HAVANA, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Fidel Castro’s leftist admirers in Latin America will join grieving Cubans on Tuesday at a massive ceremony in honor of the late communist firebrand while Western leaders shun the commemoration. For a second straight day, Cubans will file past a memorial installed inside the central monument at Havana’s Revolution Square to pay […]
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Castro’s leftist allies join Cuban farewell
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France calls for immediate UN Security Council meeting on Aleppo
PARIS, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – France on Tuesday called for an “immediate” UN Security Council meeting on Aleppo to tackle the “humanitarian disaster” in the besieged Syrian city. “More than ever, there is an urgent need for a cessation of hostilities and unhindered access to humanitarian assistance”, Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said in a statement on Aleppo, […]
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Saudi king to visit Kuwait as hopes rise on oilfield
KUWAIT CITY, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Saudi King Salman is to visit Kuwait next week as hopes rise in the emirate of a resumption of production from a jointly run oilfield after a two-year shutdown. The king will travel to Kuwait on December 8 after a Gulf summit in Bahrain and stay for three days, Al-Jarida newspaper […]
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Bilateral relations between Belarus, Azerbaijan lauded
BAKU, (MILLAT+APP/BelTA): The Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev said on Monday while talking to media that Belarus and Azerbaijan have accomplished a lot in the 25 years of their independence. Ilham Aliyev congratulated Belarus on the privilege of hosting the Second European Games in 2019. “It is symbolic that the games will take place in one […]
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Moise wins Haiti presidential vote in first round: early results
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Businessman Jovenel Moise appealed for unity late Monday after official preliminary results showed he won Haiti’s presidential election in the first round. Provisional Electoral Council president Leopold Berlanger cautioned that the results were preliminary and final results would not be confirmed until December 29. Three of the council’s nine members refused to […]
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S. Korea president says willing to leave office early
SEOUL, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – South Korea’s scandal-hit President Park Geun-Hye said Tuesday she was willing to resign early and would let parliament decide her fate as leader. “I will leave the issue of my departure, including the (possible) reduction of my term in office, to a decision by the National Assembly”, she said in a speech […]