EU proposes new Russia sanctions including oil price cap

Brussels, Sept 28 (AFP/APP):The EU’s executive on Wednesday proposed a new round of sanctions on Moscow over its latest “escalation” in Ukraine, including an oil price cap and ban on Russian exports worth seven billion euros ($7 billion). It also plans to expand its travel […]

UN Security Council to meet over Nord Stream leaks on Friday

Stockholm, Sept 28 (AFP/APP): The UN Security Council will meet Friday to discuss the leaks in the Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea, suspected to be sabotage, Sweden and the French council presidency said Wednesday. “As the current Security Council president France has informed […]

Iranian woman died of ‘blow to the head’: family in Iraq

Sulaimaniyah, Irak, Sept 28 (AFP/APP): Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini was visiting Tehran with her family when she encountered the notorious morality police and died after a “violent blow to the head”, her cousin living in Iraq said. “Jhina’s death has opened the doors of […]

Taliban, Russia sign oil, gas, wheat agreement

KABUL 28 Sep (Online): Taliban government has signed an agreement to import oil, gas and wheat from Russian government. According to international news agency, Russian will provide one million tons of petrol and one million tons of Diesels to Afghanistan. Afghan minister for trade said […]

Guinean ex-dictator jailed on eve of 2009 massacre trial

Conakry, Sept 27 (AFP/APP):Former Guinean dictator Moussa Dadis Camara and several co-defendants were sent to prison Tuesday, a day before their trial opens for the 2009 stadium massacre, their lawyers said. The prosecutor had “our six clients taken to the central house (prison) where they […]

Iranians take to streets for 12th night of women-led protests

Paris, Sept 27 (AFP/APP): Iranians on Tuesday staged a 12th straight night of protests over the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, in defiance of a crackdown that a rights group says has killed more than 75 people. The women-led demonstrations flared after the 22-year-old […]

Neighbours see massive arrivals of Russians fleeing draft ‘chaos’

Tbilisi, Sept 27 (AFP/APP):Georgia and Kazakhstan said Tuesday that tens of thousands of Russians had flooded into their countries from neighbouring Russia since the announcement of partial mobilisation to fight in Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin last week announced the call-up of thousands of reservists, […]

Blinken defends Pakistan arms sales against Indian criticism

Washington, Sept 27 (AFP/APP): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday defended military sales to Pakistan after withering criticism from growing US partner India, which considers itself the target of Islamabad’s F-16 planes. Blinken met in the US capital with India’s foreign minister a […]

Six dead, 20 wounded as gunman opens fire in Russia school

MOSCOW – September 26 (ONLINE) At least six people have been killed and 20 injured during a shooting at a school in the Russian city of Izhevsk, Russian state-owned news agency TASS reported, citing local police. The Udmurtia branch of the interior ministry said the […]