GHAZIABAD, India, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Thirteen workers died in a fire at a suspected illegal garment factory on the outskirts of the Indian capital early Friday as they slept in the workshop. The blaze started in the early hours of the morning on the ground floor of the narrow residential building, which was being used to […]
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13 dead in Indian garment factory fire: police
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Singaporean banker jailed for role in Malaysia 1MDB saga
SINGAPORE,(MILLAT +APP/AFP): A Singaporean private banker was jailed on fraud charges relating to Malaysia’s 1MDB financial scandal Friday, becoming the first figure to be convicted in the multi-billion-dollar saga. Allegations that huge sums were misappropriated from the Malaysian state fund through money-laundering have triggered a massive corruption scandal that has embroiled Prime Minister Najib Razak. […]
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Hollande says will ‘clarify positions’ with Trump in call Friday
PARIS,(ًMILLAT+APP/AFP) – French President Francois Hollande said Friday he would “clarify positions” with US president-elect Donald Trump during “frank” telephone discussions later in the day. “I will have to clarify and seek clarification on positions. We must speak frankly to each other,” Hollande told France 2 television on the sidelines of France’s Armistice commemorations
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Mali coup leader readies for trial over massacre
BAMAKO, (MILLATT+APP/AFP) – An army officer who led Mali’s 2012 coup against then president Amadou Toumani Toure will stand trial on November 30 for murder and collusion over the massacre of soldiers who opposed the takeover. The coup headed by Amadou Sanogo toppled what had been heralded as one of west Africa’s most stable democracies […]
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Six dead, dozens wounded as Afghan Taliban strike German consulate
MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan, (MILLAT+APP/AFP): The death toll from a Taliban truck bombing at the German consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif city rose to at least six Friday, with more than 100 others wounded. The Taliban said the bombing late Thursday, which tore a massive crater in the road and overturned cars, was a “revenge attack” for US air […]
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Anti-Trump protesters take to street for second night
WASHINGTON, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Thousands of protesters angry over Donald Trump’s election win took to the streets for a second straight night, with at least one demonstration degenerating into a riot against the tycoon turned president-elect. Accusing Trump of racism, sexism and xenophobia, protesters from New York to Los Angeles blocked traffic and chanted slogans like […]