KABUL, (MILLAT+APP/AFP): US President-elect Donald Trump has assured Afghanistan’s leader in a phone call that his administration stands ready to up support to the country if necessary, a Kabul statement said Saturday. “If Afghanistan needs more security assistance, his administration, after assessing the needs, will focus on providing more security support,” the statement released by […]
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US ready to offer Kabul more support under Trump: statement
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UK’s Supreme Court set for highly-charged Brexit case
LONDON, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Britain’s Supreme Court will Monday begin hearing the government’s appeal against a ruling it must obtain parliamentary approval before triggering Brexit, in a constitutional showdown that has further inflamed political tensions. The High Court dramatically ruled last month that Prime Minister Theresa May’s government did not have the power to invoke Article […]
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UK pensioner returns library book… 63 years late
LONDON, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – A British pensioner has returned a library book to her school some 63 years after taking it out, the librarian said. The woman, now in her 70s, found the 1929 copy of “Travels With A Donkey In The Cevennes” by Robert Louis Stevenson while clearing out her house. The book, which charts […]
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No military intervention on the table for Libya: Kerry
ROME, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – US Secretary of State John Kerry has said that there would be no foreign military intervention in Libya and called for a diplomatic solution as violence flared in the capital Tripoli. “Our tools are diplomacy. We are not looking at other options,” Kerry told journalists alongside his Italian counterpart Paolo Gentiloni following […]
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Syria army seizes new rebel district in Aleppo: monitor
BEIRUT, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Syrian troops and allied forces advanced overnight seizing Aleppo’s Tariq al-Bab neighbourhood from rebels as they press an offensive to recapture all of the city, a monitor said on Saturday. The capture of the neighbourhood means the government has now retaken around 60 percent of the east of the city, which the […]
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First-ever Pakistan Film Festival opens with a star-studded event at UN
UNITED NATIONS, (MILLAT+APP): The first-ever Pakistan Film Festival kicked off Friday night with a largely-attended red carpet reception at UN Headquarters in New York in the presence of some of the biggest Pakistani stars, ambassadors accredited to the UN, community members, media and movie buffs. UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson, who was the chief guest, […]