SEOUL, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Up to half-a-million people have been expected to take to the streets of Seoul demand the resignation of scandal-hit President Park Geun-Hye, in one of the largest anti-government protests in decades. On the back of official appeals for calm, around 25,000 police were on standby for the third instalment in a series […]
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Seoul braces for massive anti-Park protest
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Venezuela crisis talks to resume on hostile note
CARACAS, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Venezuela’s political rivals have prepared to resume fraught Vatican-backed talks as they struggle to stabilize a volatile country stricken by food shortages. The day could determine whether the sides maintain their fragile dialogue or whether antagonism and instability resurge in the oil-rich South American country. Mass street protests erupted after authorities last […]
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Casualties as explosion hits largest US base in Afghanistan: NATO
KABUL, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – An explosion struck the largest US military base in Afghanistan early Saturday, causing some casualties, NATO said. “We can confirm that there was an explosion at Bagram Airfield this morning just after 5:30 am (0100 GMT). There have been casualties. Our Force Protection and medical teams are responding to the situation,” the […]
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Turkey arrests head of opposition newspaper: report
ISTANBUL, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Turkey detained on Friday the head of the board of opposition daily Cumhuriyet, said the newspaper, which has been the target of an intensifying crackdown since July’s failed coup. Akin Atalay was taken into custody at Istanbul’s airport after arriving from Germany, said Cumhuriyet, which also saw nine of its staff arrested […]
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Thailand’s Crown Prince returns to kingdom: sources
BANGKOK, (MILLAT +APP/AFP) – Thailand’s Crown Prince flew back to the kingdom on Friday after a fortnight overseas, palace sources confirmed, although there is still no date for when he will officially succeed his father. Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, 64, left Thailand last month, some two weeks after his father King Bhumibol Adulyadej died ending […]
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Russia accuses Syria rebels of using chemical weapons in Aleppo
MOSCOW, Nov (MILLAT+AFP) – The Russian military said Friday it has evidence of the use of chemical weapons by rebels in Syria’s besieged eastern city of Aleppo. “Experts from the Russian defence ministry have found unexploded artillery ammunition belonging to terrorists which contains toxic substances,” the military said in a statement. “After rapid analysis in […]