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UN Council endorses 55-pt road map to end war in LibyaAP, United Nations The U.N. Security Council endorsed a 55-point road map for ending the...
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250m children in conflict-affected nations: UN chief
AP, United Nations : Some 250 million children live in countries affected by conflict, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday.And he said...
Kashmiri Pandits in US welcome PM’s remarks on community in parliament
PTI, New York :A group of Kashmiri Pandits in the US has welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks in Parliament that Kashmir’s identity was buried...
112-year-old Japanese named world’s oldest man
AFP, Tokyo :A 112-year-old Japanese man has been crowned the world’s oldest male, claiming that smiling is the key to longevity.Chitetsu Watanabe, who was born...
Johnson shakes up govt
AP, London : British Prime Minister Boris Johnson shook up his government on Thursday, firing and appointing ministers to key Cabinet posts.Johnson was aiming to tighten...
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Iran denies satellite programme has military dimensionAFP, Tehran Iran’s government on Wednesday rejected US allegations that the Islamic republic’s satellite programme has a military dimension,...
UN to vote on endorsing road map to end the war in Libya
AP, United Nations :The U.N. Security Council is set to vote Wednesday on a resolution that would endorse a 55-point road map for ending the...
Four survive 32 days adrift in Pacific
AFP, Wellington :Four people who survived a month adrift in the Pacific were recovering in the Solomon Islands Wednesday after an ordeal that claimed the...
US-Taliban breakthrough appears closer as Ghani reports progress
AP, Islamabad :The US and the Taliban appeared closer Wednesday to sealing a deal for an American troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, after Afghan President Ashraf...
Erdogan threatens Damascus, slams Moscow over Idlib ‘massacre’
AFP, Istanbul :Turkey will strike Syrian regime forces “everywhere” if its soldiers come under renewed attack, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Wednesday, while also accusing...
Modi concedes defeat in key New Delhi election
AFP, New Delhi :Followers of an upstart Indian political party danced in the streets Tuesday after inflicting a crushing defeat on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s...
