WASHINGTON, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – US President Barack Obama said Friday he was “heartbroken” for the families of the victims of the deadly shooting at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood airport in Florida. In his first public comments since a gunman opened fire in the afternoon, killing five people and wounding eight, Obama said it was too early to […]
International News
Obama ‘heartbroken’ by deadly Florida airport shooting: report
-
New UN Chief offers his good offices to defuse India-Pakistan tensions
UNITED NATIONS, (MILLAT+APP): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who assumed his functions as the world’s top diplomat this week, has offered to play a role of an honest broker between Pakistan and India amid tensions between the two South Asian neighbours stemming from some serious developments in the disputed Kashmir region, according to diplomatic sources. The […]
-
12 dead as torrential rain submerges Thai south
BANGKOK,(MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Heavy rains continued to batter Thailand’s flood-ravaged south on Saturday, bringing the death toll up to 12 and leaving thousands of villages partially submerged, authorities said. The flooding, which is roof-high in some areas, has affected more than 700,000 people since it started a week ago, the Interior Ministry said in a statement. […]
-
Syria aircraft strike rebels near water source
BEIRUT, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Syrian government aircraft bombed a rebel-held district that is the capital’s main water source on Friday as the rival sides traded blame over a cut to mains supplies, a monitor said. Damascus has been without water from Wadi Barada, a once popular hill station northwest of the capital, since December 22, leaving […]
-
Heavy weapons fire near military camp in Ivory Coast: AFP
BOUAKI, Ivory Coast, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Heavy weapons fire was heard Friday near Ivory Coast’s largest military camp in the city of Bouake, where at least two police stations were attacked, an AFP journalist said. “It’s a mutiny by former fighters integrated into the army who are demanding bonuses of 5 million CFA francs ($8,000) each […]
-
Russia says starts scaling down Syria military deployment: agencies
MOSCOW, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Russia’s military on Friday said it has begun scaling down its deployment to Syria, with Moscow’s sole aircraft carrier set to be the first to quit the conflict zone. “In accordance with the decision of the supreme commander of the Russian armed forces Vladimir Putin, the Russian defence ministry is beginning the […]