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Bangladesh's student-led NCP party asks for ‘July Charter’ to ensure vision of ‘July Uprising’

19 Apr 2025 | 7:43 PM

Dhaka, Apr 19 (UNI) Bangladesh's student-led political party, National Citizen Party (NCP), headed by well-known protest leader Nahid Islam, has asked for "foundational reforms" of the country's existing political structure.

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Iranian, Italian FMs hold talks in Rome - Ministry

19 Apr 2025 | 7:32 PM

Tehran, Apr 19 (UNI) Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Saturday held a meeting with his Italian counterpart Antonio Tajani in Rome before the beginning of the second round of negotiations on the nuclear deal with the United States, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said.

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Afghan FM meets Pakistani counterpart to discuss bilateral ties

Afghan FM meets Pakistani counterpart to discuss bilateral ties

19 Apr 2025 | 7:25 PM

Kabul, Apr 19 (UNI) Afghan interim government's Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi held talks with Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar in Kabul on Saturday, the ministry said in a statement.

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Iran Ready to Help Syria from inclusive government - Foreign Minister

19 Apr 2025 | 7:02 PM

Tehran, Apr 19 (UNI) Iran does not oppose the current government of Syria and is ready to help form an inclusive government if necessary, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Saturday.

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Issue of Iranian nuclear program must be solved only through diplomacy - Kremlin

19 Apr 2025 | 6:04 PM

Tehran, Apr 19 (UNI) Russia welcomes the talks between Iran and the United States on the issue of the Iranian nuclear program and remains committed to the position that the solution of the issue must be reached only through diplomacy, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Saturday.

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Pakistan Finance Minister to meet Chinese counterpart to discuss rescheduling of Beijing's debt guarantee

19 Apr 2025 | 5:52 PM

Islamabad/Beijing, Apr 19 (UNI) Just over a month after China rolled-over a $2 billion loan to Islamabad, Pakistan's Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb is expected to meet with his Chinese counterpart Lan Fo’an to discuss the rescheduling of Beijing’s debt guarantee to Islamabad.

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SL seizes record-breaking narcotics so far in April

19 Apr 2025 | 5:51 PM

Colombo, Apr 19 (UNI) Record-breaking narcotics have been seized so far in April in Sri Lanka, with authorities confiscating over one ton of heroin and crystal methamphetamine, the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) said.

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Iran condemns deadly US airstrikes on Yemen's fuel port

19 Apr 2025 | 5:48 PM

Tehran, Apr 19 (UNI) Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei on Friday strongly condemned the U.S. lethal airstrikes on the Yemeni fuel port of Ras Isa.

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Bilawal Bhutto threatens to end alliance with PML-N govt over canals project

Bilawal Bhutto threatens to end alliance with PML-N govt over canals project

19 Apr 2025 | 4:22 PM

Karachi, Apr 19 (UNI) Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has threatened to pull the plug on his party's parliamentary backing of the "stubborn" and "tone-deaf" PML-N-led-Shehbaz Sharif government if the controversial canals project is not immediately scrapped.

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Iran condemns deadly U.S. airstrikes on Yemen's fuel port

Iran condemns deadly U.S. airstrikes on Yemen's fuel port

19 Apr 2025 | 2:45 PM

Tehran, Apr 19 (UNI) Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei on Friday strongly condemned the U.S. lethal airstrikes on the Yemeni fuel port of Ras Isa.

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5.7-magnitude earthquake hits Afghanistan

5.7-magnitude earthquake hits Afghanistan

19 Apr 2025 | 2:27 PM

Kabul, Apr 19 (UNI) A 5.7-magnitude earthquake hit northern Afghanistan's Badakhshan province on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

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Quake measuring 5.9 jolts Islamabad, Lahore, KP

Quake measuring 5.9 jolts Islamabad, Lahore, KP

19 Apr 2025 | 1:56 PM

Islamabad, Apr 19 (UNI) An earthquake measuring 5.9 jolted parts of Pakistan on Saturday morning, causing panic across major cities including Islamabad, Lahore, Peshawar, Rawalpindi, and several areas in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab, media reports said.

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US, Iran to begin 2nd round of nuclear talks on Saturday

US, Iran to begin 2nd round of nuclear talks on Saturday

19 Apr 2025 | 11:41 AM

Tehran, Apr 19 (UNI) The second round of indirect talks between Iran and the United States on Tehran's nuclear program will begin in the Italian capital of Rome on Saturday.

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UK aims to expand military activity in Arctic: Reports

UK aims to expand military activity in Arctic: Reports

19 Apr 2025 | 11:12 AM

London, Apr 19 (UNI) In a report, which is yet to be published, the British government will call for an expansion of the country's military activity in the Arctic, the Financial Times reported.

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Russia, China to discuss Iran deal guarantees with United States: Iranian Lawmaker

Russia, China to discuss Iran deal guarantees with United States: Iranian Lawmaker

19 Apr 2025 | 11:03 AM

Tehran, Apr 19 (UNI) The United States will not be the only one providing guarantees for a potential Tehran-Washington agreement on the Iranian nuclear program and lifting sanctions on the Islamic Republic, Russia and China will discuss with the US the issue of "more reliable guarantees" for Tehran, Alaeddin Boroujerdi, a member of the Iranian parliamentary committee on national security and foreign policy, said.

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