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India commits USD 1.4 billion financial assistance to Maldives
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 17 (ANI): India on Monday announced financial assistance of USD 1.4 billion to the Maldives as the island nation's President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih undertook his maiden visit here, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi said would enhance "trust and friend" between the two
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Saudi-led Arab coalition issues permits to convoys entering Yemen
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Sanaa [Yemen], Dec 17 (ANI): The Saudi-led Arab coalition has issued 157 permits to convoys headed towards Yemen in the last three days.
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Brussels: Police use tear gas to disperse anti-migration protestors
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Dec 17 (ANI): Police in Brussels on Sunday used tear gas and water cannon to disperse anti-migration protestors demonstrating against the United Nations' (UN) Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) agreed on by 164 countries in Marrakech on December
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UN bats for 'credible' probe into Khashoggi's killing
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], Dec 16 (ANI): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday called for "credible" investigation in connection to the murder of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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US not to participate in Paris climate deal
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Dec 16 (ANI/Sputnik) - The United States does not intend to participate in the Paris Agreement on climate change, the US State Department said in a statement, following the United Nations climate conference in Poland's Katowice.
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Right care at right time can save 30 million newborn every year: UNICEF
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 16 (ANI): Around 30 million babies are born too soon, too small or become sick each year and need speacialised care to survive, reveals a new report by a global coalition that includes United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and World Health
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Operating guidelines for Paris Agreement adopted at COP24
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Katowice [Poland], Dec 16 (ANI): All governments adopted the Paris Agreement Work Programme, or the operating guidelines for the Paris Agreement, at the COP24 here on Saturday (local time).
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Clashes erupt in Hodeidah; first after Yemen ceasefire
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Sanaa [Yemen], Dec 15(ANI): Clashes erupted between the Iranian-aligned Houthis and the Saudi-UAE coalition forces on the outskirts of Yemeni port city of Hodeidah on Friday, breaking the ceasefire truce reached by the two sides during the Sweden peace talks.
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Cricket playing nations should make match-fixing criminal offence: David R
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], Dec 13 (ANI): International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive officer David Richardson is of the view that match-fixing should be made a criminal offence by the governments of all the cricket playing nations.
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More Than 4 Million People Displaced by Conflict in South Sudan: UNICEF
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Dec 11 (Sputnik/ANI): More than 4 million people have been displaced by the five year-long conflict in South Sudan, with 15,000 children still missing or separated from their families, the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) said in a statement on Wednesday.
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Free Balochistan Movement hold protests to mark 'International Human Right
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Braunschweig/London [United Kingdom/Germany], Dec 11 (ANI): The Free Balochistan Movement (FBM) held several simultaneous protests and awareness campaign in London, Germany, Netherlands, USA, Canada and Austria on December 10 to mark the 'International Human Rights Day'.
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VP Naidu pushes for greater parliamentary exchanges with Russia
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 10 (ANI): Vice President Venkaiah Naidu held a meeting with the Chief of the Russian State Duma (or Parliament) Vyacheslav Volodin here on Monday, wherein he laid stress on increasing exchanges at the parliamentary level to expand mutual understanding between the two n
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