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  • 16 Taliban, Daesh militants killed, wounded in Afghanistan

    16 Taliban, Daesh militants killed, wounded in Afghanistan

    Date: 2018-01-07 14:09:57 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:15 - ID:7179031

    At least three Taliban insurgents were killed Sunday and eleven others were wounded during separate operations in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, Afghan Khaama Press reported. The provincial government media office in a statement said ....

  • Trump administration condemns EU for not supporting Iran protesters

    Trump administration condemns EU for not supporting Iran protesters

    Date: 2018-01-07 10:23:09 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:6 - ID:7178559

    US President Donald Trump and his administration are disappointed in the European Union for not doing more to support Iran's anti-government protesters, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said. The comments from the country's top diplomat ....

  • Putin voices sincere congratulations on Orthodox Christmas

    Putin voices sincere congratulations on Orthodox Christmas

    Date: 2018-01-07 09:59:33 GMT - Russia - International - SN:4 - ID:7178507

    Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated orthodox Christians and Russian citizens on Christmas, Kremlin said Sunday. "My sincere congratulations on Christmas. This holiday brings joy and hope to millions of believers, disseminates ....

  • UN starts probe into attacks on Congo peacekeepers

    UN starts probe into attacks on Congo peacekeepers

    Date: 2018-01-06 09:18:48 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:5 - ID:7176910

    The United Nations (UN) has launched an investigation into recent attacks on peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The investigation will focus on the Dec. 7 attack, in which 15 Tanzanian peacekeepers were killed, 43 wounded and ....

  • UNSC holds urgent meeting on Iran unrest

    UNSC holds urgent meeting on Iran unrest

    Date: 2018-01-06 08:26:23 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:2 - ID:7176847

    The United Nations Security Council held an emergency meeting Friday to discuss the competing pro- and anti-government demonstrations in Iran, which have left 22 people dead and led to the arrest of more than 1,000 others. US Ambassador Nikki ....

  • Nikki Haley: We must not let Syrian horrors to happen in Iran

    Nikki Haley: We must not let Syrian horrors to happen in Iran

    Date: 2018-01-05 19:10:19 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:34 - ID:7176569

    U.S Ambassador to the United Nations (UN), Nikki Haley has warned the demonstrations in Iran could escalate into full-blown conflict, drawing a comparison with Syria, Daily Mail reported on Friday. "The world has witnessed the horrors that have ....

  • NCRI: Iranians urge UNSC to condemn crackdown against protesters

    NCRI: Iranians urge UNSC to condemn crackdown against protesters

    Date: 2018-01-05 17:09:24 GMT - Egypt - International - SN:30 - ID:7176379

    The Iranian people urged the UN Security Council (UNSC) to condemn the Iranian regime’s brutal crackdown on protesters, and recognize their right to overthrow the ruling regime, head of the National Council of the Resistance of Iran (NCRI) Maryam ....

  • Chad denies role in alleged Equatorial Guinea coup attempt

    Chad denies role in alleged Equatorial Guinea coup attempt

    Date: 2018-01-05 16:29:52 GMT - Chad - International - SN:29 - ID:7176373

    Chad's government denied involvement in an alleged coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea late last month, saying the dozens of Chadians arrested are mercenaries "and should be treated as such," Fox News reported on Friday. Chadian Foreign Affairs ....

  • Spanish court says ex-Catalan vice president must stay in jail

    Spanish court says ex-Catalan vice president must stay in jail

    Date: 2018-01-05 16:05:04 GMT - Spain - International - SN:24 - ID:7176321

    Spanish supreme court judges have ruled against allowing ousted Catalan vice president Oriol Junqueras out of jail while he is investigated for rebellion and other charges stemming from the region’s drive for independence, the Daily Mail reported on ....

  • Israel privately urging Trump to back down from UNRWA funding threat

    Israel privately urging Trump to back down from UNRWA funding threat

    Date: 2018-01-05 14:04:08 GMT - Israel - International - SN:19 - ID:7176096

    Israeli Foreign Ministry, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has privately urged US President Donald Trump's administration to back down from its threat to cease funding for the Palestinian refugee aid organization UNRWA as long as Palestine ....

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