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California declares stubborn drought officially over

  • LOS ANGELES, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – California Governor Jerry Brown declared Friday the official end of the state’s drought that lasted more than five years. Despite lifting the drought emergency in all but four counties, the governor kept in place water reporting requirements, as well as bans on practices like watering during or following rainfall and […]

  • US readying economic sanctions against Syria: Mnuchin

    PALM BEACH, United States, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP): Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that the US would soon impose additional sanctions on Syria, as part of a military, diplomatic and financial response to a chemical attack blamed on the regime. “We will be announcing additional sanctions on Syria as part of our ongoing effort to stop this […]

  • Trump accepts Xi invitation for state visit to China

    PALM BEACH, United States, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP): US President Donald Trump has accepted an invitation from his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to make a full state visit to China, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Friday. Tillerson said only that the trip would take place “at a later date,” as he briefed reporters after Trump and […]

  • California declares stubborn drought officially over

    LOS ANGELES, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – California Governor Jerry Brown declared Friday the official end of the state’s drought that lasted more than five years. Despite lifting the drought emergency in all but four counties, the governor kept in place water reporting requirements, as well as bans on practices like watering during or following rainfall and […]

  • Jets launch raids from Syria base hit by US: monitor

    BEIRUT, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP): Two warplanes took off from a central Syrian airbase Friday hours after it was struck by US missiles and carried out bombing raids nearby, a monitoring group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the aircraft “took off from inside the Shayrat base, which is partially back in service, and struck […]

  • Pentagon urges Russia not to hang up military hotline

    WASHINGTON, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP): The Pentagon urged Russia to keep military channels open Friday after Moscow said it was going to hang up a vital hotline established to avoid mishaps between the two powers in Syria. The so-called deconfliction line has been a lifesaving — albeit imperfect — tool since it was set up soon after […]