MOSCOW, Oct 26, (APP/AFP) – A Ukrainian pilot released from a Russian prison in May was in Moscow on Wednesday to throw her support behind two compatriots jailed in Russia, her lawyer said. This is the first time Nadiya Savchenko, who was elected to the Ukrainian parliament in absentia during her detention, has visited since […]
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Freed Ukrainian pilot back in Russia for jailed compatriots
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Juncker hopes for breakthrough for EU-Canada trade deal
STRASBOURG, France, Oct 26, (APP/AFP) – European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker said he looked to Belgium on Wednesday to overcome internal disputes and seal a landmark EU-Canada trade deal. Belgium’s federal and regional leaders meanwhile held a short new round of talks in Brussels in a bid to break the deadlock on the eve of […]
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Malaysia hospital evacuated again, day after deadly fire
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 26, (APP/AFP) – A fire again forced the evacuation of one of Malaysia’s busiest hospitals on Wednesday, just a day after a blaze at the facility killed six patients. Mohamad Rizal Buang, a senior fire official in the southern state of Johor, told AFP via SMS that Wednesday’s blaze at the Sultanah […]
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Montenegro’s veteran PM stepping down for new govt: party
PODGORICA, Montenegro, Oct 26, (APP/AFP): Montenegro’s veteran leader Milo Djukanovic will not continue as prime minister in the next government according to his party, which topped recent parliamentary polls. The Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) late Tuesday said the party’s management had decided to propose Djukanovic’s deputy and former national security chief, Dusko Markovic, as […]
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Fires scorch ‘Jungle’ migrant camp as demolition resumes
CALAIS, France, Oct 26 (APP/AFP): Fires cut through a swathe of the Calais “Jungle” on Wednesday, sending migrants fleeing as French authorities prepared to ramp up demolition of the notorious camp. The blazes spread just hours after workers protected by police moved in Tuesday to clear the squalid camp that has been home to an […]
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Al-Moosvi concerned over falling health of Gilani, Yasin
ISLAMABAD, Oct 26 (APP): Senior leader of All Parties Hurriyet Conference, Agha Syed Hassan Al-Moosvi Al-Safvi has expressed serious concern over the deteriorating health of the APHC Chairman, Syed Ali Gilani, and illegally detained Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front Chief, Muhammad Yasin Malik. According to KMS , Agha Syed Hassan Al-Moosvi Al-Safvi in a statementissued […]