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Indonesia Recovers Two Bodies After Migrant Boat Capsizes
Indonesian authorities have recovered two bodies from the shores of West Aceh and said local fishermen reported several other drowning victims washed up after a vessel carrying Rohingya migrants capsized off the coast earlier this week.…
EU Countries Agree To Recognise Palestinian State
Spain has agreed with the leaders of Ireland, Malta, and Slovenia to take the first steps towards recognising a Palestinian state, Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez said.
This comes following a meeting of the European Council in Brussels.…
Russia Stages Largest Air Strike On Ukraine Facilities
Russia has staged its largest air strike on Ukrainian energy infrastructure of the war, hitting a vast dam, killing at least five people and leaving more than a million others without electricity, Kyiv said.
Ukraine, which has long urged…
Pakistan To Discuss Extended Fund Facility With IMF
Pakistan will discuss an Extended Fund Facility (EFF) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington next month, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said, as the country looks to alleviate a full-scale economic crisis.…
Moldovan Parliament Backs Bid To Join EU
Moldova's Parliament has endorsed an appeal to press on with a drive to join the European Union, but the opposition walked out of the vote and separatists in the Transdniestria region urged authorities to drop their claim to the enclave.…
Inter-Parliamentary Union Meeting: Senate President arrives in Switzerland
By Lekan Sowande, Abuja
The President of the Nigerian Senate, Godswill Akpabio, on Friday arrived in Geneva, Switzerland as head of the country’s delegation to the 148th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Geneva,…
India’s Opposition Congress Accuses Government Of Crippling It
India's main opposition Congress party has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of crippling it before the upcoming general election by freezing its accounts in an income tax case.
A part of the Congress' bank accounts was frozen last…
EU Threatens Action After Slovakia Dissolves Graft Unit
The European Union executive Commission has said that it regretted Slovakia dissolving its dedicated state graft prosecution unit and warned the bloc "will not hesitate" to act to safeguard its financial interests.
Report says despite…
NATO Military Committee Chief Visits In Ukraine
NATO Military Committee Chief, Rob Bauer has visited Ukraine.
During the visit to Kyiv, he said that Ukraine's allies should not be too pessimistic about its ability to repel Russian troops and called for important aid packages to be…
Portugal’s President Names Centre-Right Leader As PM
Portugal's president has named Luis Montenegro, head of the centre-right Democratic Alliance (AD), as the country's new prime minister and invited him to form a minority government after eight years of Socialist rule.
Report says the AD…