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Western Libya: UNSMIL personnel freed after hours of detention by gunmen
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Al-Zawiya [Libya], June 29 (ANI): A convoy of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), including four men and two women, was released after being detained by an armed group for hours on Wednesday evening, security sources from Al-Zawiya city reported.
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Russia denies reports on airstrikes on areas mentioned by US military
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Mar. 2 (ANI): Russia has denied allegations by the US-led coalition that former's jets had carried out airstrikes in Syria against the US-controlled armed groups.
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Ethnic armed groups launch attack on military outposts in northern Myanmar
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], Nov. 21 (ANI): Military conflicts broke out in the border area of northern Myanmar's Shan state yesterday morning after an alliance of ethnic armed groups launched simultaneous offensives on military outposts and police stations in Muse and Kutkai townships as well
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Afghan Govt. to ask UN to lift sanctions against 'butcher of Kabul�
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Nov. 16 (ANI): The Afghan Government will send a letter to the United Nations to officially ask the top body to lift sanctions against Hizb-e-Islami leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar as part of one of the promises made by President Ashraf Ghani while signing a draft peace agree
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Myanmar's Shan State parliament urges government to intervene in conf
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Naypyidaw, July 18 (ANI): The Shan State parliament has approved an urgent proposal requesting government intervention to bring an end to a simmering conflict between the Myanmar National Army (Tatmadaw) and ethnic armed groups, which has displaced thousands of civilians in the northern regi
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Villagers flee after landmine blast, hostilities continue in Myanmar'
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Naypyidaw, July 11 (ANI): A recent landmine blast that killed a person and increased activity by hostile ethnic armed groups in the Mine Ton township of Myanmar's Shan State has led more than 320 villagers living in the Mong Maw village tract seeking refuge in Shwe Myin Thar monastery.
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Shan group demands release of detained civilians in letter to Myanmar Pres
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Naypyidaw, July 7 (ANI): The Shan State Progress Party (SSPP), an ethnic armed group, has sent a letter to Myanmar President Htin Kyaw and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi demanding the immediate release of eight civilians and 23 troop members detained by the Tatmadaw.
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