UNITED NATIONS, United States, Oct 26 (APP/AFP): The United States will for the first time abstain from a vote at the United Nations calling for an end to the US embargo against Cuba, Ambassador Samantha Power said Wednesday. “The United States has always voted against this resolution. Today the United States will abstain,” Power told […]
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US to abstain for first time in UN vote against Cuba embargo
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Tough road ahead, Spain PM warns before return to power
MADRID, Oct 26, (APP/AFP) – Spain’s acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy warned Wednesday of a tough road ahead ashe prepares to take power again at the head of a minority government with little support. In a speech to parliament as he submits himself to a confidence vote that should see him re-appointed to lead Spain […]
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Iran unveils ‘suicide drone’
TEHRAN, Oct 26, (APP/AFP) – Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards said on Wednesday they had developed a “suicide drone” capable of delivering explosives to blow up targets at sea and on land. The new drone is primarily for maritime surveillance and “has not been designed to be armed with missiles,” the Tasnim news agency, which is […]
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Blast at Indian firecracker workshop kills five
NEW DELHI, Oct 26, (APP/AFP) – Five people were killed in an explosion at an illegal firecracker workshop in India, police said on Wednesday, ahead of the annual Diwali festival when demand hits its peak. The building housing the workshop was completely destroyed when a fire hit gunpowder stocks used to make the fireworks in […]
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Taiwan hostage freed by Somali pirates ate mice, scorpions
TAIPEI, Oct 26, (APP/AFP) – Hostages were forced to eat mice, scorpions and centipedes to survive during the nearly five years they were held by Somali pirates, according to a Taiwanese seafarer who arrived home Wednesday. Shen Jui-chang, among 26 hostages freed from the crew of Naham 3 seized south of the Seychelles in March […]
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Israeli soldier wounded by gunfire on Lebanese border: army
JERUSALEM, Oct 26 (APP/AFP) – Gunfire on Israel’s border with Lebanon wounded an Israeli soldier on Wednesday, the military said, without providing further details. “Shots were fired towards (Israeli) forces on the border with Lebanon near Metula, injuring a soldier,” a military statement said.