Sweden takes over the EU’s rotating presidency from January 1 vowing to maintain unity on Ukraine and uphold free trade in the face of calls for a tougher response to US green subsidies. But the main questions for Stockholm as it takes the reigns of the 27-nation bloc at this tumultuous time could be how […]
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Ousted Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to another seven years in jail as her long series of trials ended on Friday, with the Nobel laureate now facing more than three decades behind bars. A prisoner of the military since a coup last year, Suu Kyi, 77, has been convicted on every […]
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ISLAMABAD: The National Security Committee (NSC) resolved Friday to speed up the operations against terrorists in the wake of rising insurgency in the country. In a statement, the Prime Minister’s Office said the NSC’s participants expressed an unequivocal opinion that Pakistan’s national interests will not be compromised and no one will be allowed to harm […]
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. State Department has approved the sale of an anti-tank mine-laying system to Taiwan amid the rising military threat from China. The department on Wednesday said the Volcano system and all related equipment would cost an estimated $180 million. It’s capable of scattering anti-tank and anti-personnel mines from either a ground vehicle […]
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Belgium-based Ryanair cabin crews have started a three-day strike, resulting in dozens of the low-cost Irish carrier’s flights being grounded and affecting thousands of passengers. The strike came on Friday as the cost of living crisis continued, increasing labour strife across Europe that has disrupted the festive period. Ryanair employees in Belgium have already gone […]
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Chinese state-media said COVID-19 testing requirements imposed around the world in response to a surging wave of infections were “discriminatory”, in the clearest pushback yet against restrictions that are slowing down its re-opening. Having kept its borders all but shut for three years, imposing a strict regime of lockdowns and relentless testing, China abruptly reversed […]
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Belarus has summoned the Ukrainian ambassador, saying it had shot down a Ukrainian air defence missile in Belarusian territory. It happened during one of Russia’s heaviest aerial onslaughts against Ukraine so far. Footage from Belarusian state television appeared to show missile debris in a field. A Ukrainian military spokesman said the incident was “the result […]
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KIEV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Dec. 29 most regions were without power in freezing temperatures following a barrage of Russian missile attacks all over the country. “As of this evening, there are power outages in most regions of Ukraine,” he said. “It is especially difficult in Kyiv region and the capital, Lviv region, […]
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At least 100 protestors are facing the death penalty in Iran, says a rights group. Norway-based Iran Human Rights said this week that 100 protestors — including teenage boys and two 22-year-old women — are currently at risk of execution for participating in demonstrations sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini in September. The organisation […]
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The Democratic Freedom Party (DFP) has strongly condemned the killing of four Kashmiris by Indian troops in Jammu district of the Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IOJK). The troops martyred four Kashmiri youth in a fake encounter in the garb of a cordon and search operation after arresting them when they were travelling in a […]
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