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Libyan National Army forces seizes ship with Turkish crew off Libya's coas
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], Dec 22 (ANI): The self-styled Libyan National Army led by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar on Sunday seized Grenada-flagged ship off the Libyan coast, Xinhua reported citing local media.
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Iraq: IS attack in Salahudin leaves 4 policemen dead
Updated : 6 years, 2 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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Attack targets energy fields in central Syria
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], Dec 21 (Xinhua/ANI): An oil refinery and two gas fields were subject to a "terrorist" attack overnight in Syria's central province of Homs, state news agency SANA reported on Saturday.
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Trump signs controversial defence bill calling for sanctions against Russi
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Dec 21 (Xinhua/ANI): US President Donald Trump on Friday signed into law a $738 billion defence bill which includes controversial provisions calling for sanctions against Russia and Turkey.
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Chinese Army promotions announced - loyalty key factor
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Dec 17 (ANI): Chairman Xi Jinping continued to fine-tune the People's Liberation Army (PLA) after the latest round of top-brass promotions on 12 December 2019. Of course, it is Xi's prerogative as chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) to reshuffle personnel, but most o
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China mine flooding: 14 trapped miners located
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Sichuan [China], Dec 15 (Xinhua/ANI): Rescuers have located 14 miners trapped underground in a flooded coal mine in southwest China's Sichuan Province, local authorities said on Sunday.
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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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3 men killed in 12-hour wave of knife violence in London
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], Dec 6 (Xinhua/ANI): Three men in their twenties were stabbed to death in little over 12 hours in London as the British capital's toll of street killings are close to a record high in a decade, media reports said on Friday.
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23 dead, over 130 injured in Sudan factory blaze
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Khartoum [Sudan], Dec 4 (Xinhua/ANI): At least 23 people were killed and more than 130 others were injured in a fire that occurred at a factory here on Tuesday, according to a statement by Sudan's Council of Ministers.
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At NATO summit, Albanian PM to seek aid for earthquake-hit areas
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Tirana [Albania], Dec 4 (Xinhua/ANI): Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama announced here on Tuesday that he will call for aid for the country's earthquake-hit areas on the sidelines of the ongoing NATO summit in London.
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Libya's Tripoli airport to resume flights on December 12
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], Dec 2 (Xinhua/ANI): The transport ministry of the UN-backed Libyan government on Sunday announced that the Mitiga International Airport in the capital Tripoli will resume flight operations on December 12.
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