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Colombo: Sri Lankan women were urged to delay getting pregnant after more than 40 expectant mothers died of Covid-19 in four months, the health ministry said Thursday. The island nation, which recorded its first maternal coronavirus death in May, is battling...
London: Britain's interior minister met her French counterpart on Wednesday as the United Kingdom pressed France to do more to stop a surge of migrants trying to cross the English Channel in small boats. Dozens of women, men and children, wrapped up in...
Kabul: Two hundred Americans and other foreigners who remain in Afghanistan are set to depart the war-ravaged country on charter flights from Kabul on Thursday after the new Taliban government agreed to their evacuation, a U.S. official said. The departures...
New York: Former President Donald Trump released a new statement on Wednesday praising Robert E. Lee, even as a statue of the Confederate general was taken down in Richmond, Virginia. Trump said Lee is considered “the greatest strategist of them all,”...
Islamabad: European Union's Ambassador to Pakistan Androulla Kaminara on Wednesday expressed concerns over human rights and enforced disappearances in Pakistan before the renewal of GSP Plus that is going to expire by the end of 2023. Kaminara said that...
Washington: The insurgent group has a lot to do before they can get any recognition for its regime, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said. The United States on Wednesday said that it was not in a rush to recognise the new interim government in Afghanistan...
Washington: A US lawmaker has sought sanctions against Pakistan for reportedly aiding the Taliban offensive in Panjshir. “If confirmed, not only must we cut off all aid, we must enact sanctions. Pakistan is now showing what they lied about for years,...
Beijing: China on Wednesday said the formation of a caretaker Taliban government in Afghanistan was a 'necessary step' in pursuing post-war reconstruction, adding that it is ready to maintain communication with the country's new leaders. It is a 'necessary...
Erbil :Kurdistan Region - Coalition forces on Wednesday gave over 150 vehicles to Peshmerga forces, the coalition’s top advisor told Rudaw. “Today’s divestment is over 150 vehicles. They consist of mobility, counter mobility, construction, sustainment...
Washington: Experts believe that the nomination of F B I wanted criminal Sirajuddin Haqq, as the Interior Minister of the caretaker the government of Afghstan is a 'tight slap' on the US. Seth G Jones, a senior vice president of a Washington-based think...
La Paz, Sucre: We spoke to Andrés Arauz, former Presidential candidate in Ecuador for the Revolución Ciudadana (Citizens’ Revolution). Andrés won the first round, with an advantage of more than 10 points over second place candidate, the neoliberal banker...
Kuwait City: US Secretary of Defence Lloyd J Austin III met Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Wednesday to extend gratitude to the Persian Gulf country for assisting the US in evacuating citizens from war-torn Afghanistan . "Just...