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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 […]

Warsaw, Jan 3 (AFP/APP): The Polish foreign ministry on Tuesday said it had received an official note from Germany rejecting Poland’s World War II reparations claim. “According to the German government, the issue of reparations and compensation for wartime losses remains closed and it does […]

Samara, Russia, Jan 3 (AFP/APP):Mourners voiced grief and anger on Tuesday at a rare public commemoration in Russia for the scores of soldiers killed by a Ukrainian strike on New Year’s Eve. Admitting its worst ever military losses from a single Ukrainian attack, Russia on […]

Paris, Jan 2 (AFP/APP): Two Iranian teenagers face the death penalty after being sentenced to be hanged over involvement in protests that have rocked the Islamic republic for months, a rights group said Monday. Two men aged 23 have already been executed over the protests […]

Kabul, Jan 1 (AFP/APP): An explosion at the entrance to a military airfield in the Afghan capital killed and wounded several people on Sunday, an official told AFP. The cause of the blast at the gate of the facility next to Kabul’s international airport was […]

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 30 (APP): The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, Friday called for a coordinated regional approach to protect thousands of Rohingya Muslims risking their lives on perilous sea voyages. “More than 2,400 Rohingya have sought to leave Bangladesh and Myanmar […]

Kyiv, Ukraine, Dec 30 (AFP/APP):Ukraine said Friday it repelled a night-time drone attack from Russia, a day after Moscow launched a new wave of missile strikes in the run-up to New Year celebrations. The attacks came 10 months into President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, […]

Naypyidaw, Myanmar, Dec 30 (AFP/APP):Ousted Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to another seven years in jail as her long series of trials ended on Friday, with the Nobel laureate now facing more than three decades behind bars. A prisoner of the […]