UNITED NATIONS, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP): Pakistan on Tuesday raised the Kashmir dispute in a key United Nations forum evoking a jittery response from the Indian delegation. Speaking in the 39th session of the UN Committee on Information, the Press Minister at Pakistani Mission to the UN, Masood Anwar, urged the UN’s Department of Public Information (DPI) […]
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Pakistan highlights Kashmir at UN drawing India’s objections
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Ding eyes semi-final after dominating O’Sullivan
SHEFFIELD, United Kingdom, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – World number four Ding Junhui took control in the second session against Ronnie O’Sullivan Tuesday to lead 10-6 in their World Championship quarter-final. The China number one, losing finalist at Sheffield’s Crucible venue to Mark Selby last year, rattled off five frames in a row from 5-5 including a […]
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US THAAD missile defence equipment enters South Korea site: Yonhap
SEOUL, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – Trailers carrying US THAAD missile defence equipment entered the deployment site at a golf course in South Korea early on Wednesday, Yonhap news agency reported. Arrival of the six trailers sparked clashes between locals and police, the agency said. The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery is being deployed to […]
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Colombia’s ELN rebels free two hostages: Red Cross
BOGOTA, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP): Colombia’s last active rebel group, the National Liberation Army (ELN), freed two hostages Tuesday after more than a month in captivity, the Red Cross said, a boost to ongoing peace talks. The hostages, who were seized in mid-March, were handed over to the Red Cross in a remote area in the northwestern […]
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At least 27 killed in road accident in eastern Kenya
KENYA, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/Xinhua): At-least 27 people were killed and several others injured early Tuesday in a grisly road accident involving an oil tanker and a commuter bus along the Nairobi-Mombasa highway. The bus was travelling to Nairobi when it collided head-on with the truck at Kambu area near Makindu after midnight, said Kibwezi divisional police […]
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ICCIMA, EU call for agriculture investment firms
TEHRAN, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/MNA): Iran Chamber and EU Commission for Agriculture & Rural Development have emphasized on creation of joint enterprises in Central Asia in the field of grain and livestock inputs as well as joint cooperation for joint production of food. Jerzy Bogdan Plewa, Director General of Directorate-General (DG) for Agriculture and Rural Development in […]