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Jerusalem, Nov 13 (AFP/APP):Israel’s veteran ex-premier Benjamin Netanyahu secured a mandate Sunday to form a new government, paving the way for his comeback at the helm of what is expected to be the most right-wing administration in the country’s history. After a period of unprecedented […]

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 11 (APP):Food import costs globally are projected to reach nearly $2 trillion this year, or higher than previously expected, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), a Rome-based UN agency, said in a report released Friday. The new forecast of $1.94 trillion […]

NEW DELHI 11 Nov (Online): India’s top court on Friday ordered the release of six people convicted over the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi. Gandhi was 46 when he was killed by a woman suicide bomber at an election rally in the southern […]

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 […]