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Zelensky accuses Moscow of 'attempting to kill as many Ukrainians as possible'
Speaking in a video posted to his social media account, Zelensky said: "In Donbas, the occupiers are trying to increase pressure. There's hell and that's not an exaggeration. "Donbas is completely destroyed. All this doesn't and cannot have any military explanation for Russia," Zelensky said, Daily Mail reported.
25 PTI dissidents de-seated for voting in Hamza Shehbaz's favour
The ECP announced the unanimous verdict while accepting the reference against PTI dissidents who voted for Hamza Shehbaz in the election of Pakistan Punjab Chief Minister, sent by Punjab Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, Geo News reported.
Indian diplomat calls Bilawal Bhutto's UNSC statement 'Pavlovian response'
"Pakistan Representative made unwarranted remarks, which symbolise nothing but a Pavlovian response aimed to misuse any forum, and every topic, to propagate false and malicious propaganda against my country," Rajesh Parihar, a Counsellor at India's UN Mission, said in a statement to the Council on Thursday.
Shehbaz Sharif proposes turning CPEC into 'trilateral arrangement' between China, Pak, Turkey
He made the remarks while addressing a launching ceremony at Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Works for the third MILGEM Corvette built by Turkey, where he was the chief guest. The premier arrived in the metropolitan city earlier on Friday on a day-long visit, the Dawn reported.
Russia won't export food to the detriment of its own market
In a lengthy Telegram post, Medvedev commented on the recent statements by Western leaders about food security.
As Russia and Ukraine are major wheat suppliers, accounting for some 30 per cent of global exports, the prices have significantly grown since the launch of the Russian military offensive in Ukraine and the subsequent sanctions imposed on Moscow by the US, the EU, the UK and some other Western nations, RT reported.
Talk of caretaker govt in Pakistan as military leadership meets technocrats
Perhaps it was against this backdrop that top leaders from the main ruling coalition partners, the PPP and the PML-N, declared that they would be more than happy to go for early polls, the report said. The conjecturing began after reports emerged that former Pakistan Finance Ministers Dr Hafiz Sheikh and Shaukat Tarin, along with former State Bank governor Raza Baqir, had met with senior military leaders.
Australia polls: Stage set for two-way contest
Australian Parliament has two Houses -- House of Representatives (Lower House) and Senate (Upper House). The maximum term of House of Representatives is three years. Of the 151 seats, a party has to win at least 76 seats to capture power. A strong 17.2 million electorate are eligible to exercise their franchise in the polling which will begin at 8.00 a.m. and conclude at 6.00 p.m.
Iranian FM says agreement in Vienna talks within reach if US acts 'logically'
Amir Abdollahian made the remarks on Thursday in a phone conversation with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, calling on the other sides in the Vienna talks to put forward their initiatives to this end, according to the Iranian Foreign Ministry's website.
Russia continues to expel European diplomats
The Russian Foreign Ministry summoned the Portuguese ambassador to Russia and protested against the expulsion of 10 Russian diplomats from Portugal, Xinhua news agency reported. The five Portuguese diplomats were declared "personae non gratae" and must leave Russia within 14 days. On the same day, Russia also demanded the Slovenian embassy in Moscow reduce its diplomatic staff by four people, about 40 per cent of the total number, within 10 days.
Maryam Nawaz says PML-N should quit govt and go for fresh polls
Addressing a public gathering in Sargodha, Maryam said that her proposal may make people wonder why PML-N took to the government for only one month. She supplied the answer by saying that Imran Khan had plans for ruling for ten years by rigging the next elections and the PML-N had thwarted those plans by assuming power.
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