ISTANBUL, MILLAT+(APP/AFP) – A heavy snowstorm paralysed life in Istanbul on Saturday, with hundreds of flights cancelled and the Bosphorus closed to shipping traffic. The snowstorm dumped almost 40 centimetres (16 inches) of snow in parts of the Turkish metropolis overnight, causing havoc on roads as travellers sought to leave the city for the weekend […]
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Heavy snowfall paralyses Istanbul
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Cold snap kills 10 in Poland in two days
WARSAW, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Ten people have died in two days in Poland in a snap coldwave that is expected to continue this weekend, the authorities said Saturday. “Seven people died on Friday in what was the deadliest day this winter,” said spokeswoman Bozena Wysocka from the government centre for security (RCB). “We recorded three other […]
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UN expert to assess rights abuses in northern Myanmar
UNITED NATIONS, (MILLAT+APP): A United Nations expert will assess the human rights situation in Myanmar, starting next week, it was announced, following increasing concerns about civilians in Kachin State and the escalating violence in Rakhine State. “The events of the last few months have shown that the international community must remain vigilant in monitoring the […]
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Clashes kill 9 near Damascus despite truce: monitor
BEIRUT, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – At least nine people, among them seven government soldiers, were killed in fighting near the Syrian capital Damascus overnight, despite a fragile nationwide truce, a monitor said on Saturday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said fighting was continuing on Saturday in Wadi Barada, a rebel-held district northwest of Damascus that is […]
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Trump says hacking had ‘no effect’ on his election
WASHINGTON, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Donald Trump asserted Friday that hacking did not sway the US election, after a briefing on an intelligence report that blamed Russia’s Vladimir Putin for a cyber campaign to keep Hillary Clinton out of the White House. While the president-elect held fast to his rejection of the intelligence community’s conclusion that Russia […]
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New grisly Brazil prison massacre kills 31
BOA VISTA, Brazil, (millat+APP/AFP) – Brazil was hit Friday by its second grisly prison massacre in a week, as inmates beheaded and mutilated fellow prisoners at a northern jail, leaving 31 dead. Pictures taken by a police officer at the scene showed bloodied, mangled bodies piled in a concrete hallway at the Monte Cristo Farm […]