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Russia announces humanitarian ceasefire in Ukraine for Wednesday
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], March 8 (ANI): Russia has announced a humanitarian ceasefire in Ukraine for Wednesday morning for the evacuation of the civilian population, media reports said.
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Ethiopia declares state of emergency to protect civilians from Tigray rebe
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], November 3 (ANI/Sputnik): The Ethiopian cabinet has declared a state of emergency across the country as part of measures to protect the civilian population from the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), national media reported on Tuesday.
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US sanctions Cuban officials over crackdown on protests
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], July 23 (ANI): The United States on Friday condemned "mass detentions and sham trials" in Cuba and announced sanctions on the Cuban military and its Interior Ministry against the ongoing crackdown on the civilian population on the island.
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UN rights chief warns Myanmar at risk of civil war as despair rises
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 8 (ANI): UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has warned that Myanmar could plunge into war as despair among the civilian population rises in the wake of the country's military coup on February 1.
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Top US diplomat calls on Taliban to end 'undeclared spring offensive'
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
New York [US], May 26 (ANI): The Taliban must immediately stop its undeclared offensive against civilians and civilian structures in Afghanistan, a top US diplomat said during a UN Security Council meeting on Tuesday on the issue of the impact of armed conflict on civilian populations.
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France condemns 'murderous' violence by Myanmar security forces
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Paris [France], March 30 (ANI): French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has strongly condemned the "murderous" violence caused by the Myanmar security forces against the civilian population in the ongoing peaceful protests in the country.
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Armenia, Azerbaijan agree to avoid targeting civilian, non-military object
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 31 (ANI/Xinhua): Foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan on Friday reached an agreement on not targeting the civilian population and non-military objects in accordance with international humanitarian law, said a joint statement issued Friday.
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3 civilians including woman, child killed in artillery fire by Pak in J-K'
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Kupwara (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], April 12 (ANI): Pakistan Army on Sunday initiated an unprovoked artillery fire in Kupwara district, targeting the civilian population, especially Gujjar villages which resulted in the death of three civilians including one woman and a child, said Army sou
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Pak Army targets Indian civilians in ceasefire violations, 2 killed includ
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 25 (ANI): One civilian woman and a soldier of the Indian Army were killed in ceasefire violation in the Uri sector on Wednesday as the Pakistan Army is targeting civilian population on the Line of Control (LoC) from its artillery guns deployed in villages in Pakistan-o
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Army raises concerns with Pak Army over targeting of civilians in ceasefir
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 11 (ANI): The Army has raised its concerns with the Pakistan Army over the latter targeting civilian population during ceasefire violations which have significantly gone up.
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India asserts situation in Rakhine State be handled with restraint, focuss
Updated : 8 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 19 (ANI): India on Tuesday said that the situation in the Rakhine state should be handled with restraint, focussing on the welfare of the civilian population, at the 36th Session of the United States Human Rights Council.
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Terrorists used civilians as shield to escape: Baramulla SSP on attack
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Baramulla [India], Oct. 3 (ANI): Asserting that the terrorists responsible for the attack on army and the Border Security Force (BSF) camps in Baramulla fled the spot using the dark and heavy civilian population as a shield, the police on Monday claimed that the security forces could not ret
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