Category: International

‘EU will respect decision of Britons on Brexit’

Brussels, Feb 24 (IANS) European Council President Donald Tusk said here on Wednesday the European Union (EU) would respect the…

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23 killed in Nepal plane crash

Kathmandu, Feb 24 (IANS) All 23 people on board a Nepali airliner were on Wednesday killed when it crashed in…

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Assad reassures Putin over cease-fire

Damascus, Feb 24 (IANS) Syrian President Bashar al-Assad reassured his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin via a phone call on Wednesday…

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Pakistan Army vows to eliminate terrorists from country

Islamabad, Feb 24 (IANS) Pakistan Army chief General Raheel Sharif on Wednesday expressed satisfaction over the gains and effects of…

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Indonesia to close down all red-light districts by 2019

Bangkok, Feb 24 (IANS) Indonesia plans to close down all red-light districts in the country by 2019, media reports said…

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23 killed in Nepal plane crash

Kathmandu, Feb 24 (IANS) Two infants were among the 23 people killed when their Nepal airlines plane -- missing for…

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Tianjin blast-damaged train station to be rebuilt

Beijing, Feb 24 (IANS) Reconstruction of a train station severely damaged in the fatal warehouse blasts in China's Tianjin city…

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Maldives airport arbitration tribunal favours GMR Group

New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Infrastructure conglomerate GMR Group on Wednesday said the Maldives airport arbitration tribunal has ruled in…

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‘Freedom of navigation in South China Sea not a problem’

Washington, Feb 24 (IANS) Freedom of navigation in the South China Sea has not been a problem and demilitarisation in…

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Thousands of refugees abandoned in Bay of Bengal in 2015: UN

United Nations, Feb 24 (IANS) Thousands of refugees and migrants were left abandoned at sea by their smugglers in 2015…

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APEC members for punishing bribery in trade

Lima, Feb 24 (IANS) Members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Forum (APEC) said here that bribery in international trade transactions should…

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Ireland sees lowest unemployment figures in seven years

Dublin, Feb 24 (IANS) Ireland has seen the lowest unemployment figures in seven years, with 142,300 people back to work…

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European court raps Italy over CIA abduction

Strasbourg, Feb 24 (IANS/AKI) The Italian government abused state secrecy in the CIA's kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric who was…

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Ceasefire coordination centre set up in Syria: Russia

Moscow, Feb 24 (IANS) A coordination centre began operations at Syria's Hmeimim airbase in order to implement the ceasefire, the…

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Aircraft with 23 aboard goes missing in Nepal, feared crashed

Kathmandu, Feb 24 (IANS) An aircraft carrying 23 people on board which went missing on Wednesday morning and is now…

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UN official holds talks with Maldives government, opposition

United Nations, Feb 24 (IANS) UN Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Miroslav Jenca has held two days of talks in…

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US fines French firm for doing business with Cuba

Havana, Feb 24 (IANS) The US Treasury Department has fined a French firm for doing business in US equipment with…

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Plane with 21 aboard missing in Nepal

Kathmandu, Feb 24 (IANS) An aircraft with 21 people, including two foreigners, on board went missing in Nepal on Wednesday,…

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Plane with 21 aboard missing in Nepal

Kathmandu, Feb 24 (IANS) An aircraft with 21 people on board went missing in Nepal on Wednesday, an official said.…

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UN human rights chief welcomes Obama’s plan to close Guantanamo

Geneva, Feb 24 (IANS) The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein welcomed the just announced plan…

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