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Singapore, April 25 (AFP/APP): The United Nations Human Rights Office pressed Singapore on Tuesday to “urgently reconsider” its scheduled execution of a man over one kilogram of cannabis. Singaporean Tangaraju Suppiah, 46, is set to be hanged on Wednesday after he was convicted of conspiracy […]

Kyiv, Ukraine, April 25 (AFP/APP): Ukraine said Tuesday it had evacuated 138 people, including 87 of its own citizens, to Egypt from Sudan, where a ceasefire has come into force after deadly fighting. A US-brokered 72-hour ceasefire between Sudan’s warring generals officially came into effect […]

Kabal (PNI) At least 12 policemen were martyred and more than 40 people injured in explosions at a Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) police station in Swat’s Kabal. CTD DIG Khalid Sohail told media that the blast was “not a suicide attack”. “There was no attack […]

UNITED NATIONS, Apr 21 (APP): The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan issued a strong statement on Friday calling on both sides in the military power struggle to “implement humanitarian pauses” allowing civilians and aid workers to access essential supplies. “I am horrified by the toll […]

Paris, April 21 (AFP/APP): A Paris court on Friday sentenced a Lebanese-Canadian sociology professor to life in prison in absentia for the 1980 bombing of a synagogue in the French capital that left four people dead. The court followed the prosecutor’s request for the maximum […]

Ramstein Air Base/Kyiv, Germany, April 21 (AFP/APP): International backing for Ukraine holds “strong and true”, US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said Friday, as he opened a meeting in Germany with allies to discuss further support for Kyiv. On the eve of the talks gathering representatives […]

ISLAMABAD, April 20 (Online): It’s going to be a difficult road for Prince Harry. Will it be an arduous journey back home? There may be some challenges in the way of Prince Harry’s trip back to the UK for King Charles III’s coronation. On Wednesday, […]

Khartoum, April 20 (AFP/APP): Explosions and gunfire resounded in Sudan’s capital on Thursday as fighting between the forces of two rival generals showed no signs of abating ahead of festivities marking the end of Ramazan. More than 300 people have been killed since the fighting […]

Sloviansk, Ukraine, April 19 (AFP/APP): Rescuers dug frantically for Anastasia Komarista’s two-year-old son in the rubble of their east Ukraine housing block for hours after Russian strikes last week. Then they dug for her husband. She buried them both again on Wednesday, days after the […]