Author: MCCQ News Desk

Kyiv, April 20 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a surprise ceasefire, declaring a 30-hour Easter truce in Ukraine that is set to last until midnight on Sunday. In response,… Continue reading Attempt to play with human lives: Zelensky slams Putin’s Easter truce offer

Aden, Yemen, April 20 (IANS) Malnutrition has been exacerbating an already dire humanitarian situation in war-torn Yemen, a non-governmental organization (NGO) warned. “Malnutrition is a crisis inside the crisis. It… Continue reading Malnutrition is ‘crisis inside the crisis’ in Yemen: NGO

Sanaa, April 20 (IANS) At least three people were killed and four others wounded in fresh US airstrikes on Yemen’s capital Sanaa, its outskirts, and other provinces. The US military… Continue reading Three killed, four wounded in fresh US airstrikes on Yemen: Houthis

Beirut, April 20 (IANS) A sharp rise in US trade protectionism is placing Arab economies under mounting pressure, endangering $22 billion worth of non-oil exports, according to a policy brief… Continue reading US tariffs threaten Arab non-oil exports: UN agency

Sanaa, April 20 (IANS) Yemen’s Houthi group said that it shot down another US-made MQ-9 drone over Sanaa province in the past 24 hours. “The drone was shot down, using… Continue reading Yemen’s Houthis claimed downed another US MQ-9 drone in 24 hours

Islamabad, April 19 (IANS) Four terrorists were killed during a joint operation of security forces and law enforcement agencies in Pakistan’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the military said. The intelligence-based… Continue reading 4 terrorists killed in Pakistan

Sanaa, April 19 (IANS) Yemen’s Houthi group has claimed responsibility for firing a “ballistic missile” toward Israel, which had been intercepted by Israeli defence systems. The operation targeted “a military… Continue reading Yemen’s Houthis claim attacks on Israel, 2 US aircraft carriers

Washington, April 19 (IANS) The US is reportedly prepared to recognise Russian control of the Ukrainian region of Crimea as part of a broader peace agreement between Moscow and Kyiv,… Continue reading US may accept Russian control of Crimea in peace talks with Ukraine

Washington, April 19 (IANS) US President Donald Trump’s White House launched a Covid-19 website on Friday in which it blamed the origins of the coronavirus on a lab leak in… Continue reading White House blames Covid ‘lab leak’ origins on China, slams Biden and Fauci

Berlin, April 19 (IANS) Two people were seriously injured in a knife attack outside a supermarket in Rochlitz, eastern Germany. A 23-year-old suspect was arrested at the scene and has… Continue reading Two seriously injured in knife attack outside supermarket in Germany

Cairo, April 18 (IANS) Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and Slovenia’s Parliamentary Speaker Urska Klakocar Zupancic have reaffirmed their opposition to the displacement of Palestinians from Gaza and their support for… Continue reading Egypt, Slovenia reject displacing Gazans, back Palestinian statehood for peace

Jerusalem, April 18 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reiterated that Israel would not allow Iran to acquire nuclear weapons, amid reports of renewed negotiations between Tehran and the… Continue reading Israeli PM insists will not allow Iran to obtain nuclear arms

Jerusalem/Beirut, April 18 (IANS) Israel’s military has said in a statement that it killed a Hezbollah commander in a drone strike in southern Lebanon. The strike targeted the area of… Continue reading Israel kills Hezbollah commander in Lebanon