Trump arrest plunges White House race into uncharted territory

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 […]

UN says Afghan women staff blocked from work by Taliban order

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 […]

UN chief seeks global efforts to safeguard people from mines

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 […]

Trump arrives in New York to surrender to charges

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 […]

Poland says supplied some of pledged MiG-29s to Ukraine

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 […]

Mortar mine blast kills two children in Afghanistan

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 […]

Leading military blogger killed in St Petersburg cafe blast

Moscow, April 2 (AFP/APP): A leading Russian military blogger was killed Sunday in an explosion at a cafe in Russia’s second-largest city of Saint Petersburg, the interior ministry said. “One person was killed in the incident. He was military correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky,” the ministry said […]