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Pakistan should play sincere role in Afghan peace process, says President
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 11 (ANI): Afghan President Ashraf Ghani met with Pakistan army chief Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa and Gen. Sir Nick Carter, Britain's Chief of the Defence Staff and Head of the British Armed Forces in Kabul on Monday and discussed Pakistan's role in the peace process, and
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Retributive violence, acts of arson have graduated to intimidation signall
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 10 (ANI): Hours after administering oath to the ministers of the Mamata Banerjee government, Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday said that West Bengal has gone into a deep crisis as retributive violence, acts of arson have graduated to intimidation and e
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UN chief expresses deep concern over violence in East Jerusalem
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], May 10 (ANI/Xinhua): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday expressed deep concern over the continuing violence in East Jerusalem.
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Taliban declares 3-day ceasefire for Eid celebrations post Kabul school bl
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 10 (ANI): Two days after a deadly bombing outside a school in Kabul claimed the lives of over 60 students, the Taliban on Monday announced that they would observe a three-day ceasefire for the festival of Eid.
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Israeli military detects 4 rocket launches from Palestine's Gaza amid Jeru
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Jerusalem [Israel], May 10 (ANI): A total of four rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip towards Israel, as violence near the border intensified over the impending eviction of dozens of Palestinians from East Jerusalem's neighbourhood.
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Israel SC delays hearing on eviction of Palestinian families amid Jerusale
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Jerusalem [Israel], May 10 (ANI): Amid violent clashes in East Jerusalem, the Israeli Supreme Court has delayed a hearing scheduled for Monday that could have determined whether four Palestinian families in the city's Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood will be evicted.
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Israeli police mull limiting Jerusalem Day events amid tensions
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], May 9 (ANI): Israeli security officials are mulling to place limits on Jerusalem Day events as tensions in the Old City remained high following the violence at the conclusion of Sunday morning prayers.
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UNICEF chief strongly condemns Kabul bombing, says violence in or around s
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 9 (ANI): Leading UN officials on Saturday condemned the deadly bombing outside a high school in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, which led to the deaths of at least 30 people, including several school children.
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Large scale violence grips Afghanistan
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 9 (ANI): Amid the ongoing drawdown of US troops from Afghanistan, the war-torn country has seen a spike in the incidents of violence in recent weeks, leading to casualties of Afghan security forces and civilians.
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US condemns attack near school in Kabul, calls for immediate end to violen
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 9 (ANI): The United States on Saturday (local time) condemned the attack near a school in Afghanistan capital Kabul, which left 53 people dead and several others injured.
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Mamata Banerjee accuses BJP of not accepting public mandate, says 'I never
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 8 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is not ready to accept the public mandate following the debacle in the Assembly election and asked why there is so much discrimination with the st
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TMC leader Biman Banerjee elected speaker of WB Assembly
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Biman Banerjee on Friday elected as Speaker of West Bengal Legislative Assembly for the third time.
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