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United Nations : UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has welcomed the announcement of a six-month cease-fire between the Colombian government and five armed groups. Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced on New Year's Eve…

Kiev : Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of "following the devil" and waging a war to ensure that its President Vladimir Putin remains in power "until the end of his life", a media outlet reported. Zelensky switched…

Washington : US President Joe Biden has signed a massive $1.7 trillion spending bill for the federal government that includes a number of administration priorities and officially avoids a government shutdown, ending what he called a "year…

Kiev : Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky discussed his country's post-conflict reconstruction with Larry Fink, Chief Executive Officer of BlackRock, one of the world's leading investment managers, the presidential press service…

United Nations : UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has announced the appointment of Abdullah Abdul Samad Dashti of Kuwait as the new UN Coordinator for the Black Sea Grain Initiative. Dashti succeeds Amir Mahmoud Abdulla of Sudan, who…

United Nations : UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has issued a global "wake-up call" on the International Day of Epidemic Preparedness, which is observed annually on December 27. "The world must come together. Covid-19 was a wake-up…

Washington : US President Joe Biden has approved an emergency declaration for New York amid the ongoing deadly blizzard as requested by state Governor Kathy Hochul. In a statement late Monday, the White House said the President "declared…

Washington : US President Joe Biden spoke to New York Governor Kathy Hochul by phone on the deadly impacts of "a historic winter storm". Biden on Monday offered "the full force of the federal government in support of the people of New…

Islamabad : Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said that good governance could be ensured if the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) was used against high-level corruption, money laundering, occupation groups and smuggling. Talking…

Washington : US President Joe Biden pledged to his visiting Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky to offer military aid, mentioning in particular the Patriot surface-to-air missile battery he just approved for Ukraine in a new tranche of…