Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said in a video message on Twitter on Monday that he is flying to Russia and expects to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin to hold ‘serious’ talks. Maduro is heading to Russia to “strengthen and expand diplomatic relations and friendly ties between the brotherly nations.” “Tomorrow I will have a […]

Central American migrants are reluctant to leave a makeshift shelter near the US-Mexico border, causing more tensions with Tijuana police on Monday. Last week the city authorities started to relocate migrants from the shelter at the Benito Juarez Sports Centre to a new felicity El Barretal, explaining the measure by unsanitary conditions that had developed […]

The United Nations appealed for $21.9 billion on Tuesday to address 21 humanitarian crises worldwide next year, including $4 billion for Yemen, its largest aid operation. The appeal to donor countries does not include the funding requirements for Syria, which are expected to bring the total up to $25 billion, it added, Reuters reported. Speaking […]

French President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Edouard Philippe’s approval ratings hit new lows as the “yellow vest” protests gathered pace, according to an Ifop-Fiducial poll for Paris Match and Sud Radio published on Tuesday. Macron’s approval rating fell to 23 percent in the poll conducted late last week, down six points on the previous […]

Moscow is interested in reviving dialogue with the European Union, Russian president’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov said on Monday. He noted that Russia is building bilateral cooperation with both EU nations individually and with the entire European Union, dialogue with which “is now in a rather frozen state” not through Russia’s fault. “But, naturally, it […]

The veteran Kashmiri politician and former Chief Minister of J&K, Dr. Farooq Abdullah has urged India and Pakistan to forge friendship in order to resolve the contentious issue of Kashmir. Talking to media persons in Baramulla district of Indian controlled Kashmir; Dr. Abdullah said his party National Conference (NC) has always supported friendly relations between […]

The Israeli occupation army claimed Tuesday it had “detected” Hezbollah tunnels infiltrating the occupied territories from Lebanon and had launched an operation to “cut them off”. Occupation army spokesman Jonathan Conricus said the “attack tunnels” detected were not yet operational, noting that the Israeli operations would take place within the occupied Palestinian territory. “We have […]

A Houthi official says the Saudi-led coalition and militants fighting on its behalf in Yemen have signed a UN-brokered deal for exchanging prisoners with the Houthi Ansarullah movement, prior to the peace negotiations due to be launched in Sweden. Abdul Qader al-Murtaza, chairman of the Houthi-run Committee for Prisoners’ Affairs, confirmed the news to Turkey’s […]

The protracted war in Afghanistan, which has now stretched into its 18th year, has taken heavy toll on children. According to a latest study, the number of out-of-school children has increased for the first time since 2002. According to the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA), urgent action is needed to prevent more […]

In an alarming development, Pakistan is registering approximately 20,000 new HIV cases annually, the highest rate among all countries in the region, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The international body says mortality among Pakistanis living with the virus, which causes the deadly AIDS disease, is also rising, in spite of the availability of […]