WASHINGTON, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – The outgoing Barack Obama administration announced Tuesday a contribution of half a billion dollars to the UN Green Climate Fund, just three days before Donald Trump takes over the White House. The $500 million payment, announced by State Department spokesman John Kirby in a statement, is the second from the United States […]
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US contributes $500-million to UN Green Climate Fund
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Australia on the defensive offers hope of new MH370 hunt
MELBOURNE, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Australia’s transport minister Wednesday defended the suspension of the undersea search for MH370, after relatives of passengers slammed the decision, and added that it could resume if “credible new evidence” emerges. Australia, Malaysia and China — where most of the 239 on board the missing Malaysia Airlines jet lived — on Tuesday […]
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Police say they shoot dead Israeli Arab car attacker
JERUSALEM, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Police said that officers shot dead an Israeli Arab “terrorist” who tried to ram them with his car during a protest against home demolitions in southern Israel on Wednesday. A police statement said that the man, a local resident, was active in the Israeli Islamic Movement and may have been influenced by […]
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Israeli forces kill Palestinian who allegedly tried to stab soldier: army
JERUSALEM, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Israeli forces killed a Palestinian who allegedly attempted to stab a soldier at a crossing in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, the army said, with no injuries reported among Israelis. “A short while ago an assailant, armed with a knife, attempted to stab an (Israeli) soldier at a crossing adjacent to […]
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Saudi emergency after mass food poisoning
RIYADH, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Saudi authorities blamed a small-town restaurant for a food poisoning outbreak that struck at least 150 people and sparked a declaration of a health emergency, media said on Tuesday. The incident occurred in Turabah, about 100 kilometres (62 miles) east of Taif in the kingdom’s southwest. The official Saudi Press Agency said […]
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Embattled Syria troops clash with IS in Deir Ezzor
BEIRUT,(MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Syrian government forces clashed with Islamic State group fighters for a fourth day Tuesday in an eastern city where a jihadist assault has left more than 100 dead, a monitor said. IS began a fierce attack Saturday on the remaining parts of Deir Ezzor under government control, and has managed to divide the […]