Parkland survivors remember friends two years after mass shooting
AFP, Parkland :Two years after 17 students and faculty members were gunned down in one of the worst mass shootings in US history, survivors from...
International
Turkey hits back at Moscow over Idlib claims
AFP, Ankara :Turkey’s vice-president on Saturday hit back at Russian accusations of failing to honour a 2018 deal by insisting it carried out its responsibilities...
China, Vatican FMs hold high-level meeting for first time
AFP, Beijing :The foreign ministers of China and the Vatican have met in the first such high-level encounter between the sides, which do not have...
Venezuela’s opposition leader Guaido looking to reboot Maduro challenge
AFP, Caracas :Fresh off a three-week international tour, Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido is hoping to ramp up pressure against President Nicolas Maduro but must...
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...