Ankara, March 12 (AP): Turkey and Egypt have started holding diplomatic talks, top Turkish officials said Friday, in a sign of warming ties between the two regional powers.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sai
TEHRAN, MARCH 12 (IANS): Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called for the end of the US' presence in Syria and Iraq.
"The Americans must leave Iraq, which is the will of the Iraqi
TEHRAN, MARCH 12 (IANS): Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif accused the US of following former President Donald Trump's "failed policy" on Iran, after American officials stated unwillin
LIMA, MARCH 12 (IANS): Peru's anti-corruption prosecutor has requested a minimum 30-year prison sentence for former First Lady and leader of the Popular Force (FP) party, Keiko Fujimori, who stands accused
SANAA, MARCH 12 (IANS): David Beasley, Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP), warned that Yemen is heading towards the biggest famine in modern history.
"Just two days ago, I was in Yemen
Lahore, March 12 (PTI): Pakistan's deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif has accused the country's powerful military establishment of threatening his daughter Maryam Nawaz, warning that if anything happen
UNITED NATIONS, MARCH 12 (IANS): The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) said there were an estimated 1.4 million unplanned newborns across the world as the Covid-19 pandemic disrupted the lives of women in lower- and m
BEIJING, MARCH 12 (IANS): Over 100 million people have participated in Beijing's voluntary afforestation campaign, planting a total of 210 million trees from 1980 to 2020, authorities said on Friday.
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Beijing, March 12 (AP): A Chinese official hit back Friday at U.S. criticism of planned election law changes in Hong Kong, noting the chaos surrounding the recent American presidential election.
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Johannesburg, March 12 (AP): King Goodwill Zwelithini, the traditional leader of South Africa's Zulu nation, has died aged 72 after being hospitalised for more than a month, his family announced Friday
Lagos (Nigeria), March 12 (AP): Gunmen have attacked a school in northwestern Nigeria and kidnapped at least 30 students just weeks after a similar attack in the region, authorities said Friday.
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Yangon, March 12 (AP): A court in Myanmar on Friday extended the pre-trial detention period for an Associated Press journalist arrested while covering demonstrations against the military's seizure of power
Cairo, March 11 (AP): A fire at a garment factory near Cairo on Thursday killed at least 20 people and injured 24, officials said, the latest such incident in Egypt where safety standards and fire regulations a
Minneapolis (US), March 11 (AP): A judge on Thursday granted prosecutors' request to add a third-degree murder charge against the former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd's de
Amsterdam, March 11 (AP): The European Medicines Agency has authorised Johnson & Johnson's one-dose coronavirus vaccine, giving the European Union's 27 nations a fourth licensed vaccine to try to cu
Jerusalem, March 11 (AP): Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said it called off the Israeli leader's visit to the United Arab Emirates on Thursday, citing disagreements with the Jordanian govern
GENEVA, MARCH 11 (IANS): One in three women, around 736 million, are subjected to physical or sexual violence by an intimate partner or sexual violence from a non-partner in their lifetime, says a World Health
Mandalay, March 11 (AP): Spurning an appeal by the United Nations to top using lethal force against peaceful demonstrators, security forces in Myanmar on Thursday fatally shot at least 10 people protesting agai
Tokyo, March 11 (AP): Japan on Thursday marked the 10th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that hit its northeastern region, where many survivors' lives are still on hold.
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YANGON, MARCH 11 (IANS): Myanmar's military rulers have accused the ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi of illegally accepting $600,000 (£430,000)and gold.
The allegation is the strongest yet level