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Xi backs new Hong Kong leader John Lee who oversaw crackdown on democracy
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 31 (ANI): Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday met newly appointed Hong Kong chief executive, John Lee and thanked him for achieving a major transition in the city what he described as from "chaos to order."
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Iranian top commander says 'Israel killed IRGC member,' vows revenge
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], May 31 (ANI/Xinhua): Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) Commander-in-Chief on Monday blamed Israel for the recent killing of its officer in Tehran and vowed to avenge, the IRGC said on its website.
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UK slams China for failure to grant UN official unfettered access to Xinji
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], May 31 (ANI): The Chinese authorities did not provide unfettered access to Xinjiang during UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet's 6-day official visit, said the United Kingdom government on Monday, adding that its failure to grant such access only serves to hi
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32 killed in building collapse in SW Iran
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], May 30 (ANI/Xinhua): Thirty-two bodies have so far been recovered from the rubble of a 10-storey commercial building collapse in the southwestern Iranian city of Abadan, the official news agency IRNA reported on Monday.
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Israel warns citizens against traveling to Turkey over Iran attack concern
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], May 30 (ANI/Xinhua): Israel on Monday warned Israelis not to travel to Turkey, citing Iranian threats of revenge for the assassination of a senior Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) officer last week.
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Human Rights Groups demand resignation of UN rights chief, term her China
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 30 (ANI): A Human Rights group has demanded the resignation of the United Nations High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet stating that she insulted the Uyghur victims of genocide and failed her duty as High Commissioner.
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Uyghur community holds protest in Vienna against Chinese atrocities in Xin
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Vienna [Austria], May 30 (ANI): A demonstration was organized by the Uyghur community at Herbert-Von-Karajan-Platz, next to the State Opera House, in Vienna, Austria against Chinese atrocities in Xinjiang.
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Death toll rises to 56 from Brazil heavy rains
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Rio De Janeiro [Brazil], May 30 (ANI/Xinhua): The death toll rose to 56 from the heavy rains in the northeastern state of Pernambuco, authorities said on Sunday.
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UN envoy arrives in Yemen's Aden to discuss lifting siege on Taiz
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Aden [Yemen], May 30 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg on Sunday arrived in the southern port city of Aden to hold meetings with the country's Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) over the reopening of blocked roads to the strategic southwestern province of Taiz.
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Eight traders arrested in Tanzania for smuggling gold
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Dar es Salaam [Tanzania], May 29 (ANI/Xinhua): Eight traders have been arrested in Tanzania's northwestern region of Geita in connection with smuggling out of the country an unspecified amount of gold, an official said on Sunday.
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1 killed, 7 injured in outdoor festival shooting in US' Oklahoma
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Oklahoma [US], May 29 (ANI/Xinhua): One person was killed and seven others were injured in a shooting at an outdoor festival early Sunday near Tulsa in the U.S. state of Oklahoma, authorities said.
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UN official calls for end to state of emergency in Sudan
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], May 29 (ANI/Xinhua): Head of the United Nations Integrated Transitional Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) Volker Perthes called on Sunday for ending the state of emergency in Sudan and finding a way out of the current political crisis.
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