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Iraq suspends direct flights with Belarus over migrant crisis
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], November 13 (ANI/Xinhua): Iraq's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday announced the suspension of direct flights to Belarus to protect Iraqi migrants from human trafficking gangs.
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Pakistan: Domestic, industrial consumers to face gas shortage in winter
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 13 (ANI): Amid the severe energy crisis in Pakistan, domestic and industrial consumers will suffer shortages during the winter season as Imran Khan-led government decided to continue gas supply to the power and fertiliser sectors, local media reported.
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France urges Russia to use ties with Minsk to resolve migrants border cris
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Paris [France], November 12 (ANI/Sputnik): French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and Defense Minister Florence Parly urged their Russian counterparts, Sergey Lavrov and Sergei Shoigu, at a meeting in Paris to use their close ties with Minsk to resolve the crisis on the Belarusian-Polish
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Troika participants express concern over humanitarian crisis in Afghanista
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 12 (ANI): Participants of the Troika Plus meeting on Afghanistan, comprising of the representatives from Russia, China, US and Pakistan, held in Islamabad expressed deep concern regarding the severe humanitarian and economic situation in Afghanistan and called for "
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UN official urges reform measures amid crisis in Lebanon
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], November 12 (ANI/Xinhua): A senior UN official on Friday warned that Lebanon may be turned into a "failing state" if the government does not succeed in implementing quick and serious reform measures amid the current unprecedented financial crisis.
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EU countries, US, UK calling for strong international reaction to Belarusi
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], November 12 (ANI/Sputnik): Four EU member states that have seats in the UN Security Council - Estonia, France, Ireland and Norway - the United Kingdom and the United States, as well as Albania, have called for a strong international reaction to the Belarusian activities regard
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Russia may close air routes to Asia if EU introduces sanctions against Aer
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], November 12 (ANI/Sputnik): Possible EU sanctions against Russian carrier Aeroflot over its alleged role in the migrant crisis at the Polish-Belarusian border would bring an immediate closure of Russian airspace to European airlines, which badly need the direct Siberian route
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Canada, UK accuse Belarus of organizing migration crisis in Europe
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], November 11 (ANI/Sputnik): The escalation of the situation on the border of Belarus and Poland is another action of the Belarusian authorities to create a migration crisis in Europe, London and Ottawa said in a joint statement released by the UK Foreign Office.
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Amid push for linguistic unity, languages across China face crisis, includ
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], November 11 (ANI): Amid the push for linguistic unity, languages across China are facing a crisis, including Cantonese that originated from the city of Canton.
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Biden vows to strike back at price gouging in US energy sector
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 10 (ANI/Sputnik): US President Joe Biden on Wednesday vowed to strike back against what he described as "price gouging" in the energy sector after a key inflation gauge grew at its fastest in three decades, driven by fuel prices that have more than doubled from the
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US weekly jobless claims hit new pandemic-era low of 267,000: Labor Dept
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 10 (ANI/Sputnik): US jobless claims hit a new pandemic-era low of 267,000 last week in continued recovery from the nearly two-year-long coronavirus crisis, the Labor Department said on Thursday.
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Punjab Cong crisis: Manish Tewari says two previous AGs became 'punching b
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 10 (ANI): Indicating that situation is not normal in Punjab Congress, Congress leader and Anandpur Sahib MP Manish Tewari said two previous Advocate Generals of Punjab became punching bags in "proxy political wars", indicating that infighting within party continue
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