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Speculation on Kim visit to China rife as train departs

  • Speculation on Kim visit to China rife as train departs Beijing, (MILLAT ONLINE):Speculation that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was in Beijing for his first ever foreign trip was rife Tuesday after Japanese media reported the arrival and departure of a special train met by an honour guard. Heightened security at possible venues for […]

  • Egyptians vote in second day of election

    Egyptians vote in second day of election Cairo, (MILLAT ONLINE):Polls opened in Egypt on Tuesday for the second day of a presidential election incumbent Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is expected to win easily against a little-known rival. Few voters could be seen at one polling station which opened at 9:00 am (0700 GMT) in Cairo. Authorities […]

  • Pro-Puigdemont demonstrators block roads in Catalonia: transport authorities

    Pro-Puigdemont demonstrators block roads in Catalonia: transport authorities Barcelona, (MILLAT ONLINE):Demonstrators blocked several roads in Catalonia Tuesday to protest the arrest in Germany of the region’s former president Carles Puigdemont and the jailing of other separatist leaders in Spain. Regional road transport authorities said the two main access roads into Barcelona were closed, before the […]

  • Half a million students drop out in Yemen war: UNICEF

    Half a million students drop out in Yemen war: UNICEF Sanaa, (MILLAT ONLINE):Close to half a million Yemeni children have dropped out of school since 2015, when Saudi Arabia and its allies intervened in the country’s civil war, UNICEF said Tuesday. That brings the number of children without access to education to two million, as […]

  • Police make arrest over Indian journalist’s ‘sand mafia’ death

    Police make arrest over Indian journalist’s ‘sand mafia’ death New Delhi, (MILLAT ONLINE):Amid growing outrage over the latest murder of a journalist in India, police have arrested a truck driver accused of killing Sandeep Sharma over his investigative reporting into the country’s ‘sand mafia’. The television journalist was mown down by a truck as he […]

  • Train thought to carry N. Korea official leaves Beijing station: Kyodo

    Train thought to carry N. Korea official leaves Beijing station: Kyodo Tokyo, (MILLAT ONLINE):A train thought to be carrying a senior North Korean official left Beijing station Tuesday, Japan’s Kyodo News reported, with speculation rife that the North’s leader Kim Jong Un was making a surprise visit. It was not clear if Kim was aboard, […]