Biggest convoy yet leaves rebel pocket of Syria’s Ghouta: state media Damascus, (MILLAT ONLINE):The largest convoy yet of evacuated Syrian rebel fighters and civilians began leaving a devastated pocket of Eastern Ghouta overnight, state media said on Tuesday. One hundred buses carrying 6,749 people — around a quarter of them fighters — left a part […]
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Biggest convoy yet leaves rebel pocket of Syria’s Ghouta: state media
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Top Malaysian opposition politician on trial for graft
Top Malaysian opposition politician on trial for graft Penang, Malaysia, (MILLAT ONLINE):A leading Malaysian opposition politician and vocal critic of Prime Minister Najib Razak went on trial for corruption Monday as elections loom, in a case critics say is politically motivated. Lim Guan Eng, who has repeatedly demanded that Najib explain a massive financial scandal […]
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Baltics, Poland summon Russian ambassadors over spy attack
Baltics, Poland summon Russian ambassadors over spy attack Warsaw, (MILLAT ONLINE):Poland and Baltic states Latvia and Lithuania on Monday summoned the Russian ambassadors to their countries, as international pressure builds on Moscow over the poisoning of a former Russian spy in England. Latvia on Friday had said it would expel “one or several” Russian diplomats […]
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Puigdemont in German court as arrest ignites Catalan protests
Puigdemont in German court as arrest ignites Catalan protests Neumunster, Germany, (MILLAT ONLINE):Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont is to appear in court Monday following his arrest in Germany which triggered a wave of protests in Catalonia where thousands of separatists faced off with police. Puigdemont spent the night in a German jail cell following his […]
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China urges US to ‘stop economic intimidation’ over tariffs
China urges US to ‘stop economic intimidation’ over tariffs Beijing, (MILLAT ONLINE):China on Monday lashed out at US “economic intimidation” following President Donald Trump’s announcement of new import tariffs, but said it was open to negotiations to resolve trade frictions. The two countries have traded threats and heated rhetoric in recent days, ratcheting up fears […]
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Fresh rebel withdrawals from Syria’s shrinking Ghouta
Fresh rebel withdrawals from Syria’s shrinking Ghouta Douma, Syria, (MILLAT ONLINE):A new group of Syrian rebels and civilians prepared to leave Eastern Ghouta on Monday after the largest exodus yet from the opposition enclave, as talks stalled over the final pocket of resistance. Five weeks since government troops launched a ferocious offensive on Ghouta, they […]