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New Zealand PM to meet Australian counterpart

Wellington: New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins will travel to Canberra next Tuesday for an in-person meeting day trip with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. “The trans-Tasman relationship is New Zealand’s closest…
Joe Biden says ‘no’ to sending fighter jets to Ukraine

Washington: US President Joe Biden has said that he won’t approve sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine. “No,” Biden said on Monday in response to a question about the possibility of such…

New Zealand second equal with Finland in latest Corruption Perceptions Index

Auckland: New Zealand is ranked second equal with Finland in the latest Corruption Perceptions Index, Denmark is now clearly at the top of the ranking. New Zealand’s score dropped one point to…
IAMC calls on Musk to stop censorship of BBC documentary on Modi

Washington: The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), a Washington DC-based nonprofit organization in a letter to Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Monday demanded that he reverse Twitter’s censorship of the BBC documentary…
3 injured in Brussels metro knife attack

Brussels: Three people were injured in a knife attack on Monday evening in the Brussels-Schuman station, the federal police said. Of the injured, one was hurt seriously, the other two slightly. The…
Russia warns new US ambassador of consequences of confrontational policy

Moscow: Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov met with new US Ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy, who presented copies of her credentials. During the conversation with Tracy on the sharply worsened Russia-US…
331 migrants rescued off Libyan coast in past week: IOM

Tripoli: The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has said that 331 migrants were rescued and returned to Libya in the past week. “In the period of January 22-28, 2023, 331 migrants were…

Croatian Prez criticises NATO chief’s visit to S. Korea, Japan

Zagreb: Croatian President Zoran Milanovic has criticized the visit to South Korea and Japan by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and condemned the Western decision to send battle tanks to Ukraine. “I…
Hungary reports strong tourism rebound in 2022

Budapest: Hungary’s tourism sector saw a strong recovery in 2022, with the number of overnight stays in the country’s commercial accommodations increasing by almost 40 percent year-on-year to nearly 40 million, the…
Turkey may evaluate NATO applications of Finland, Sweden separately: FM

Ankara: Turkey could evaluate Finland’s NATO bid separately from Sweden’s bid to distinguish “between a problematic country and a less problematic one,” Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said. “If NATO and these…
59 killed in suicide blast in Peshawar mosque, PM, Army chief reach city

Peshawar: At least 59 people, mostly policemen, were killed and 157 others injured after a suicide bomber blew himself up in mosque in Peshawar’s Police Lines during ‘Zuhr’ prayers (around noon) on…
Turkey on high alert against possible terror attacks on Western targets

Ankara: Turkey has raised its security measures to highest level against possible Islamic State (IS) and al-Qaida retaliation on Western targets in the country, the Turkish Interior Ministry said. “Evaluations were made…
New book documents revival of Gandhi’s Tolstoy Farm in South Africa

Johannesberg: A new book documenting the revival of the historic Tolstoy Farm, the commune started by Mahatma Gandhi during his tenure in Johannesburg at the turn of the 19th century, was officially…
Russia’s Lavrov to participate in G20 foreign ministers meeting in New Delhi

Moscow: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will participate in the meeting of G20 foreign ministers in New Delhi on March 1-2, his deputy said on Monday. India officially assumed the G20 presidency…
Asif Ali Zardari sends Rs 10 bn legal notice to Imran Khan

Islamabad: Former President and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Monday sent a Pak Rs 10 billion legal notice to former premier and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan,…