PARIS, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Police have broken up a terror ring plotting an attack in France after arresting seven individuals in Strasbourg and Marseille, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said on Monday. The weekend arrests of seven suspects — of French, Moroccan and Afghan origin — “enabled us to prevent a long-planned terror attack on our soil,” […]
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French police foil terror attack, arrest 7: minister
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Xi says China-U.S. Tourism Year helps improve ties
WASHINGTON, (MILLAT+APP/Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping said Sunday that the China-U.S. Tourism Year has helped expand people-to-people exchanges and given fresh impetus to bilateral relations. “Thanks to joint efforts, the Tourism Year has been marked with colorful and fruitful events, which have helped expand our people-to-people exchanges and practical cooperation in various areas, and […]
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Suicide blast at Kabul Shiite mosque kills 27, wounds 35: police
KABUL, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – A massive suicide blast at a Shiite mosque in Kabul killed at least 27 people Monday and wounded 35 as worshippers gathered to mark a religious ceremony, officials said, “It was a suicide bomber who blew himself up among worshippers inside the mosque, killing 27 and wounding 35,” senior police official Fridon […]
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Trump meets Indian partners, despite vow to separate from business: Report
NEW YORK, (MILLAT+APP): US President-elect Donald Trump met at his Trump Tower residence in New York last week three Indian business partners, raising fresh questions about a separation between the Trump’s business and future work in the White House, according to a report in The New York Times. The three Indian executives — Sagar Chordia, […]
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Clashes as Yemen ceasefire nears end
SANAA, (MILLAT+APP/AFP): Yemeni government forces and rebels were engaged in fierce fighting as a 48-hour ceasefire declared by the pro-government Arab coalition approached its end Monday, military officials said. Fifteen rebels and nine loyalist troops were killed in clashes overnight in and around the flashpoint southwestern city of Taez, military and medical sources said. Four […]
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India train disaster toll rises to 142, more dead feared
PUKHRAYAN, India, (MILLAT+APP/AFP): The death toll from India’s rail disaster rose to 142 on Monday after workers toiled through the night removing victims from the wreckage, with grim warnings that more bodies were trapped inside. There was little hope of finding survivors among the mangled remains of 14 carriages, which came off the tracks in […]