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Japan's lower house approves bill raising duties on imports from Russia
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], April 14 (ANI/Sputnik): The lower house of Japan on Thursday approved draft amendments to the country's customs legislation to deprive Russia of the most-favoured-nation status, implying a temporary increase in duties on imports.
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Fomer Pak premier Imran Khan may face treason charges: Report
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 14 (ANI): In an ironic turn of events, the provisions of Pakistan's constitution that the former premier Imran Khan sought to use against his opponents might be his undoing by becoming the reason for possible charges of treason against him, said a media report.
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Quadrilateral meeting over Afghan refugees to be held next month in Kabul
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 14 (ANI): A quadrilateral meeting with officials from Kabul, Tehran, Islamabad and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) will be held next month in a bid to address the hardships faced by the Afghan refugees, said the Ministry of Refugees and Re
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India designates AlUmar-Mujahideen founder Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar, released
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 14 (ANI): India has notified AlUmar-Mujahideen founder Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar, one of the released terrorists in the 1999 Indian Airlines Flight (IC-814) hijacking crisis in exchange of the hostages, as a terrorist.
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Sri Lankans protesting at Galle Face reject PM Rajapaksa's offer for talks
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 14 (ANI): Amid the unprecedented economic crisis in Sri Lanka, a group of protestors at the Galle Face area, which they have renamed "Gota Go Gama", rejected the offer of talks extended by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa while pressing for the resignation of the r
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Blinken links Taliban's takeover in Afghanistan to 'serious erosion of hum
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], April 14 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday (local time) said that the Taliban's takeover in Afghanistan has resulted in a "serious erosion of human rights" in the country.
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US distinguishes between India, China over respective stands on Russia ami
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], April 13 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday (local time) said that America does distinguish and differentiate between India and China over their respective stands on Russia amid the Ukraine crisis.
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Inflation an international issue due to COVID, Ukraine-Russia crisis: Piyu
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 13 (ANI): Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal, on Wednesday said that inflation is an international issue and that the world is facing it, listing the COVID-19 pandemic and the Ukraine-Russia crisis as the drivers of the price hike.
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Pakistan: PTI to move HCs over harassment of its social media activists
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 13 (ANI): The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has decided to move high courts over alleged harassment of its social media activists following protests and trending online campaigns about Imran Khan's ouster, Pakistan media reported.
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Sri Lanka's opposition leader Sajith signs impeachment and no-confidence m
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 13 (ANI): The leader of the Opposition, Sajith Premadasa, on Wednesday signed the impeachment motion against President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the no-confidence motion against the government.
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Rights activist asks Taliban to reopen girls' schools
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 13 (ANI): Women's rights activist Zarifa Ghafari called on the Taliban to reopen all girls' schools and asked the world leaders to pay attention to the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan and "not differentiate between Afghans and Ukrainians".
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French President intends to hold talks with Zelenskyy, Putin in coming day
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Paris [France], April 13 (ANI/Sputnik): French President Emmanuel Macron intends to hold talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and possibly with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the coming days.
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