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RIYADH (AA) – Saudi Arabia on Saturday executed 81 people convicted and sentenced on different charges, including terrorism and espionage. In a statement, the Saudi Interior Ministry said the convicts, most of them Saudi nationals, included those who held “deviant beliefs,” those who targeted places of worship and government buildings, a...
KYIV (AA) – Russia has suffered “unprecedented” losses in its war with Ukraine, the Ukrainian president said on Saturday. In a news conference, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said these losses are “the biggest blow to the Russian army in decades.” Zelenskyy went on to say that Russia’s 31 battalion tactical groups have been neutralized....
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan on Saturday demanded a joint probe into the firing of an Indian missile that landed in Pakistani territory earlier this week. New Delhi on Friday acknowledged that “in the course of a routine maintenance, a technical malfunctioning led to the accidental firing of a missile” that landed in Mia...
KYIV (AA) – Belarusian troops may join the Russian side in the war against Ukraine, the Ukrainian military said on Saturday. In a statement, the General Staff said that the Russian troops are focused on taking control of the cities of Mariupol and Severodonetsk. “Enemy troops have captured the eastern periphery of Mariupol,” ...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – At least 60 people died after a cargo train derailed in the Democratic Republic of Congo, an official said on Saturday. The accident occurred late Friday in the territory of Lubudi in the Lualaba province. “Preliminary assessment indicates that seven bodies were recovered by the families, 53 others are still at [&he...
ISTANBUL (AA) – UN human rights chief has acknowledged “relative peace” in Afghanistan and said the general amnesty granted by the Taliban is “significant.” Michelle Bachelet, however, said Afghans “remain uncertain about the future of their country (and) also about where their next meal will come from.” After her one-day visit to the wa...
ANKARA (AA) – The EU will work to “suspend Russia’s membership rights in the IMF and World Bank, the European Commission head has said. “We will deny Russia the status of most-favored-nation in our markets. This will revoke important benefits that Russia enjoys as a WTO (World Trade Organization) member,” said Ursula von der ...
PARIS (AA) – French security services saw a surge in the number of racist, xenophobic, and anti-religious offenses, the Interior Ministry has admitted. The analysis of the racist offenses was prepared by the ministry’s statistical service for internal security and released ahead of March 21, International Day for the Elimination of Racia...
NEW DELHI / ISLAMABAD (AA) – India has admitted that this week it accidentally fired a missile into Pakistan due to a “technical malfunction” during routine maintenance. This Wednesday, “routine maintenance … led to the accidental firing of a missile. The government of India has taken a serious view and ordered a...
ANKARA (AA) – The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled against Greece’s highly controversial pushback practices, a refugee advocacy group has said. The court ruled that asylum-seekers in Greek territory cannot be subjected to removal, the Aegean Boat Report (ABR) said in a statement. ABR said it is the first time the ECHR issued [...
