Two bus accidents claim 52 lives in Afghanistan
KABUL, Dec 19 (AFP): Two bus accidents involving a fuel tanker and a truck on a highway through central Afghanistan killed at least 52 people and injured 68, a provincial official said Thursday.The accidents happened in Ghazni province on the same highway between the capital Kabul and southern Kandahar city...
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China, India hold talks for fair solutions
BEIJING, Dec 19 (Reuters): China and India took a further step towards easing their long-running border dispute on Wednesday, with senior officials holding formal talks for the first time in five years and committing to finding mutually acceptable solutions.The meeting in Beijing between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and India's...
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Pakistan denounces US sanctions on its missile programme
ISLAMABAD, Dec 19 (AP): Pakistan on Thursday denounced new U.S. sanctions on the country's ballistic missile programme as "discriminatory" that put the region's peace and security at risk.Pakistan's Foreign Ministry warned in a statement that the sanctions "have dangerous implications for strategic stability of our region and beyond." It also...
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Moscow can work with Trump admin, minister says
MOSCOW, Dec 19 (Reuters): Russia can definitely work with the administration of Donald Trump after he is sworn in as US president next month, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Wednesday.Ryabkov reiterated accusations by Moscow that "reckless" actions by the West had raised the risk of nuclear war and...
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HRW accuses Israel of restricting Gaza water
JERUSALEM, Dec 19 (AFP): Human Rights Watch on Thursday accused Israel of committing "acts of genocide" in the Gaza Strip by damaging water infrastructure and cutting off supplies to civilians, calling on the international community to impose targeted sanctions.In a new report, which focused specifically on water, the New York-based...
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Protest, counterprotests and brawls at Indian Parliament
NEW DELHI, Dec 19 (NDTV): Protest, counterprotests and brawls, and an attempt to murder police complaint against Rahul Gandhi - over Amit Shah's "Ambedkar is the fashion" remark - all roiled Parliament Thursday, with the BJP and Congress trading allegations of each using force to prevent rivals from entering the...
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