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27 pc reduction in civilian casualties in Afghanistan: UN
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 30 (ANI): United Nations on Tuesday said that in Afghanistan there is 27 per cent reduction in civilian casualties in the first half of 2019 as compared to the same period last year.
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Al-Qaeda continues to cooperate closely with LeT, Haqqani Network: UN repo
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US] July 30 (ANI): Pakistan-based terror outfit Al Qaeda continues to cooperate closely with Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and the Haqqani Network, said United Nations in its report.
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Singapore tops Asia in Women Entrepreneur Cities Index: Is India doing eno
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Singapore, July 29 (ANI): The first international movement, the forerunner to the now annually celebrated International Women's Day, culminated in coordinated demonstrations by over a million people in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland for the right to vote, to hold public office
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Coast guards recover dozens of bodies of drowned migrants off Libya's coas
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], July 27 (ANI): The coast guards here on Friday recovered dozens of bodies of Europe-bound migrants, a day after roughly 150 people, including women and children, went missing when their boats capsized in the Mediterranean Sea.
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Over 100 migrants feared dead after boat capsizes off Libyan Coast
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], July 26 (ANI): More than 100 Europe-bound migrants are feared drowned after the boat they were travelling in capsized off Libya's coast in the Mediterranean Sea on Thursday.
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Suicide bomber kills 6 officials, injures mayor in Somalia's Capital
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], July 25 (ANI): At least six people were killed and the mayor of Mogadishu suffered serious injuries in a suicide attack inside his office during a high-level security meeting on Wednesday (local time).
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FSSAI urges Centre to take action against AWBI member for 'scaring' milk c
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 21 (ANI): Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) wrote to the Centre, accusing Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) member Mohan Singh Ahluwalia of allegedly spreading unsubstantiated fear among the public regarding the adulteration of milk across the co
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Pakistan turning blind eye to human rights abuses in Xinjiang
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], July 21 (ANI): While the United Nations has said that at least one million ethnic Uighurs and other Muslims have been detained in China, experts believe that neighbouring Pakistan has turned a blind eye to the human rights abuses in Xinjiang.
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Palau becomes 76th country to join International Solar Alliance
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 16 (ANI): Palau, an archipelago of over 500 islands in Oceania, on Tuesday became the 76th signatory country to join the International Solar Alliance.
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Gilgit-Baltistan in open letter says Pakistan only an 'assumed supervisor'
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Gilgit-Baltistan, July 15 (ANI): Gilgit Baltistan in an open letter has stressed that the territory, which has been administered by Pakistan, is a "compelling part of the state of Jammu and Kashmir" and Pakistan's status is only that of an "assumed supervisor" that has no right to change its
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Modi to attend UN General Assembly meet in Sept
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to attend the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) meeting in September this year, government sources said on Saturday.
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37 countries, including Pak and Saudi, defend China in UN letter over Xinj
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 13 (ANI): UN ambassadors from 37 countries, including Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, have released a letter defending China's "contribution to the international human rights cause" in the Xinjiang region, in direct response to Western criticism earlier this week.
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