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Paris, March 24 (AFP/APP): A planned visit to France from Sunday by King Charles III has been postponed due to ongoing protests over pension reform, the French presidency announced. “Given the announcement yesterday of another national day of protests against pension reform on Tuesday March […]

Washington, March 23 (AFP/APP):The United States is working to assist 44 Americans who want to leave Afghanistan and several others detained by Taliban authorities, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday. Blinken was speaking before Congress where lawmakers from the rival Republican Party went on […]

LONDON 23 Mar (Online): A group of Jews living in the UK held a demonstration Wednesday in London to protest the Israeli government’s “apartheid policies.” Some 30 people took part in the protest held by the Jewish activist group Na’amod outside the UK Foreign Office, […]

NEW DELHI 23 Mar (Online): A court in western India found opposition leader Rahul Gandhi guilty of defamation on Thursday for a speech he made in 2019 in which he referred to thieves as having the surname Modi, and sentenced him two years in prison. […]

Athens, March 22 (AFP/APP): Some intercity rail travel resumed in Greece on Wednesday for the first time since a head-on collision killed 57 people in the nation’s worst rail disaster more than three weeks ago, operator Hellenic Train said. Several passenger services were back on […]

London, March 22 (AFP/APP): UK lawmakers endorsed Wednesday a crucial part of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s post-Brexit deal with the EU to overhaul Northern Irish trade rules, despite a rebellion by ex-leader Boris Johnson and other Conservative eurosceptics. The vote on the so-called “Stormont brake” […]

Shaykh al Hadid, Syria, March 22 (AFP/APP):Umm Esmat, a mother living in war-torn Syria, is preparing for the onset of Ramadan this year with a heavy heart, after a deadly earthquake forced her from her home. Now displaced in the rebel-held countryside of northern Syria, […]

LONDON 21 Mar (Online): The Indian government summoned the United Kingdom’s senior-most diplomat to protest the taking down of its national flag at the Indian High Commission (HC) in London by pro-Khalistan demonstrators. In a video shared on social media platforms, a Sikh protestor can […]

Moscow, March 21 (AFP/APP): China and Russia’s leaders hailed a “new era” in their relationship on Tuesday, putting on a united front in Moscow as Vladimir Putin accused the West of rejecting Beijing’s proposals to end the Ukraine conflict. The nations, eager to curb Western […]

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 21 (APP)::Pakistan looks forward to Wednesday’s UN Water Conference elevating water in international discourse with an action-oriented outcome that accelerates the achievement of the goal about “clean water and sanitation for all” by 2030. “This year’s Water Conference has a great significance […]