UNITED NATIONS, United States, Sept 11, (APP/AFP) – The UN Security Council was expected to vote on Monday on a draft resolution imposing new sanctions on North Korea after the United States toned down its demands in a bid to win support from Russia and China. Washington has led the international drive to punish the […]
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US softens N. Korea resolution ahead of UN vote
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After Irma, fear and looting grip tense St Martin
MARIGOT, Sept 11, (APP/AFP) – “For pity’s sake, do something,” Estelle Kalton begs the police. “They’re looting the shops.” A crime wave on the Franco-Dutch Caribbean holiday island of St Martin,five days after hurricane Irma ripped through, has everyone on edge. It is only by making a scene on the steps of a makeshift security […]
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British MPs to vote on bill to avoid ‘chaotic’ Brexit
LONDON, Sept 11, (APP/AFP) – MPs hold their first vote Monday on a bill to end Britain’s membership of the EU, which ministers say will avoid a “chaotic” Brexit but has been condemned as an unprecedented power grab. The legislation would repeal on Brexit day the 1972 law through which Britain joined the bloc, transferring […]
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US seeks oil embargo on North Korea: draft UN resolution
UNITED NATIONS, United States, Sept 6, (APP/AFP) – The United States on Wednesday asked the UN Security Council to slap an oil embargo on North Korea and freeze the assets of leader Kim Jong-Un, in response to Pyongyang’s sixth and most powerful nuclear test. A US-drafted resolution obtained by AFP also called for a ban […]
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More than 40% area of Afghanistan not in control of Afghan government: Zahid
ISLAMABAD, Sep 6 (APP): Pakistan’s Ambassador to Afghanistan Zahid Nasrullah Khan on Wednesday said more than 40 per cent area of Afghanistan was not in control of the Afghan government. Talking to PTV, he said Taliban hold those areas and terrorist organizations were attacking and hitting from there. He said Afghanistan was the major source […]
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Qatar waives visa requirement for Moroccans
RABAT, Sept 6, (APP/AFP) – Morocco has been added to a list of countries whose citizens no longer need visas to enter Qatar, official Moroccan media has said. Qatar, hit by a land and air embargo imposed by a group of its most powerful neighbours, in early August introduced a visa-free entry programme for 80 […]