US announces partial Taliban truce amid signs deal is near
AFP, Belgium : The United States has secured of a seven-day reduction in violence in Afghanistan that it hopes will allow it to strike a...
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Watchdog slams new social media measures in PakistanAFP, IslamabadA leading media rights watchdog has slammed new regulatory measures targeting social media platforms in Pakistan where...
Iran starts election campaign with thousands barred from standing
Reuters, Dubai :Iran’s week-long parliamentary election campaign started on Thursday, state TV reported, a vote seen as a popularity test for the clerical establishment at...
Last month was hottest January on record: US climate service
AFP, Washington :Last month was the hottest January on record, surpassing a previous high recorded in 2016, the US climate service said Thursday.Land and ocean...
Inter-governmental negotiations meant to achieve UNSC reform, not endless debate: G4 nations
AP :The G4 nations of Brazil, Germany, Japan and India have asserted that the mandate of the United Nations” Inter-Governmental Negotiations is to achieve the...
Israel bombs Damascus, killing 7, including 4 Iranians
AFP, Beirut :Israeli bombing of the Syrian capital Damascus overnight Thursday into Friday led to the killing of seven people, including four Iranian officers, a...
Sanders, Pete Buttigieg emerge frontrunners from Democrats to face Trump
AFP, United States :Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg stepped forward Wednesday as undisputed frontrunners in the race to take on President Donald Trump in November...
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UN Council endorses 55-pt road map to end war in LibyaAP, United Nations The U.N. Security Council endorsed a 55-point road map for ending the...
250m children in conflict-affected nations: UN chief
AP, United Nations : Some 250 million children live in countries affected by conflict, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday.And he said...
Kashmiri Pandits in US welcome PM’s remarks on community in parliament
PTI, New York :A group of Kashmiri Pandits in the US has welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks in Parliament that Kashmir’s identity was buried...
112-year-old Japanese named world’s oldest man
AFP, Tokyo :A 112-year-old Japanese man has been crowned the world’s oldest male, claiming that smiling is the key to longevity.Chitetsu Watanabe, who was born...