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US First Lady Jill Biden pays surprise visit to Ukraine
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kyiv [Ukraine], May 8 (ANI): US first lady Jill Biden made an unannounced visit to Uzhhorod in western Ukraine on Sunday and met the nation's first lady, Olena Zelenska.
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UN chief concerned over new hijab rules for Afghan women
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 8 (ANI): UN chief Antonio Guterres aired his concerns about a recent decision by the Taliban to obligate Afghan women to cover head-to-toe, a decision that has led to severe criticism from human rights observers.
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Step by step Taliban is obliterating women's rights: UN Special Rapporteur
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 8 (ANI): Step by step Taliban is obliterating Afghan women's human rights, UN Special Rapporteur Richard Bennett said a day after the Taliban issued the latest edict on mandatory face coverings compounding restrictions on education, movement, employment and public li
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Unbeaten Dmitry Bivol upsets Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez to retain WBA light hea
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Las Vegas [US], May 8 (ANI): Unbeaten Dmitry Bivol on Saturday defeated Saul "Canelo" Alvarez with a unanimous points decision as the Russian retained his WBA light heavyweight world title here in Las Vegas.
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James Gunn wraps up 'Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3', teases appearance of
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 8 (ANI): Writer and director James Gunn had announced the wrap of 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3' on May 7.
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US envoy to UN postpones May 9 visit to Turkey: US Mission
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 8 (ANI/Sputnik): US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield has postponed her planned visit to Turkey, the US mission to the UN informs.
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Taliban hijab decision might further strain engagement with international
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 8 (ANI): The Taliban decree for women to must cover their faces in public might further strain engagement with the international community.
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UN calls for urgent seed, fertilizer aid for conflict-affected northern Et
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethipoia], May 7 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) on Saturday called for the provision of seeds and fertilizers to farmers in conflict-affected northern Ethiopia ahead of the main rainy season.
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UN rights body urges transparent probe into Ethopia clashes
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Addis Ababa, May 7 (ANI/Xinhua): United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Saturday called on Ethiopian authorities to promptly initiate and conduct transparent investigations into recent inter-religious clashes in Ethiopia.
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J-K: Unarmed policeman succumbs to injuries after terrorists open fire in
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 7 (ANI): An unarmed policeman Ghulam Hassan who was shot at by terrorists at Aiwa Bridge area of Ali Jan Road in Srinagar on Saturday morning, succumbed to his injuries, the police said.
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Kin carry patient on stretcher to doctor's house as he is absent at C'garh
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Koriya (Chhattisgarh) [India], May 7 (ANI): Relatives were seen carrying a patient to a doctor's residence on a stretcher due to his absence at the District Hospital in Baikunthpur of Chhattisgarh's Koriya on Friday.
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Sri Lanka: MPs trapped inside Parliament amid students protest
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 6 (ANI): As the ongoing protests of university students in Sri Lanka near the Parliament continue, the parliamentarians of Sri Lanka are trapped inside the Parliament premises, unable to leave.
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