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French defence minister resigns amid fake jobs probe
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Paris [France], June 20 (ANI): French Defence Minister Sylvie Goulard has resigned from President Emmanuel Macron's government amid a preliminary investigation into her party's potentially fictitious employment of parliamentary assistants, local media reports said.
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Saudi bombing kills 24 in Yemen's al-Moshnaq market
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Sana'a [Yemen], June 18 (ANI): At least 24 people were killed after Saudi warplanes bombed a bustling marketplace in Yemen's extreme northwest, local media reports said on Sunday.
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Death toll in Portugal forest fire rises to 57
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Lisbon [Portugal], June 18 (ANI): The death toll in Portugal forest fire has risen to 57, local media reports said on Sunday.
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Afghanistan: U.S. soldiers wounded in shooting at Camp Shaheen
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 17 (ANI): Several U.S. soldiers were reportedly wounded after an Afghan soldier opened fire at Camp Shaheen in northern Afghanistan, local media reports said.
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Iran sends five planes of food to Qatar amid Gulf crisis
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], June 11 (ANI): Iran's national carrier Iran Air confirmed on Sunday that the country has sent five planes of food to Qatar after Gulf countries cut off air and other transport links to the emirate, amid a diplomatic row engulfing the region, local media reports said.
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More than 60 killed in Al Shabaab's attack in Somalia
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], June 8 (ANI): More than 60 people have reportedly been killed in Somalia after heavily armed Al-Shabab fighters stormed a military base in the country's semiautonomous state of Puntland, local media reports said.
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Yemen breaks off diplomatic ties with Qatar
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Sanaa [Yemen], June 5 (ANI): Following a similar move by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain, Yemen also broke off its ties with Qatar for working with its enemies of the Iran-aligned Houthi militia, local media reports said.
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Trump likely to withdraw from Paris climate deal
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [United States], May 31 (ANI): U.S. President Donald Trump is likely to withdraw the nation from the Paris Agreement on climate change, local media reports said.
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Kabul explosion blast death toll rises to 65, 325 wounded
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 31 (ANI): A heavy explosion in Afghanistan capital Kabul has claimed the lives of at least 65 people and left 325 wounded so far, local media reports said.
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Suicide bombing claims five lives in Somalia
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bossaso [Somalia], May 24 (ANI): At least five people were killed after a suicide bomber targeted a military checkpoint in Somalia's coastal town of Bossaso, local media reports said.
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Philippines President declares martial law in Mindanao amid clashes
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], May 24 (ANI): Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has declared martial law in entire southern region of Mindanao following deadly clashes erupting between government troops and Islamist militants on Tuesday, local media reports said.
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Pakistan to overrule ICJ's order to suspend Jadhav execution?
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 13 (ANI): Islamabad will overrule the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) order to suspend the execution of alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav, who was sentenced to death by a military court, Pakistan's local media reports said.
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