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Swearing in ceremony of 3 Israeli lawmakers amid coronavirus scare
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Jerusalem [Israel], Mar 16 (ANI): Three Israeli lawmakers were sworn into the new parliament on Monday afternoon, without the formation of a new government after the elections again produced inconclusive results, Xinhua news agency reported.
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Police shoot dead man holding 3 persons hostage in autonomous Chinese regi
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Jan 13 (Sputnik/ANI): Police officers in the autonomous Chinese region of Inner Mongolia in the north of the country have shot dead an armed man who was holding three people hostage, the Xinhua news agency reported, citing local police.
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Iraq: IS attack in Salahudin leaves 4 policemen dead
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Dec 22 (ANI): Four policemen were killed in an attack by terrorists belonging to the Islamic State group at a police outpost in Iraq's central province of Salahudin on Saturday, a security source told Xinhua news agency.
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4 killed, 6 injured in Somali hotel attack
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Mogadishu [Somali], Dec 11 (Sputnik/ANI): At least four people were killed and six others were injured in an attack by militants on a hotel in the Somalian capital of Mogadishu on Tuesday evening, Xinhua news agency reported, citing a police source.
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Iraq: Gunmen open fire on demonstrators in Baghdad; 16 killed, 47 injured
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Dec 7 (ANI): The death toll in an attack by unidentified gunmen on demonstrators in a rally in Iraq's capital Baghdad on Friday rose to 16, a security official told Xinhua news agency, adding that as many as 47 people were injured in the incident, some of whom are in critical
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Iraq: 6 killed in three blasts across Baghdad
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Nov 27 (ANI): At least six people were killed and 17 others sustained injuries in three separate blasts in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Tuesday, an official at the country's Interior Ministry told Xinhua news agency.
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Xinhua condemns vandalisation of its Hong Kong bureau
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Nov 3 (ANI): Chinese state-run Xinhua News Agency on Saturday strongly condemned what it called "savage behaviour" of the protesters in Hong Kong after its Asia-Pacific Regional Bureau office building was vandalised during the anti-government protests in the semi-autonomous
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26 children killed in Liberia school fire
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Monrovia [Liberia], Sept 18 (ANI): At least 28 people, including 26 children, lost their lives after a fire broke out in a school near the Liberian capital on Wednesday, an emergency official told Xinhua news agency.
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3 killed following riot between soccer fans in Honduras
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Tegucigalpa [Honduras], Aug 19 (ANI): At least three people lost their lives and several others sustained injuries when clashes broke out between fans of rival soccer clubs in the Honduran capital on Saturday night (local time), Xinhua news agency reported.
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6.8 magnitude quake rattles Sumatra coast, tsunami alert issued
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], Aug 2 (ANI): Indonesian authorities issued a tsunami warning after a strong earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter Scale rattled off the coast of Sumatra and Java on late Friday evening (local time), Xinhua news agency reported.
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US, North Korea should continue talks: China
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Beijing [China], Mar 4 (ANI): Describing the recent US-North Korea Summit as "constructive" China on Monday prompted that Washington and Pyongyang should continue to talk and stick to a political solution to resolve issues pertaining to the Korean Peninsula, reports Xinhua.
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German Chancellor Merkel to visit China next week
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 18 (ANI): German Chancellor Angela Merkel will embark on a two-day official visit to China on May 24-25 at the invitation of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang announced on Friday, according to Xinhua news agency.
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