UNITED NATIONS, United States, Sept 6, (APP/AFP) – The United States on Wednesday asked the UN Security Council to slap an oil embargo on North Korea and freeze the assets of leader Kim Jong-Un, in response to Pyongyang’s sixth and most powerful nuclear test. A US-drafted resolution obtained by AFP also called for banning textile […]
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US seeks to cut off oil to North Korea, blacklist Kim Jong-Un
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France says two Irma deaths on Caribbean islands
PARIS, Sept 6, (APP/AFP) – France said two people had been killed on St Barts and St Martin after the two eastern Caribbean islands were hit by Hurricane Irma, and announced it would set up an emergency fund to help them rebuild. “At the present moment, there are reports of two dead and two seriously […]
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Rohingya Muslim villages ‘burned by Burmese army’
Activist groups have accused the Burmese army of burning down villages and shooting Rohingya Muslim civilians as part of a crackdown on insurgents in Rakhine state. Violence has driven thousands of Rohingya Muslims fleeing towards Bangladesh for safety, along with a smaller exodus of ethnic Rakhine Buddhists, where they face growing danger of sickness and […]
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Boat with 28 Chinese tourists missing in Malaysia: official
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 29, (APP/AFP) – A boat carrying 31 people, including 28 Chinese tourists, has gone missing in the waters off Borneo, an official from the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency told AFP Sunday. “The owner of the boat reported it missing on Saturday evening and we have begun a search and rescue mission,” a […]
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BRICS annual summit to be held in Xiamen from September 3
BEIJING, Aug 27 (APP): China will host the 9th Annual Summit of BRICS in the southeast China’s coastal city of Xiamen, Fujian Province from September 3 to 5 in its capacity as chair of the influential bloc which is comprised of five countries, namely Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. It is expected that […]
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Fewer buyers for S.Africa’s first online rhino horn, organiser
JOHANNESBURG, Aug 27, (APP/AFP) – South Africa’s first online auction of rhino horn — held his week amid outrage from conservationists — attracted fewer buyers than anticipated, lawyers for the organiser said Saturday. John Hume, owner of the world’s largest rhino farm, organised the controversial three-day selloff which ended on Friday. Hume “has successfully concluded […]