UNITED NATIONS, June 4 (APP): United Nations agencies are calling for urgent aid to help hundreds of thousands of people affected by Cyclone Mora, which swept across the Bay of Bengal earlier this week. “There is an urgent need for shelter materials,” the spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), […]
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UN agencies urge aid for cyclone-hit communities in Bangladesh, Myanmar
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Afghanistan should focus on improving security, not blame Pakistan: Maleeha
NEW YORK, June 4 (APP): Afghanistan should turn its attention to reversing the deteriorating security situation in the country instead of blaming Pakistan, a top Pakistani diplomat has said. “We are ready to help address the shared threat of violent extremists to the region but for that, Afghanistan should desist from externalizing its internal problems,” […]
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Incidents in London are ‘terrorist’: police
LONDON, June 4 (APP/AFP) – Incidents at London Bridge and nearby Borough Market are “terrorist” in nature, police said Sunday, following reports of a van running over pedestrians and stabbings in a busy nightlife area. “At 0025 hrs 4/6/17 the incidents at London Bridge and Borough Market were declared as terrorist incidents,” the police said […]
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US-backed force advances west of IS Syria bastion Raqa: monitor
BEIRUT, June 3, (APP/AFP) – A US-backed alliance has seized new territory west of the Islamic State group’s Syrian bastion Raqa, bringing it closer to a final attack on the city, a monitor said Saturday. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) launched an operation to capture Raqa in northern Syria last November, and have since surrounded […]
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magnitude quake hits Inner Mongolia: CENC
5- BEIJING, June 3 (APP/Xinhua): A 5-magnitude earthquake jolted Alashan Left Banner, Alashan League of north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region at 6:11 p.m. Saturday (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center. The epicenter, with a depth of 15 kilometers, was monitored at 37.99 degrees north latitude and 103.56 degrees east longitude, the […]
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killed, 87 injured as 3 blasts hit funeral in Kabul
6 KABUL, June 3 (APP/Xinhua): At least six people have been confirmed dead and 87 others injured as three blasts hit a funeral ceremony in Kabul on Saturday, the Interior Ministry said. “Terrorists’ attacks on a funeral ceremony here in Kabul claimed the lives of six people and injured 87 others,” the ministry said in […]