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Macron proposes new political union for non-EU countries
France’s president warned Monday that decades could pass before Ukraine joins the European Union, and proposed a new political organisation to bring together countries on the continent that share EU values but are not part of the bloc.…
Jill Biden’s secret Ukraine trip
Jill Biden, the first lady, traveled to western Ukraine in an unannounced trip Sunday, the latest show of support from the United States, which in recent weeks has significantly increased military aid for Ukraine and sent others close to…
Ukraine evacuates civilians from Mariupol steel plant under siege
ZAPORIZHZHIA: Russian forces fired cruise missiles at the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa on Saturday and bombarded a besieged steel mill in Mariupol, hoping to complete their conquest of the port in time for Victory Day celebrations.…
Pakistan police arrest 8 men over apparent religious killing
LAHORE: Pakistani police say they arrested eight men of the Ahmadi sect of Islam on Saturday who had opened fire on a group of Sunni Muslims the night prior, killing one and wounding another.
Senior officer Faisal Mukhtar said the…
New York: Feds accuse Starbucks of unfair labor practices in Buffalo
Federal labor officials filed a sweeping complaint Friday accusing Starbucks of unfair labor practices at its stores in Buffalo, New York, including retaliation against pro-union employees.
The National Labor Relations Board’s Buffalo…
Zelenskyy calls on German chancellor Scholz to visit Ukraine on May 9
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday to take a “powerful step” and visit Kyiv on May 9, the date when Russia commemorates the Soviet Union’s victory in World War Two. He offered the…
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa declares emergency again
Amid the country’s economic crisis and the consequent anti-government protests, the Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Friday declared a state of emergency with effect from Friday midnight, giving its security forces sweeping…
As Victory day looms in Russia, guesswork grows over Putin’s Ukraine goals
With the Russian military still struggling, Western officials and Ukraine’s traumatized residents are looking with increased alarm to Russia’s Victory Day holiday on May 9 — a celebration of the Soviet triumph over Nazi Germany — that…
3 Israelis killed in stabbing attack near Tel Aviv
A pair of Palestinian attackers went on a stabbing rampage in a town near Tel Aviv, killing at least three people and wounding four others before fleeing in a vehicle, Israeli authorities said.
Police launched a massive search for the…
Karine Jean-Pierre is named White House Press Secretary
US President Joe Biden on Thursday selected Karine Jean-Pierre, the principal deputy press secretary, to replace Jen Psaki as the top White House spokeswoman, making her the first Black woman to hold one of the most high-profile jobs in…
Modi & Macron discuss ‘cascading effect’, each’s position
Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris, Delhi said there was a broad understanding of each other’s position on the Ukraine issue, that the two leaders spoke extensively on the…
Amit Shah inaugurates BSF’s floating border outposts at Hingalganj in Bengal,
Hingalganj, May 5: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday inaugurated BSF's floating border outposts at Hingalganj in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. Shah also flagged off a boat ambulance at a floating BOP at Sutlej here.…
Rajnath Singh to IAF: Transform into an Aerospace Force
New Delhi, May 5: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday exhorted the IAF to transform itself into an Aerospace Force keeping in mind India's adversaries who are "taking steps towards the military usage of space." "It is our duty as…
Russia fights for control of Ukraine’s Mariupol stronghold
Russian forces battled on Wednesday for control of the last stronghold in Ukraine’s besieged city of Mariupol, Ukrainian officials said, and the European Union proposed tough new sanctions against Moscow including a phased oil embargo.…
Narendra Modi to go to Nepal on the event of Buddha Purnima on Might 16
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set for one more international go to. However this time it is simply throughout the border to the neighbouring nation of Nepal, and just for a number of hours. On Might 16, the PM will make a…
PM discusses Ukraine with Nordic leaders, meets Macron in Paris
Underlining the “shared values of freedom and democracy and rules-based order” with Nordic countries, Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed the situation in Ukraine with the Prime Ministers of Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Iceland…
Israel demands apology after Russia says Hitler had Jewish roots
Israel lambasted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday for claiming that Adolf Hitler had Jewish origins, saying it was an “unforgivable” falsehood that debased the horrors of the Nazi Holocaust.
In a signal of sharply…
With spate of attacks, Islamic State group begins bloody new chapter in Afghanistan
The first blast ripped through a school in Kabul, the Afghan capital, killing high school students. Days later, explosions destroyed two mosques and a minibus in the north of the country. The following week, three more explosions targeted…
UK plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda stokes anger and dread
Nearly every day, Kamal Mohamad calls home to his parents in Iraq from the converted military barracks on the outskirts of Folkestone, a coastal town in Kent, southeastern England, where he is awaiting a decision on his asylum claim.
“My…
No winner in this war, serious impact on developing and poor countries: PM Modi
Prime Minister Modi, who did not name Russia in his statement, said “there will be no winning party in this war, everyone will suffer”
