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Tripoli: Libya’s parliament voted on Wednesday to approve a government of national unity headed by prime minister Abdulhamid Dbeibeh as part of a U.N.-backed plan to resolve a decade of chaos and violence with an election in December. More than 100 members of the divided parliament
Washington looks to inject new life into Afghan peacemaking with a US troop withdrawal deadline looming in May. The US special envoy for Afghanistan and the commander of NATO forces there met Pakistan's army chief on Monday to discuss the war-torn nation's peace process at a
New York: Former US Ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, ruled out any chance of reaching a political settlement between Israelis and Palestinians. Friedman told the Israeli newspaper the Jerusalem Post earlier this week: "I do not think anyone really thinks there is an opportunity today for
Helen Warrell Boris Johnson’s eagerly awaited new security strategy risks creating tensions with the UK’s closest allies if it spreads its armed forces too thinly and neglects key defence duties in pursuit of a “Global Britain” agenda, experts have warned. The integrated defence and foreign policy review
By Sushant Singh The conflict between China and India in the Himalayas has been less active over the frozen winter months, even though the troops remain deployed at 15,000 to 18,000 feet in temperatures that drop to minus 31 degrees Fahrenheit. But as the snows melt,
London: Activist Malala Yousafzai, who won the Nobel Peace Prize as a teenager after surviving a Taliban assassination attempt, has signed a deal with Apple TV+ that will see her produce dramas and documentaries that focus on women and children. The multi-year partnership would “draw on
Myitkyina: A nun went down on her knees in front of policemen in a northern Myanmar town and pleaded with them to stop shooting protesters agitating against last month’s coup. Ultimately, however, she did not succeed. A video showed Sister Ann Rose Nu Tawng in a white
Dubai: The United Nation's envoy for Afghanistan is due to arrive in Qatar on Tuesday (March 9) to meet Afghan government and Taleban representatives this week in a fresh push on the fractious Afghan peace process, two sources familiar with the talks said. The visit comes
New Delhi: Indian Army officials are finalizing the case which happened last year between the two Lt General Alok Kher and Lt General K K Repswal as they withdrew their complaints against each other on Tuesday. They got into a bitter tussle and they both belong
New South Wales: Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) State Senator David Shoebridge, who has earlier spoken out against the threat posed by far-right Hindu organisations, has raised the issue in NSW State assembly. “How did Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), right-wing Hindu organisation that is considered a
New Delhi: International Women’s Day has been marked by sit-ins and hunger strikes led by female farmers against the country’s new agricultural laws. Nearly three-fourths of rural women in India who work full time work in farming, according to Oxfam India, making up a substantial share
