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Syria regime to join peace talks on Wednesday: UN

  • Syria regime to join peace talks on Wednesday: UN Geneva, (MILLAT ONLINE):Syria’s government has confirmed that it will take part in peace talks in Geneva this week, the UN said Tuesday, after an announcement that it may not show up had delivered a blow to the negotiations. “The government delegation has not yet arrived but […]

  • Russia loses contact with satellite after launch from new spaceport

    Russia loses contact with satellite after launch from new spaceport Vostochny, Russia, (MILLAT ONLINE):Russia said it had lost contact Tuesday with a weather satellite just hours after it was launched from its Vostochny cosmodrome, in only the second rocket liftoff from the new spaceport. The glitch is a fresh embarrassment for Russia’s beleaguered space programme […]

  • TOPSHOTS Kenyatta sworn in after months of tension in Kenya

    TOPSHOTS Kenyatta sworn in after months of tension in Kenya Nairobi, (MILLAT ONLINE):Uhuru Kenyatta was sworn in as president of Kenya on Tuesday following two disputed polls and waves of deadly protests. Here are the key developments in the divisive election drama: – Tensions on voting day – Voters turn out in large numbers on […]

  • TOPSHOTS China port city blast caused by illegal explosives: police

    TOPSHOTS China port city blast caused by illegal explosives: police Shanghai, (MILLAT ONLINE):A deadly blast that rocked China’s port city of Ningbo at the weekend was caused by the mishandling of illegal explosives, police said Tuesday. Sunday’s blast hit a crumbling light-industrial area after a fugitive wanted for manufacturing and selling illegal explosives had asked […]

  • German pro-refugee mayor wounded in knife attack

    German pro-refugee mayor wounded in knife attack Berlin, (MILLAT ONLINE):A knife attacker injured a German town mayor in an assault which officials Tuesday said appeared motivated by the municipal leader’s pro-refugee stance. Chancellor Angela Merkel was “horrified by the knife attack”, her spokesman Steffen Seibert wrote on Twitter. Andreas Hollstein, 57, the mayor of the […]

  • TOPSHOTS Clashes as Kenyatta to be sworn in for disputed second term

    TOPSHOTS Clashes as Kenyatta to be sworn in for disputed second term Nairobi, (MILLAT ONLINE):Kenyan police fired tear gas and clashed with both ruling party and opposition supporters Tuesday ahead of the swearing in as president of Uhuru Kenyatta after two disputed polls that have left the nation deeply divided. As foreign and local dignitaries […]