WASHINGTON, (APP) : The United States’ Defense Department said on Tuesday the F-16s sale to Pakistan should not be of concern to India and the deal took into account the regional security situation. India has expressed its disappointment at the decision by the Obama Administration to sell F-16 aircraft to help Pakistan in its counter-terrorism […]
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Pentagon says F-16s sale to Pakistan should not be of concern to India
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Ex-UN chief Boutros Boutros-Ghali dies; Ban pays tributes
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 16 (APP): Boutros Boutros-Ghali, a veteran Egyptian diplomat who was United Nations Secretary-General from 1992 to 1996, has died at the age of 93, the Security Council announced Tuesday. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon paid tributes to his predecessor calling him a “respected statesman” who, he said, had fought for the independence of his […]
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Ukraine’s Poroshenko asks embattled PM to resign
KIEV, Feb 16, (APP/AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Tuesday asked Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk to stand down in the face of the government’s perceived failure to fight endemic corruption and overcome its deep economic crisis. Poroshenko’s dramatic intervention came as opinion polls showed growing public disenchantment with the pro-Western team that took over […]
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Austria to step up border controls with Italy, Slovenia, Hungary: govt
VIENNA, Feb 16, (APP/AFP) – The Austrian government announced Tuesday it would step up border controls at checkpoints along its southern frontier with Italy, Slovenia and Hungary to slow the migrant influx. “There will be different structural measures from containers to further barriers” similar to the short mesh fence recently set up at Austria’s main […]
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French parliament votes to extend state of emergency to May 26
PARIS, Feb 17, (APP/AFP) – The French parliament voted to extend the country’s state of emergency, implemented after the November 13 terror attacks, by a further three months to May 26 as the government warns the threat of an attack remains great. Deputies of the National Assembly gave the green light by 212 votes to […]
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23 Afghani held under foreign act
CHAGHI, (APP): Levies force took into custody 23 Afghan nationals under foreign act in Maskhel area of the district on Tuesday. According to Levies sources, these Afghan nationals were on way to Iran without traveling documents through the way of the country in a vehicle as it turned turtle due to over speeding. As a […]