Archive for the August 19, 2019
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French President Emmanuel Macron will attempt to convince Russia to accept Ukraine's overtures of dialogue when he meets Vladimir Putin for talks on Monday ahead of a G7 summit. Macron, who hosted his Russian counterpart
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A police officer was killed Sunday in a car bomb attack claimed by the Islamic State group (IS) in the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli in northeast Syria, police said. Kurdish police spokesman Ali al-Hassan said
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Syrian pro-regime forces fought pitched battles Sunday with insurgents as they inched their way closer to a jihadist-run town in the northwestern province of Idlib, a war monitor said. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human
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Russian opposition politician Ilya Yashin was detained moments after his release from jail on Sunday after completing a 10-day sentence for his role in Moscow's recent wave of protests. "I have been detained once again
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Chad President Idriss Deby declared a state of emergency in two eastern provinces on Sunday after violent intercommunal clashes left dozens dead earlier this month. The state of emergency will run for three months in
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The Libyan navy said Sunday 335 migrants had been rescued and one body recovered in separate operations off the coast, as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe. Nine children were among 57
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Spain on Sunday offered to take in the charity vessel Proactiva Open Arms with more than 100 migrants on board, slamming Italy's "inconceivable" refusal to allow it to dock. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez "today ordered
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Few wings of the Bannu's business community have expressed their support to the polio campaign whereas the other half has announced a boycott of the ongoing campaign. The mobile trade wing, travel agency wing and
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The Ministry of Planning and Development has allocated Rs 72 billion for the fiscal year 2019-20 with an aim to ensure smooth integration of merged districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa into the mainstream, With enhanced PSDP
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Director General (DG) Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Maj-General Asif Ghafoor, through his personal Twitter account, on Sunday said Pakistani authorities have taken up with Twitter and Facebook the alleged suspension of Pakistani social media accounts
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