emerged from Air Force One at […]

BEIJING, Apr 11 (APP): Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang will be attending the fourth foreign ministers’ meeting of neighboring countries of Afghanistan in Samarkand, Uzbekistan from April 12 to 13. He has been invited by Uzbekistan’s acting foreign minister Bakhtiyor Saidov, Chinese […]

UNITED NATIONS, Apr 11 (APP): The United Nations has launched an operational review in Afghanistan, and told national staff to remain at home, following the decision by the Taliban de facto authorities to ban Afghan women from working with the Organization. “UN national personnel – […]

Louisville, United States, April 10 (AFP/APP): Four people were killed and at least eight others injured Monday in a shooting targeting a bank in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, according to US police who said the suspect — believed to be an ex-employee — died in the […]

Marseille, April 10 (AFP/APP):Rescue workers on Monday recovered another three bodies from the rubble of a collapsed building in Marseille, lifting the death toll to six in the southern port city, with two more people still missing, investigators said. More than 24 hours after an […]

Beijing, April 9 (Online): The Chinese military announced the launch of three days of exercises in the Taiwan Strait on Saturday. The wargames come just a day after Taiwanese leader Tsai Ing-wen returned from the US, where she met with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and […]

Sanaa, April 9 (AFP/APP): A Saudi delegation was in the rebel-held capital of Yemen on Sunday to negotiate a potential new truce with Huthi rebels, diplomats said, as Riyadh seeks a way out of the war. The Saudi officials are “in Sanaa to discuss moving […]