BOGOTA, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – The Colombian government and FARC guerrillas will sign a new peace accord in Bogota Thursday, after a previous agreement to end the country’s half-century of conflict was rejected in a referendum, both parties said. “The government and FARC delegations have agreed to sign the final agreement to end the conflict and build […]
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Colombia, FARC to sign new peace accord Thursday: official
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Struggling S.Africa faces threat of junk credit rating
JOHANNESBURG, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – South Africa’s political turmoil and weakening economy will come under the harsh spotlight of international credit ratings from this week amid predictions the country could lose its investment-level status. Moody’s will release its updated grading on Friday, before Standard & Poor issues its key announcement a week later on December 2. S&P […]
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Hurricane Otto swirls toward Central America, kills 3
PANAMA CITY, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Hurricane Otto was forecast to strengthen in the Caribbean as it churned toward Central America Tuesday, causing three deaths in Panama and prompting coastal evacuations in Costa Rica and Nicaragua. Otto became the seventh hurricane of the 2016 Atlantic season. The hurricane, which is packing maximum sustained winds of 75 miles […]
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OIC to host 3rd meeting of Islamic Broadcasting Union on Wednesday
JEDDAH, (MILLAT+APP/IINA) – The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will host the third meeting of the Executive Council and General Assembly of the Islamic Broadcasting Union (IBU), an OIC specialized organ from tomorrow. The meeting, which will take place at the OIC headquarters here on Wednesday and Thursday, will review the […]
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US govt issues travel alert for Europe ahead of holidays
WASHINGTON(MILLAT+Agence France-Presse) – The US State Department has issued a travel alert warning in the run-up to the end-of-the-year holiday season, warning Americans of a “heightened risk of terrorist attacks throughout Europe.” US citizens “should exercise caution at holiday festivals, events, and outdoor markets,” it said late Monday, in an alert that expires on February […]
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Nepal’s quake-damaged Boudhanath stupa reopens
KATHMANDU, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Nepal’s newly restored Boudhanath stupa reopened to the public Tuesday after it was damaged by the deadly 2015 earthquake that left much of the country’s cultural heritage in ruins. The white-domed golden stupa — the country’s largest and one of the holiest sites of pilgrimage in Tibetan Buddhism — was left with […]