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Cyclone Vayu: Chinese vessels given shelter at Maharashtra port
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi (India) June 11 (ANI): Ten Chinese vessels have been allowed to stay at Ratnagiri port in Maharashtra on humanitarian grounds after they sought shelter to avoid being hit by the fury of Cyclone 'Vayu', Indian Coast Guard said.
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Venezuela to open borders with Colombia
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Caracas [Venezuela], Jun 8 (ANI): Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced that he plans to reopen the country's borders with Colombia on Saturday (local time).
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War veteran blames Pakistan for its duplicity causing US to lose in Afghan
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 23 (ANI): A retired US Army Reserve colonel, who served in Afghanistan, Iraq and a humanitarian mission to West Africa, accused Pakistan of its duplicity that has "caused the United States to lose in Afghanistan."
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European countries donate more than USD 5 mn to North Korea
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], May 22 (ANI): Switzerland donated about USD five million in humanitarian assistance to North Korea in a bid to improve the health and nutrition condition in the impoverished country that is facing its worst drought in decades, a United Nations data divulged on Wednesday.
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UN grants sanctions exemption for humanitarian aid to North Korea
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], May 21 (ANI): The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Monday granted sanctions exemption to allow the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) to carry out aid programs in North Korea to improve the health and nutrition of people in the impoverished country.
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UN threatens to suspend food aid to Yemen
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Sanaa [Yemen], May 21 (ANI): United Nations on Monday warned that humanitarian aid to war-torn Yemen could be suspended if Houthi rebels controlling the region do not comply with the accord signed last year and stop diversion of food supplies.
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S Korea to hold talks with North on business people's trip to Kaesong indu
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Seoul [North Korea], May 20 (ANI): South Korea has said that it will hold discussions with North Korea to provide humanitarian aid and allow business people to visit a shuttered joint industrial complex in the communist nation.
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Economic crisis in Venezuela worse than in Zimbabwe, Soviet Union: Economi
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 18 (ANI): From once being the richest country in Latin America -- owing to its large oil reserves -- to the ongoing humanitarian crisis unseen in the country's modern history, Venezuela's fall through the years is the single largest economic collapse outside of war
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South Korea to provide $8 mn humanitarian aid to North Korea
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], May 17 (ANI): South Korea on Friday said it would provide USD eight million as humanitarian aid to help North Korea's malnourished children and pregnant women, as the communist country faces severe drought and a food crisis caused by its worst harvest in decades.
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Despite security issue, N Korea should be given food: South Korea
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], May 17 (ANI): Asserting that humanitarian issue should be separated from a security issue, South Korea on Friday said North Korea, which is facing severe drought, should be provided food-aid despite its recent missile launches.
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Venezuela opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez says he met military officials
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Caracas [Venezuela], May 3 (ANI): Venezuelan politician and former political prisoner Leopoldo Lopez On Friday said that he met high-ranking members of the country's security services during his house arrest.
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Lavrov denounces US' allegations on Russian interference in Venezuela cris
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 2 (ANI): Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday rejected all allegations made by the United States that his country's interference in Venezuela's ongoing political and humanitarian crisis is destabilising the US-Russia bilateral relationship.
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