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SEOUL 28 Oct (Online): South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has denied that Seoul provided any lethal weapons to Ukraine after Russian President Vladimir Putin said such a decision would destroy their bilateral relations. Putin made the remark at a conference on Moscow on Thursday, accusing […]

Doha, Oct 28 (AFP/APP): Qatar on Friday summoned Germany’s ambassador to protest comments made by a minister casting doubt on whether the Gulf state should host the football World Cup. Comments by German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser were “unacceptable and provocative” and required a “clarification”, […]

Moscow, Oct 28 (AFP/APP):Russian President Vladimir Putin will host talks in Sochi on Monday between the leaders of arch-foes Armenia and Azerbaijan, the Kremlin said, reasserting Moscow’s role following Western-led efforts to bring peace. “On the initiative of the Russian side, tripartite negotiations between… Putin, […]

San Francisco, Oct 28 (AFP/APP):After months of controversy, Elon Musk is now at the head of one of the most influential social networks on the planet, whose “tremendous potential” he has promised to unleash. What changes can we expect for the platform from the multi-billionaire […]

ISLAMABAD 27 Oct (Online): Slain journalist Arshad Sharif (who was shot dead amid mysterious circumstances in Kenya on Sunday last week) was laid to rest at the H-11 graveyard in Islamabad on Thursday with hundreds of people in attendance. A large contingent of police was […]

Washington, Oct 27 (AFP/APP): Russia’s invasion of Ukraine highlights the “acute threat” posed by Moscow, but China is the most consequential challenge for the United States, the Pentagon said Thursday. The dangers are both conventional — Moscow’s aggression toward its neighbors and Beijing’s efforts to […]

London, Oct 19 (AFP/APP): British Prime Minister Liz Truss lurched into fresh chaos Wednesday as her hardline interior minister quit, forcing the new leader to turn to one of her strongest critics to shore up her tottering government. Suella Braverman left as home secretary ostensibly […]

Paris, Oct 18 (AFP/APP): Striking workers held rallies across France on Tuesday to demand higher wages in response to soaring inflation, amplifying a protest by refinery workers that has emptied petrol stations and caused headaches for millions of motorists. The strike caused fewer transport disruptions […]

Doha, Oct 18 (AFP/APP):Gas-rich Qatar inaugurated Tuesday its first solar power plant stretching across the desert, a vast site planned to provide up to 10 percent of the tiny Gulf nation’s energy supply. The solar farm in al-Kharsaah, west of the capital Doha, is “one […]

Moscow, Oct 17 (AFP/APP): A Russian military plane crashed on Monday into a residential area of Yeysk, a town in southwestern Russia near the border with Ukraine, news agencies reported, citing the defence ministry, with at least two deaths reported. Russian President Vladimir Putin was […]