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Amid international pressure, Israel likely to move towards ceasefire with
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], May 16 (ANI): As the deadly conflict between Israel and Palestine entered its seventh day, Israeli officials on Sunday indicated that a ceasefire could be coming after mounting pressure from US President Joe Biden and other American lawmakers following the recent airstrike
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Japan ruling party calls for joining genocide convention with eye on China
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 16 (ANI): Ahead of the Group of Seven (G7) summit next month, lawmakers from Japan's ruling party has drafted proposals for the government, to advance the issue of human rights diplomacy amid growing scrutiny of abuses in China's Xinjiang province.
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Myanmar's junta brands ousted lawmakers terrorists
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], May 9 (ANI): Myanmar's military junta has designated the National Unity Government ousted in a February coup, and its defense force as terrorist groups, NHK World reports.
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EU-China deal inches closer to end as European lawmakers fume over Chinese
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 9 (ANI): Amid repeated confrontations with China over retaliatory sanctions on elected officials, European lawmakers are up in opposition to the trade deal with Beijing signed last year, the pact to which many were already opposed.
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Lawmakers in Pak's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa booked for attacking medics
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], May 5 (ANI): Police have booked two sitting lawmakers for storming Hayatabad Medical Complex (HMC) and attacking doctors and nurses there during protests that took place after a boy who sustained gun wounds died at the hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, recently,
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Central Tibetan Administration thanks Japanese lawmakers for supporting it
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], May 2 (ANI): President of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), also known as the Tibetan government-in-exile, Dr Lobsang Sangay has thanked the All-Party Japanese Parliamentary Support Group for Tibet for its continuous support for the Tibetan
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EU lawmakers pledge to dump China investment deal over Beijing's sanctions
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], April 29 (ANI): Dozens of Brussels lawmakers have slammed China's efforts to "gag" European critics through sanctions and pledged to block the EU-China investment deal while the measures remain in place.
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US lawmakers express concern whether women would be safe after troops leav
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 28 (ANI): With the United States set to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan before the 20th anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks, US lawmakers expressed concern whether women would be safe if the Taliban become strong in the country.
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Republicans pressure Kerry to resign over leaked Iran tapes
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 27 (ANI): John Kerry, the U.S. special envoy for climate change, is facing calls for his resignation from Republican lawmakers and pundits for reportedly discussing Israeli military operations with Iran's foreign minister when he served as then-President Barack Obama's
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Imran Khan's renegade lawmakers in touch with Maryam Nawaz
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], April 25 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice-President Maryam Nawaz on Saturday said that breakaway group of Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lawmakers are in contact with her party.
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COVID-19: US lawmakers heap pressure on Biden to provide assistance to Ind
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 24 (ANI): As India announced a grim record -- the highest daily coronavirus infection tallies in a single country, several US lawmakers have voiced their concerns and have heaped pressure on the Biden administration to extend assistance, release vaccines and other r
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Japanese lawmakers form parliamentary alliance in support of Mongolians in
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], April 23 (ANI): Japanese lawmakers have launched a parliamentary alliance aimed at "protecting Mongolian culture from assimilation policies of the Chinese government".
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