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Turkish police arrest 1,150 people in anti-drug operation
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Dec 3 (Sputnik/ANI): More than 1,150 people were arrested in the Turkish capital of Ankara during a sustained anti-drug operation conducted in November, as police seized over 100 pounds of narcotics, state media reported on Tuesday.
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Blast hits National Monument area in central Jakarta
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], Dec 3 (ANI): An explosion took place within the National Monument complex in central Jakarta on Tuesday morning, the state media reported.
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Sri Lanka President Gotabaya names brother Mahinda Rajapaksa as Prime Mini
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 20 (ANI): Sri Lanka's newly-elected President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Wednesday named his elder brother and former President Mahinda Rajapaksa as the new prime minister after Ranil Wickremesinghe announced his resignation, the state media reported.
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5.9-magnitude quake kills 5 in northwestern Iran
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Nov 8 (ANI): At least five people lost their lives and 120 sustained injuries after a deadly earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale struck northwestern Iran on early Friday, the state media said.
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Trump pushes Seoul to pay $4.7 bn for US forces stationed in South Korea
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Nov 7 (ANI): The Trump administration has demanded Seoul to pay USD 4.7 billion to cover the cost of US servicemen stationed in South Korea and maintain armaments in the region, the state media reported on Thursday.
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2 dead after grenade explodes in Ukrainian capital
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Kyiv [Ukraine], Oct 23 (ANI): As many as two men were killed and one woman sustained injuries after a grenade exploded in downtown Kyiv on Tuesday night (local time), according to the state media.
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Chinese state media warns NBA commissioner Adam Silver could face 'retribu
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Oct 20 (ANI): The Chinese state media has warned that National Basketball Association (NBA) commissioner Adam Silver will face "retribution" for defaming China, in the latest twist to a dispute that began with a basketball team executive tweeting his support for the pro-demo
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Kim Jong-un rides horse to Mount Paekdu, slams US sanctions
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Oct 16 (ANI): North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Wednesday slammed the US for levying sanctions on Pyongyang, NK state media reported on Wednesday.
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Syria rules out talks with Kurdish forces amid Turkish assault
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], Oct 13 (ANI): Governor of Syria's northeastern province of Hasakah, Jayez Mousa, has ruled out the possibility of having talks with the Kurdish forces amid the ongoing Turkish assault in the northern region of the war-torn country, the state media reported on Sunday.
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Apple removes HKmap protest app
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
California [USA], October 10 (ANI): Apple has removed the crowdsourced map app, HKmap after Chinese state media criticised the company for allowing the app on its App Store.
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Kim Jong-un makes first public appearance since breakdown of nuclear talks
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Pyongyang [North Korea], Oct 9 (Sputnik/ANI): North Korean leader Kim Jong-un made his first public appearance after the breakdown of working-level nuclear talks with the US by visiting a farm run by the military, the state media reported.
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N Korea, US to hold working-level denuclearisation talks on Oct 5
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Pyongyang [North Korea], Oct 1 (ANI): North Korea and the United States have agreed to hold working-level denuclearisation negotiations on October 5 in a bid to accelerate Pyongyang's disarmament process, the reclusive communist country's state media said on Tuesday.
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