Ukrainian team heads to US for talks
KYIV, Nov 29 (AFP/Reuters): A team of Ukrainian negotiators was on Saturday headed to the United States for talks on Washington's plan to end the war, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said."Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine and head of the Ukrainian delegation Rustem Umerov, together with...
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Trump holds talks with Maduro by phone
WASHINGTON, Nov 29 (AFP): US President Donald Trump spoke by phone last week with leftist Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, with the two rivals discussing a possible meeting in the United States, The New York Times reported on Friday.The reported call comes as Trump's administration piles pressure on Venezuela with a...
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Israel operating de facto policy of torture in Gaza: UN
NEW YORK, Nov 29 (BBC): The United Nations committee on torture says there is evidence that Israel is operating a "de facto state policy of organised and widespread torture".The committee regularly reviews the records of all countries which have signed the convention against torture, taking testimony from their governments, and...
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PTI leader not allowed to meet Imran in jail
ISLAMABAD, Nov 29 (UNB): Government officials claim that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi's attempt to meet jailed PTI founder Imran Khan violates prison regulations, an assertion strongly contested by the PTI, which says its court-sanctioned visiting schedule is being ignored.According to prison authorities and former officials, all inmates in...
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