ADEN, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Police in Yemen’s second city Aden said on Wednesday that the bodies of 11 people with their throats cut had been found dumped in a nature reserve. Aden is the headquarters of Yemen’s Saudi-backed government but its forces have struggled to secure the city against repeated attacks by jihadists of both Al-Qaeda […]
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11 bodies found in Yemen’s Aden: police
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Russia says Syria army resumed Aleppo assault after rebels broke truce
MOSCOW, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Russia’s defence ministry said on Wednesday that the Syrian army resumed its assault in eastern Aleppo after rebels broke a truce intended to allow them to evacuate. The ministry said that its military monitors in Syria had organised the evacuation of fighters from the city by bus following an agreement between rebel […]
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South Sudan expels second aid worker in a week
NAIROBI, (MILLAT+APP/AFP): South Sudan has over the past week ordered two senior employees of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) to leave the country, without explanation, the aid organisation said Wednesday. The expulsions follow the deportation of an American journalist from the war-torn country and come as alarm rises over spreading violence, with UN human rights […]
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Japan opposition in last-ditch bid to block casino law
TOKYO, (MILLAT+APP/AFP): Japan’s opposition launched a last-ditch bid Wednesday to stall passage of a controversial bill to legalise casinos. But the censure motion against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was expected to be voted down by his ruling coalition, local media said. The move is among several motions designed to hold up passage of a bill […]
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China warns Taiwan over independence after Trump call
BEIJING, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – China warned Taiwan that declaring independence would be a “dead end”, state media said Wednesday, after the island’s democratically elected president phoned Donald Trump in a precedent-breaking move. Beijing’s stance of opposing and blocking “Taiwan independence splittism” is “firm and unmovable”, Taiwan Affairs Office spokesman An Fengshan said at a briefing Wednesday, […]
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Mexican Senate votes to legalize medical marijuana
MEXICO CITY, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Mexico’s Senate voted overwhelmingly in favor of legalizing medical marijuana on Tuesday after a national debate on narcotics policy in a country mired in brutal drug violence. In a major policy shift, President Enrique Pena Nieto proposed legalizing medical marijuana in April after his government organized forums to discuss changes to […]