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Ukraine hints at deal with US on anti-missile defence systems
Ukraine Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has hinted at an agreement on "concrete steps" to reduce the number of Russian missiles hitting facilities in Ukraine. This was announced by Dmytro Kuleba after his talks with the US delegation led by President Joe Biden in Warsaw. Kuleba did not specify the details, but hinted quite clearly at the prospect of obtaining additional weapons capable of shooting down missiles, European Pravda reported.
Biden calls Putin 'a butcher'
US President Joe Biden on Saturday called Russian President Vladimir Putin a "butcher" after meeting refugees in Warsaw, Poland, in an intense criticism of the Russian leader's actions in Ukraine that have seen millions of refugees flee to the neighbouring countries, CNN reported. During his visit, Biden was asked by reporters what seeing the Ukrainian refugees at Stadion Narodowy made him think of as he deals with Putin every day.
Nepal, China ink nine pacts during Wang Yi's visit
Nepal and China signed six agreements related to various projects on Saturday. The Foreign Ministers of Nepal and China, Narayan Khadka and Wang Yi, respectively, witnessed the signing and exchange of agreements, MoUs and documents after delegation-level talks. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, one of the agreements is on a technical assistance scheme for the China-aided feasibility study of the cross-border railway.
'Pak should be ashamed for not seeking apology for killing 3 mn innocent Bangladeshis'
The Foreign Minister of Bangladesh, A.K. Abdul Momen, has said that Pakistan should be ashamed for not seeking apology for killing three million innocent Bangladeshi citizens during the Liberation War of 1971. Momen made the remark while talking to journalists at the Foreign Service Academy in the capital on Saturday.
Rohingya issue solution lies in repatriation: Bangladesh
He said this while delivering a speech on the open-ended meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Ad Hoc Ministerial Committee on the Accountability for Human Rights Violations against the Rohingyas, held in Islamabad, on the margins of the 48th OIC Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) held from March 22-23.
No-confidence vote likely be held on April 3/4: Pak Minister
Pakistan's Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed said on Saturday that the no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Imran Khan will most likely be held on April 3 or 4, indicating yet another delay in the motion, Friday Times reported. Although the no-confidence motion was on the agenda of Friday's National Assembly session, Speaker Asad Qaiser had adjourned the session until Monday.
Imran 'thanks' Opposition for boosting his party's popularity
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has "thanked" the Opposition bigwigs for moving a no-confidence motion against him, saying it helped his party regain popularity, Express Tribune reported."Our estranged party workers have returned to [PTI] after seeing their [opposition leaders'] real faces... Nations fall when they stop differentiating between good and evil," Khan said while addressing a public gathering in Punjab's Kamalia district on Saturday.
Pakistan may go into early elections, says Interior Minister
Imran Khan's premiership is faced with a massive challenge posed by the opposition alliance, comprising of at least 20 opposition parties, who, after 3 years of sitting in the opposition benches, have now decided to take on Khan and ensure that he is off-thrown his seat as the Prime Minister of the country, through a no-confidence vote in the National Assembly.
Pak army foils infiltration attempt as political temperature soars in Islamabad
As per a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), "Four soldiers of the Pakistan Army embraced martyrdom as they foiled the plans of terrorists, who were attempting to enter Pakistan from Afghanistan." "Terrorists had attempted to infiltrate Pakistan from Afghanistan on the intervening night of March 23/24 in the Hassan Khel area of North Waziristan district," the ISPR statement read.
Russia conducting drills on islands contested by Japan
Russia has said it is conducting drills on islands that are contested by Japan, days after withdrawing from peace treaty negotiations in response to Tokyo's decision to impose sanctions on Moscow for its ongoing invasion of Kiev, the BBC reported. Four islands, which Russia calls the Southern Kurils and termed by the Japanese as the Northern Territories, are the subject of a more than 70-year-old dispute between the two nations.
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