Cotonou, March 4 (AFP/APP):A Benin opposition leader who was barred from contesting upcoming presidential elections has been detained for questioning, a special court's prosecutor said Thursday. Reckya Madougou's candidacy for
N'Djamena, March 4 (AFP/APP):Three opposition candidates in Chad on Thursday quit the race for the presidency amid renewed accusations of a security clampdown ahead of the April 11 ballot. Their
Dublin, March 4 (AFP/APP):A post-Brexit crisis over Northern Ireland deepened Thursday as Britain hit back at EU threats of legal action and pro-UK militants abandoned the restive province's 1998 peace
Moscow, March 4 (AFP/APP):Russia has fully vaccinated two million people with its homegrown jabs, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday, while another two million have received the first of a
LAHORE, Mar 04 (APP):Advisor to Punjab Chief Minister Asif Mehmood inaugurated Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA)'s "Jashan-e-Baharan Festival 2021" at Jilani Park, here on Thursday. PHA Chairman Engineer Yasir Gilani,
Washington, March 2 (AFP/APP):The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on senior Russian officials in a coordinated action with the European Union as US intelligence concluded that Moscow orchestrated the
Paris, March 2 (AFP/APP):French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday asked Iranian President Hassan Rouhani for "clear gestures" and an immediate return to the terms of a landmark nuclear deal with
Tehran, March 2 (AFP/APP):Iran warned Tuesday against a planned resolution at the UN nuclear watchdog which will condemn its suspension of some nuclear inspections, but stressed it remains committed to
Ouagadougou, March 2 (AFP/APP):Four persons, including a pregnant woman, were killed in northern Burkina Faso on Tuesday when the ambulance they were in was blown up by an improvised bomb,
Rome, March 2 (AFP/APP):Italy's new government ordered more school closures Tuesday after data showed the majority of coronavirus cases to be of the more contagious British variant. All schools in