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China trying to return Rohingya to Myanmar
In a muddy field in western Myanmar, hundreds of Chinese shipping containers fitted with single narrow windows stand in neat lines, empty of the refugees they were designed to host. The gray boxes were sent by China two years ago
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Nigerian Islamist militants free three aid workers, other civilian hostages
Islamist militants released three aid workers and other civilians in northeast Nigeria who had been held hostage since late December, a United Nations official said today. The people were kidnapped on Dec. 22 by militants posing as soldiers who stopped
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Russian jets resume bombing of Syria’s rebel-held northwest
Russian jets struck several rebel-held towns in northwest Syria’s Idlib for the first time since a ceasefire agreed with Turkey came into force two days ago, witnesses and rebels sources said. They said the towns of Khan al Subl, Maasaran
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At UN, US justifies killing Iranian commander as self-defense
The United States told the United Nations yesterday that the killing of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani was self-defense and vowed to take additional action “as necessary” in the Middle East to protect US personnel and interests. In a letter to
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Four Syrian children killed in New Year’s Day attack on school
At least eight civilians were killed yesterday in a rocket attack by Syrian government forces on a school in Idlib, the country’s last opposition stronghold of Idlib. The victims included four children and two women, the White Helmets civil defence
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Palestine hails UN’s vote in favour of Palestinians’ right of self-determination
RAMALLAH: The Palestinian Authority yesterday welcomed United Nations’s (UN) vote in favour of the Palestinian people’s right of self-determination. Xinhua news agency reported, the vote was considered an immediate response to the remarks of United States (US) Secretary of State
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UN may designate Masood Azhar as global terrorist today
India’s biggest diplomatic win at the world body is imminent and will be achieved today. Highly placed sources have told India Today TV that Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar will be “designated” a global terrorist by the UNSC 1267 Al-Qaeda Sanctions
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