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Goma, DR Congo, Nov 11 (AFP/APP):M23 rebels and DR Congo troops clashed heavily in North Kivu province on Friday as Angola’s president pursued diplomatic efforts to bring peace between neighbours Kinshasa and Kigali. Tensions between DR Congo and Rwanda are at their highest in years, […]

Kyiv, Ukraine, Nov 11 (AFP/APP):Russia said Friday it had finished pulling back its troops from Kherson in southern Ukraine, abandoning the only regional capital its forces had captured in nearly nine months of fighting. The Kremlin meanwhile insisted that the city was still part of […]

PARIS 10 Nov (Online): After years of public rows and even a brief naval stand-off in the Channel, Britain and France are looking to reset their relations under new UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. Sunak and French President Emmanuel Macron met for the first time […]

ANKARA 10 Nov (Online): Russia’s decision to pull its forces back from the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson was “positive and important,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said. “Russia’s decision regarding Kherson is positive, an important decision,” told reporters in the capital Ankara on […]

Moscow, Nov 9 (AFP/APP):Russia ordered its troops to withdraw from the city of Kherson in southern Ukraine on Wednesday in a further major blow to its campaign amid a Ukrainian counter-offensive. “Begin to pull out troops,” Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said at a televised […]

Sharm El-Sheikh: November 8(Online): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s DC meeting with the Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia; both sides expressed determination to further strengthen the multilateral partnership between the two brotherly countries Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met Crown Prince and Prime Minister […]

Catania, Italy, Nov 8 (AFP/APP):Hundreds of migrants aboard rescue ships waited Tuesday at a Sicilian port for permission to come ashore, as another charity vessel gave up hope of a welcome in Italy and appealed to France for safe harbour. Nearly 500 migrants are in […]

ANKARA, Nov 8 (AA/APP):The European Council on Tuesday decided to fully suspend the visa waiver agreement with Vanuatu, citing risks posed by its investor citizenship schemes. Following the partial suspension, which was imposed on March 3, the European Commission began a dialogue with the country […]

Washington, Nov 8 (AFP/APP):Polls opened Tuesday in crucial US midterm elections that could decide the political future of both President Joe Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump — who has all but announced he will seek the White House again in 2024. Biden’s Democrats are […]

Catania, Italy, Nov 7 (AFP/APP):Three migrants rescued from the Mediterranean and brought to a Sicilian port but then banned from disembarking jumped into the sea in desperation Monday, trapped in a standoff between charity ships and Italy’s new hard-right government. The men were quickly pulled […]