Stunned Zimbabweans face uncertain future without Mugabe Harare, (MILLAT ONLINE):Zimbabweans were weighing an uncertain future without President Robert Mugabe Thursday after the army took power and placed the 93-year-old veteran, once seen as a liberation hero, under house arrest. Most people in the country have not known a time without Mugabe, who has been at […]
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Stunned Zimbabweans face uncertain future without Mugabe
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Japan, US stage naval drill amid N. Korea tension
Japan, US stage naval drill amid N. Korea tension Tokyo, (MILLAT ONLINE):Japan and the United States launched a joint naval drill Thursday in a show of force aimed at North Korea, whose nuclear ambitions dominated US President Donald Trump’s recent Asia trip. The 10-day exercise, joined by some 14,000 US servicemen, aircraft carrier USS Ronald […]
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Merkel faces crucial deadline on coalition talks
Merkel faces crucial deadline on coalition talks Berlin,(MILLAT ONLINE):The German parties hoping to form a new government led by Chancellor Angela Merkel face a make-or-break deadline Thursday, when they will either agree to pursue a tricky three-way coalition, or risk a snap election. After weeks of quarrelsome exploratory talks, Merkel’s CDU/CSU bloc, the pro-business Free […]
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No winter let-up for migrants in Calais
No winter let-up for migrants in Calais Calais, France, (MILLAT ONLINE):When the squalid Jungle camp near Calais was demolished last year, France hoped it was the last time migrants trying to reach Britain would be sleeping in tents and makeshift shacks outside the port city. But just over a year later, as another winter sets […]
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Russia, US headed for UN showdown over Syria gas attacks probe
Russia, US headed for UN showdown over Syria gas attacks probe United Nations, (MILLAT ONLINE):Russia and the United States were on a collision course ahead of a UN Security Council vote Thursday on the fate of a UN-led probe to determine who is behind chemical attacks in Syria’s six-year war. Washington and Moscow have put […]
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Russian MPs back law targeting foreign media
Moscow, Nov 15 (AFP/APP):Russian MPs on Wednesday backed new legislation that could force foreign media outlets to register as “foreign agents” in a reciprocal response to US pressure on Kremlin-backed TV channel RT. Lawmakers approved amendments to broaden a 2012 law aimed at non-governmental organisations to include foreign media. Rights groups fear it could have […]