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Indian Army rushes to aid Congo town hit by volcano eruption
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 23 (ANI): After Mount Nyaragongo, an active volcano overlooking Congo's Goma town erupted, Indian Army on Saturday rushed to assist in evacuation of locals and other UN personnel in the affected region.
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Minister resigns from Balochistan Cabinet citing non-release of funds for
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], May 23 (ANI): A senior leader of the ruling Balochistan Awami Party (BAP), Sardar Mohammad Saleh Bhootani, has resigned from the Cabinet as a minister and apologised to the people for having been unable to serve them, reported the Dawn.
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UN urges 'full adherence to ceasefire' as life resumes in Gaza
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], May 23 (ANI): The United Nations Security Council on Saturday called for "full adherence to the ceasefire" that ended the 11-day conflict between Israel and Palestinian which claimed many lives and left others injured.
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World Biodiversity Day: Earth Anthem by Indian poet-diplomat translated in
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 23 (ANI): Earth Anthem penned originally in English by Indian poet-diplomat Abhay Kumar has been translated into 100 languages on World Biodiversity Day, May 22.
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'Imran Khan running Pakistan only for his friends': Oppn slams PTI govt ov
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad/Lahore [Pakistan], May 23 (ANI): Pakistan's opposition parties on Saturday unanimously slammed Imran Khan's government over expected Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate figures that is estimated would hit 3.94 per cent for the fiscal year 2020-21.
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UNSC calls on parties to fully comply with ceasefire in Gaza
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], May 23 (ANI): The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Saturday (local time) welcomed the ceasefire in Gaza and urged the sides to comply with the agreement while stressing the need for urgent humanitarian assistance to Palestine following the 11-day conflict.
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World Sindhi Congress highlights enforced disappearances in Pakistan durin
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], May 22 (ANI): A delegation of World Sindhi Congress (WSC) and Voice for Missing Persons of Sindh (VMPS) had a video meeting with the UN Working Group on Involuntary or Enforced Disappearances (WGEID) during the 124th session and relatives of the victims of enforced disappear
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Pak Foreign Office unable to improve strategy for serving overseas mission
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 21 (ANI): Amid pressure from the Prime Minister Office to improve counsellor services for millions of overseas Pakistanis, the country's Foreign Office is still unable to devise a strategy to improve its counsellor services, remove bottlenecks and flaws in the deliv
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Carnage in Afghanistan continues unabated in wake of US troops withdrawal
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 21 (ANI): Uncertainty reached its peak in the wake of US and NATO troops withdrawal, scheduled to be gone completely by September, violence has been intensified inexorably around Afghanistan.
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India back UN support for Sudanese transition: Ambassador Tirumurti
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], May 21 (ANI): Ambassador of India to the UN TS Tirumurti on Thursday (local time) said that India supports the rapid operationalization of special political mission UNITAMS, as part of continued UN support for the Sudanese transition.
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Lithuanian parliament latest to term China's treatment of Uyghurs 'genocid
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Vilnius [Lithuania], May 21 (ANI): The parliament in Lithuania on Thursday became the latest to describe China's treatment of its Uyghur minority as "genocide", voting to call for a UN probe of the internment camps in the country's northwest region of Xinjiang.
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Top UN officials reiterate calls for immediate ceasefire in Israel-Palesti
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], May 21 (ANI/Sputnik): Top United Nations officials on Thursday renewed their calls for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement.
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