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Geneva, March 29 (AFP/APP): Switzerland on Wednesday signalled readiness to resume talks with the EU towards a cooperation agreement, after shocking its largest trading partner in 2021 by suddenly cutting short years of negotiations. The Swiss government said it had given the green light during […]

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 29 (APP):The Taliban authorities in Afghanistan must immediately release activists detained for advocating for girls’ and women’s rights, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said Wednesday, expressing alarm over the ongoing arrests. Since the beginning of the year, several civil society activists […]

Taipei, March 29 (AFP/APP): China vowed on Wednesday to “fight back” should Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen meet the US House speaker during a trip to the United States. Tsai left on Wednesday for the United States, from where she will head to Guatemala and Belize […]

Stockholm, March 29 (AFP/APP): Sweden said Wednesday it was summoning the Russian ambassador after he said it and neighbouring Finland would become a “legitimate target” of “retaliatory measures” — including military ones — if they join NATO. The Nordic neighbours ended decades of military non-alignment […]

LONDON/NEW YORK: Mar 28 (APP):A US Federal Court in New York has summoned India Punjab’s chief minister and two other officials after a violent crackdown was launched against Sikhs including a total ban on the internet in the state. The New York Federal Court has […]

Washington, March 28 (AFP/APP): The United States has thrown its support behind calls for a special tribunal to prosecute Russia for the “crime of aggression” against Ukraine, an idea promoted by the European Union. The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for President […]

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 28 (APP): The International Labour Organization (ILO), a Geneva-based UN agency, Tuesday called for urgent support to prevent a slide into poverty and an increase in child labour and hand-to-mouth jobs, following the devastating earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria in February. In […]

Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, March 28 (AFP/APP): Several people at an immigration detention center in a Mexican city on the US border died in a fire that broke out at the facility overnight, local media reported on Tuesday. An AFP journalist saw firemen and rescuers placing […]

Rotterdam, Netherlands, March 27 (AFP/APP): Germany has delivered promised Leopard battle tanks to Ukraine, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Monday, providing Kyiv with much-needed heavy weaponry against Russia. “Yes, we delivered Leopard tanks as we announced,” Scholz told a press conference with Dutch Prime Minister […]

Budapest, March 27 (AFP/APP): The Hungarian parliament, dominated by Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s right-wing Fidesz party, ratified Finland’s NATO membership Monday after months of diplomatically charged delay. A large majority of lawmakers — 182 votes for versus six against — approved the accession of the […]