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New York, Feb 15 (AFP/APP):A white supremacist who murdered 10 Black people during a live-streamed supermarket rampage in New York state last year was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday during an emotional hearing that saw a man lunge for the shooter. Payton Gendron, 19, […]

ISLAMABAD, Feb 13 (APP): The Federal Investigation Agency on Monday registered a first information report (FIR) against former finance minister Shaukat Tarin on charges of sedition for allegedly stalling talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The case has been registered by FIA’s Cyber Crime […]

Kahramanmaras, Turkey, Feb 12 (AFP/APP): Rescuers on Sunday pulled a seven-month-old baby and a teenage girl from the rubble nearly a week after a powerful earthquake devastated huge areas of Türkiye and Syria, killing more than 28,000 people. UN relief chief Martin Griffiths warned that […]

SYRIA/ ANTAKYA 11 Feb (Online): Rescue crews saved a 10-day-old baby and his mother trapped in the ruins of a building in Turkey on Friday and dug several people out from other sites as President Tayyip Erdogan said authorities should have reacted faster to this […]

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 09 (APP):As millions worldwide continue to go hungry, leaders of five international humanitarian, banking and trade organizations Wednesday appealed for further urgent action to prevent the global food and nutrition crisis from worsening. The heads of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), […]

San José, Feb 9 (AFP/APP): More than 200 detained members of Nicaragua’s opposition were heading to the United States on Thursday after being freed by the government of President Daniel Ortega, which has been widely accused of authoritarianism. The news was broken by relatives of […]

Brussels, Feb 9 (AFP/APP): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s tour of European capitals brings him to Brussels on Thursday to lobby EU leaders for jets and long-range weapons to shore up his defences against the Russian invasion. After almost a year of the most brutal combat […]

WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (AA/APP): A candlelight vigil was held in Washington, D.C., to honor the victims of the deadly earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria. Nearly 50 people gathered at Dupont Circle to show solidarity with the people who are affected by the earthquakes and the […]

Istanbul, Feb 8 (AFP/APP): The death toll from a massive earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria rose above 11,200 on Wednesday as rescuers raced to save survivors trapped under debris in the winter cold. Officials and medics said 8,574 people had died in Turkey and […]

LONDON, Feb 8 (AA/APP): World Health Organization (WHO) declared the earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria a “grade three emergency” – with a “critical 48 hour window” to save people who are trapped. WHO Regional Director Hans Kluge told Sky News that they are channeling all […]