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At least six Pakistani soldiers were killed in the southwest of the country on Sunday as the threat of terrorism grows. Soldiers were killed and civilians were wounded in three separate incidents involving militant groups operating in Balochistan. The military’s media wing, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), said that five …

  Facebook parent Meta has agreed to pay $725 million to settle a long-running lawsuit that accused the social network of allowing third parties, including Cambridge Analytica, to access users’ private data.   The amount was disclosed in a court filing late on Thursday.   “The proposed settlement of $725,000,000 …

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has revealed on Wednesday that he was on his way to the United States to meet President Joe Biden. The trip will be his first foreign trip since Russia invaded Ukraine in February. Zelensky will address Congress and hold a number of meetings in the US, …

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has apologised on behalf of the Netherlands for the negative effects of its participation in the “slavery past” of its former colonies. Rutte made the apology on Monday during a speech at the country’s National Archives in The Hague. “For centuries under Dutch state authority, …

Angelina Jolie is moving on from her role as a United Nations special envoy for refugees, and will be engaging “on a broader set of humanitarian and human rights issues,” the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and the actress said in a joint statement. Jolie – who has worked with UNHCR …

A judicial panel in the Peruvian Supreme Court on Thursday has ordered that the ousted President Pedro Castillo should spend 18 months in the custody. Castillo who was initially jailed for seven days will remain behind bars as prosecutors continue their investigation into criminal allegations levelled against him. The erstwhile …

United States President Joe Biden on Wednesday met the leaders of African nations that hold elections in the new year to press for a free vote.   On the sidelines of a summit that has brought most African leaders to Washington, Biden and his top aides met separately with a …

President, Joe Biden has signed new legislation protecting same-sex and interracial marriage.   Biden held an event at the White House South Lawn with lawmakers and Cabinet members as the Respect for Marriage Act becomes law.   “Today is a good day,” Biden said on Tuesday, December 13, as he …

Nigeria has been listed among African countries whose citizens can now apply for qualified teacher status through the Teaching Regulation Agency in the United Kingdom, from February 2023.   Other foreign countries which the offer extends to include Ghana, Hong Kong, India, Jamaica, Singapore, South Africa, Ukraine and Zimbabwe.   …

The European Parliament terminated the term of office of Vice President Eva Kaili on Tuesday over the Qatari corruption scandal levelled against her. An investigation revealed that Kaili, a member of the parliament of the European Union representing Greece was arrested over the weekend in connection with bribery by Qatar, …