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London, Jan 11 (AFP/APP):The British and Japanese prime ministers signed what Downing Street called a “hugely significant” new defence deal allowing UK troops to deploy in Japan as the pair met in London on Wednesday. Rishi Sunak and Fumio Kishida signed the agreement at the […]

BEIJING, Jan 10 (XINHUA/APP): Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Czech President Milos Zeman via video link on Monday. Xi said that over the past 10 years, he and President Zeman have met and talked many times, and exchanged in-depth views on bilateral relations and […]

NEW YORK, Jan 09 (APP):US human rights organizations have condemned Harvard Kennedy School for denying fellowship to the former head of Human Rights Watch (HRW), a prominent international watchdog body, due to “anti-Israel bias”, according to media reports. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) called […]

BURLIN, Germany – January 8 (ONLINE) An Iranian man has been arrested in western Germany suspected of preparing an “Islamist attack” using cyanide and ricin, police and prosecutors said Sunday. Muenster police and the Duesseldorf prosecutors’ office said in a press release that officers searched […]

ISLAMABAD, Jan 8 (APP):Pakistan would place a comprehensive post-disaster framework plan for recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction before development partners and friendly countries at the International Conference on Resilient Pakistan in Geneva on January 9. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will co-host the conference along with the […]

GENEVA, Jan 8 (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday arrived here along with a high-level delegation to co-chair an international conference on ‘Climate Resilient Pakistan’, along with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, being held on January 9. Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Minister […]

Washington, Jan 6 (AFP/APP):Democrats marked the anniversary of the US Capitol riot Friday by linking the violence to the internecine warfare that has broken out among Republicans paralyzing the House of Representatives over the selection of the next speaker. The Republicans, who have a razor-thin […]

Washington, Jan 5 (AFP/APP): US President Joe Biden said Thursday that Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s order for a two-day Orthodox Christmas ceasefire in Ukraine was simply an effort to find breathing room for his war effort. “He was ready to bomb hospitals and nurseries and […]

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 04 (APP): In in an appeal to governments everywhere, UN human rights chief Volker Turk has called for ending arbitrary detention “once and for all.” “At the start of this year – the 75th anniversary year of the?Universal Declaration of Human Rights?– […]

Washington, Jan 4 (AFP/APP): The new Republican-led US House of Representatives was engulfed in crisis for a second day running Wednesday as a fresh round of voting failed to produce a winner in the race for speaker. The lower chamber of Congress had limped to […]