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Nepal sacks quake reconstruction chief

  • KATHMANDU, MILLAT+(APP/AFP) – Nepal on Wednesday sacked the chief of its earthquake reconstruction body, a move seen by critics as politically motivated and likely to further delay rebuilding following the April 2015 disaster. Sushil Gyewali was appointed head of the National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) a year ago after months of political wrangling over who should […]

  • Indian police rescue 6,000 turtles in ‘largest’ haul

    NEW DELHI,(MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Indian police said Wednesday they had recovered more than 6,000 freshwater turtles weighing over four tonnes from poachers who planned to smuggle them to Southeast Asia, in the country’s largest-ever wildlife haul. The 6,430 flapshell turtles were discovered stuffed into 140 jute bags in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday. […]

  • N. Korea has plutonium for 10 nuclear bombs: S. Korea

    SEOUL, MILLAT+(APP/AFP) – North Korea now has enough plutonium to make 10 nuclear bombs, South Korea said Wednesday, a week after leader Kim Jong-Un said it was close to test-launching an intercontinental ballistic missile. The isolated communist state, which has carried out five nuclear tests and numerous missile launches, is thought to be planning a […]

  • Sustainable peace not possible without settling international disputes: Pakistan

    UNITED NATIONS, (MILLAT+APP): Pakistan has called for a decisive shift from responding to crises to preventing them in order to accomplish sustainable peace. “Sustainable peace is a challenge and cannot be achieved unless the underlying causes of conflicts are addressed: poverty; environmental degradation; political and economic injustice; ethnic, tribal and religious tensions; and external interference […]

  • Kerry to attend Mideast peace conference in Paris: State Dept

    WASHINGTON, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – US Secretary of State John Kerry will attend talks in Paris on January 15 aimed at throwing the international community’s weight behind a two-state solution in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, spokesman John Kirby said Tuesday. Around 70 countries will gather for the conference, although neither Israel nor the Palestinians will be present for […]

  • Vaccine skeptic Robert Kennedy to head Trump commission

    WASHINGTON, MILLAT+(APP/AFP) – US President-elect Donald Trump met Tuesday with prominent environmentalist and vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr and asked him to head a commission on vaccine safety and scientific integrity, Kennedy said. The 62-year-old son of slain senator Bobby Kennedy and nephew of late president John F. Kennedy has questioned the use of […]