TEHRAN, June 11, (APP/AFP): Iran has sent five planes of food exports to Qatar, Iran’s national carrier told AFP on Sunday, days after Gulf countries cut off air and transport links to the emirate. “So far five planes carrying perishable food items such as fruit and vegetables have been sent to Qatar, each carrying around […]
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Iran has sent five planes of food to Qatar: airline
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enezuela commander urges troops not to hurt protesters
V CARACAS, June 7 (APP/AFP): The head of the Venezuela military is warning his troops not to commit “atrocities” against protesters demonstrating in the country’s deadly political crisis. Tuesday’s warning by General Vladimir Padrino Lopez, who is also President Nicolas Maduro’s defense minister, came after more than two months of violent clashes between protesters and […]
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Romania to bolster public-sector wages despite deficit risks
BUCHAREST, June 7 (APP/AFP): Lawmakers in Romania, one of the EU’s poorest members, voted Wednesday to give hefty wages to public-sector employees, in some cases doubling their earnings, despite international creditors warning of a deficit blowout. The bill, which passed by 188 votes to 28, was a key election promise of the leftwing Social Democrat […]
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35 Turkish military personnel detained in FETO probe
ANKARA, June 5 (APP/AA) – Turkish police have detained 35 military personnel in an ongoing investigation into the group blamed for last year’s defeated coup, the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office announced on Monday. The Turkish government has accused the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO) and its U.S.-based leader Fetullah Gulen of staging the July 15 […]
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Myanmar inmates skirt justice with longyi jailbreak
YANGON, June 5, (APP/AFP) – Police in southern Myanmar were on Monday hunting six men who broke out of jail using their longyi, a type of local sarong, as ropes to climb down from the roof. The group have been on the run since Saturday night when they managed to escape from prison in Kawkareik […]
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Six abducted officials of Oil & Gas Company safely recovered
SOUTH WAZIRISTAN AGENCY, June 5 (APP): Six abducted employees of an Oil and Gas Company were safely recovered from Pak-Afghan border here on Monday. According to Political Agent South Waziristan Agency, Zafarul Islam, all the six abducted officials were released by the kidnapers as good-well gesture in respect of holy month of Ramzanul Mubarak and […]