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Jerusalem, April 5 (AFP/APP): Israeli police clashed with Palestinians inside Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque Wednesday, sparking a military exchange of rockets and air strikes in flaring violence as the Jewish Passover coincides with the Muslim holy month of Ramazan. Armed police in riot gear stormed the […]

ISTANBUL / ANKARA, Apr 5 (AA/APP): French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Beijing on Wednesday on a three-day state visit to China, state media reported. Macron is leading a large delegation that will stay in China until Thursday. “President Xi (Jinping) will hold talks with […]

Washington, April 5 (AFP/APP):US voters woke Wednesday after Donald Trump’s arraignment in New York to a uniquely uncertain 2024 presidential election landscape, where the leading Republican candidate faces trial and the incumbent, Joe Biden, has not even confirmed he’s running. Trump pleaded not guilty on […]

United Nations, United States, April 4 (AFP/APP):The Taliban have extended a ban on women working for NGOs to the United Nations’ mission throughout the country, a UN spokesman announced Tuesday, calling such an order “unacceptable.” The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) had said […]

UNITED NATIONS, Apr 04 (APP):Global efforts are key to saving lives from the ‘terrifying legacy’ of unexploded ordnance, as it wreaks daily havoc in war-torn and post-conflict communities alike, UN officials said, as Mine Action Week kicked off on Monday. “For the millions living amidst […]

NEW YORK, Apr 04 (APP): Former US President Donald Trump surrendered to authorities Tuesday to be arraigned in court in Lower Manhattan, amid massive security. Trump faces charges stemming from an investigation that has centered on hush money payments to adult-film star Stormy Daniels ahead […]

ISLAMABAD, Apr 04 (APP): The Supreme Court on Tuesday voided the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) decision on Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) election. A three-member SC bench comprising Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Munib Akhtar and Justice Ijaz Ul Ahsan announced the decision […]

New York, April 3 (AFP/APP): Donald Trump arrived Monday in New York where he will surrender to unprecedented criminal charges, taking America into uncharted and potentially volatile territory as he seeks to regain the presidency. The 76-year-old Republican, the first US president ever to be […]

Warsaw, April 3 (AFP/APP): Poland on Monday said it had already transferred some of its promised MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine, after fellow NATO member Slovakia announced it had shipped an initial batch of its own. “A few MiG-29s have already been sent. They are […]

MAIDAN SHAR, Apr 2 (Xinhua/APP): Two children were killed as a mortar mine left over from past wars went off in Afghanistan’s eastern Wardak province on Saturday, provincial police spokesman Yusuf Israr said Sunday. The incident took place when children in the Sayedabad district found […]