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Nigeria: ISIS affiliate executes 11 people to 'avenge Baghdadi's killing'
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], Dec 29 (ANI): An affiliate of the Islamic State in Nigeria has said that it has executed 11 people in retaliation for the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Syria in October.
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Japan approves plan to send forces to Middle East
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Dec 28 (ANI): Japan's Cabinet on Friday endorsed a plan to send a Self-Defence Force (SDF) ship and aircraft to the Middle East in one of its biggest diplomatic efforts to ease tensions and stabilise the situation there.
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7 dead after migrant boat capsizes in eastern Turkey
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Dec 26 (ANI): As many as seven migrants were killed after a boat capsized in eastern Turkey's Lake Van on early Thursday.
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Pope Francis appeal nations to embrace refugees in Christmas Day message
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], Dec 26 (ANI): Pope Francis has, once again, directed the world's attention to the plight of migrants in his annual Christmas speech, appealing to all countries to take responsibility and embrace the refugees who have been displaced from areas plagued by conflict, social and pol
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Netanyahu taken off stage at event after rocket fired from Gaza into Israe
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], Dec 26 (ANI): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was rushed off the stage during an election campaign event after a rocket was fired from the Gaza Strip towards the southern Israeli port city of Ashkelon on Wednesday.
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Greeks alter Christmas meal menu due to price hikes
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Athens [Greece], Dec. 25 (ANI): Pork and Turkey have been the main protagonists in a typical Christmas meal in Greece. But the menu, this year, is changing due to the price hike of main ingredients, local market experts and consumers told Xinhua here on Tuesday.
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SAD-BJP govt ruined Punjab's economy by doing 'anti-people' politics: Amar
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Dec 23 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday said that his government in his previous term had left a robust economy and accused the BJP-SAD regime of creating a financial crisis in the state with their 'ill-conceived' and 'anti-people' p
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Turkey can't 'bear burden' of new wave of Syrian refugees: Erdogan
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Dec 23 (ANI): Turkey cannot handle a fresh wave of migrants from Syria and "will not bear the burden all alone," said President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday, while warning Europe that it would also feel the impact as tens of thousands of refugees have started their journey
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Morrison dismisses Greta Thunberg's comments linking Aussie bushfires with
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Sydney [Australia], Dec. 23 (ANI): Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Monday dismissed calls from Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg to take more action on climate change amid a devastating bushfire crisis in his country.
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Australian PM apologises for holidaying during bushfire crisis
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], Dec 20 (ANI): Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Friday apologised for going on a family holiday amid a bushfire crisis in his country.
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India responds to Imran Khan's speech on 'impending refugee crisis', urges
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Dec 18 (ANI): India on Wednesday lambasted Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan for his "unwarranted and gratuitous comments" on the "impending refugee crisis in South Asia" and urged Islamabad to call for "partnership, not partisanship" instead of politicising the "in
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Boeing likely to shut down 737 MAX jets production amid grounding crisis:
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec. 16 (ANI): American aerospace giant Boeing is considering cutting or halting production of 737 MAX jets after US regulators ruled out any clearance for the troubled planes for flight until 2020, the local media reported on Sunday.
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