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ANKARA , Dec 17 (AA/APP):The EU on Friday approved its ninth sanctions package against Russia to step up pressure on the country, targeting its economy and figures who have played instrumental roles in the war in Ukraine. The bloc agreed on the fresh wave of […]

Tunis, Dec 17 (AFP/APP): Tunisians started voting in a lacklustre election Saturday for a parliament with virtually no power, the final pillar in President Kais Saied’s political overhaul in the birthplace of the Arab Spring. Opposition political groups in the North African country have called […]

PARIS, France – December 16 (ONLINE) Ten people, including five children, have been killed in a fire in an apartment building near Lyon, France, the local government says. Officials released a statement saying a “sizeable fire” broke out in a seven-storey block of flats in […]

Paris, Dec 16 (AFP/APP): Ukraine claims that Russia is preparing a fresh offensive against Kyiv early next year, but analysts doubt that Moscow can regenerate its battered forces for such a major operation is so short a timeframe. Speaking to The Economist magazine this week, […]

Berlin, Dec 15 (AFP/APP): Disgraced former tennis superstar Boris Becker was due back in Germany on Thursday after being deported following his release from a British prison where he served a sentence relating to his 2017 bankruptcy, his lawyer said. The 55-year-old German six-time Grand […]

Aqibya, Lebanon, Dec 15 (AFP/APP):An Irish soldier of the UN peacekeeping force in south Lebanon near the Israeli border was killed and three wounded after their convoy came under fire, Irish officials said Thursday. Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin said he was “deeply shocked and […]

Kyiv, Ukraine, Dec 14 (AFP/APP): Ukraine said Wednesday that it had secured the release of a US citizen as well as 64 Ukrainian members of the military in its latest prisoner swap with Russian forces. “Sixty-four soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces who fought in […]

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 14 (APP):The United Nations Tuesday called for easing of tensions along the Sino-Indian disputed Himalayan border, after India claimed its troops clashed with Chinese troops last week. “We call for de-escalation to ensure that the tensions along the border in that area […]

Lima, Dec 12 (AFP/APP): Hundreds of protesters on Monday used burning tires, wood and rocks to block the airport runway in Peru’s second-largest city, Arequipa, demonstrating against the ousting of former president Pedro Castillo. Protesters have demanded fresh elections and the resignation of new President […]

London, Dec 10 (AFP/APP):One person was killed and several others were missing after a “devastating” explosion Saturday at a block of flats in Jersey’s capital St Helier, police on the Channel island said. A fire was put out but emergency services are still conducting “significant […]