World20 Apr 2025 | 12:10 AMBeirut Apr 19 (UNI) -- A sharp rise in U.S. trade protectionism is placing Arab economies under mounting pressure, endangering 22 billion U.S. dollars worth of non-oil exports, according to a policy brief released Saturday by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA).
see more.. 19 Apr 2025 | 11:12 PMKabul/Islamabad, Apr 19 (UNI) The Afghan Taliban's Acting Prime Minister Mohammad Hassan Akhund strongly condemned Pakistan's treatment of Afghan refugees, during his meeting with Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar in Kabul today.
see more.. 19 Apr 2025 | 10:36 PMMuscat, Apr 19 (UNI) Oman's Foreign Ministry confirmed Saturday that Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi and U.S. presidential envoy Steve Witkoff have agreed to move into the next phase of negotiations aimed at reaching a fair, lasting, and binding agreement on Tehran's nuclear issues.
see more.. 19 Apr 2025 | 10:29 PMSanaa, Apr 19 (UNI) Yemen's Houthi group said Saturday it shot down another U.S.-made MQ-9 drone over Sanaa province in the past 24 hours.
see more.. 19 Apr 2025 | 10:08 PMJaunpur (UP), Apr 19 (UNI) A 65-year-old man was hit with a stick and killed by his son allegedly over property dispute in Sarpatha area of Jaunpur district here in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, a police officer said here.
see more.. 19 Apr 2025 | 10:05 PMTokyo, Apr 19 (UNI) A fire broke out around Saturday noon in a 14-story prefectural housing complex in Japan's Osaka Prefecture, with 35 residents taken to hospital and one in serious condition, local media reported.
see more.. 19 Apr 2025 | 10:02 PMMoscow, Apr 19 (UNI) The Ukraine conflict has become one step closer to peace after introduction of the Easter ceasefire, declared by Russian President Vladimir Putin, the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund and Russian special presidential envoy for economic cooperation with foreign countries, Kirill Dmitriev, said on Saturday.
see more.. 19 Apr 2025 | 9:50 PMMoscow, Apr 19 (UNI) Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday declared a unilateral Easter truce for the ongoing conflict with Ukraine, media reports said.
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19 Apr 2025 | 9:49 PMMoscow, Apr 19 (UNI) Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared an Easter truce in Ukraine, the Kremlin press service said on Saturday.
see more..19 Apr 2025 | 9:48 PMDhaka, Apr 19 (UNI) With India having cancelled transshipment facility for Bangladeshi exports, Dhaka is seeking to enhance the capacity of its own independent air cargo operations.
see more.. 19 Apr 2025 | 9:47 PMTehran, Apr 19 (UNI) Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi on Saturday said the negotiations with U.S. delegations in Rome were held in a "constructive" atmosphere and are making progress, according to Iran's IRIB news agency.
see more.. 19 Apr 2025 | 9:38 PMMoscow, Apr 19 (UNI) Russia and Ukraine on Saturday exchanged 492 prisoners, said the Russian Defense Ministry.
see more.. 19 Apr 2025 | 8:39 PMRome, Apr 19 (UNI) The second round of indirect talks between Iran and the United States concluded on Saturday in Rome, capital of Italy, with Oman's mediation, according to Italian media.
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19 Apr 2025 | 8:36 PMGaza, Apr 19 (UNI) At least 41 Palestinians were killed on Saturday and many others wounded amid ongoing Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip, according to civil defense authorities in Gaza.
see more..19 Apr 2025 | 8:21 PMDhaka, Apr 19 (UNI) Bangladeshi authorities have launched a probe into the case of a Hindu teacher, Kanti Lal Acharya, being forced to resign as acting headmaster of a school in Chattogram.
Kanti Lal Acharya claimed he was compelled to sign a resignation letter after the newly formed ad hoc school committee appointed a Jamaat-backed individual as chairman of the Bhatiyari Hajj Tobarak Ali Chowdhury (TAC) High School in Sitakunda.
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