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Palestine urges UN to stand up against US decision

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 20 (AFP): Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas will urge world powers at the UN Security Council on Tuesday to stand up to the US decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital and establish a revamped peace process.President Donald Trump's decision to move the US embassy to Jerusalem infuriated...

Syrian air strikes kill 98

BEIRUT, Feb 20 (AP): A Syrian monitoring group and paramedics say government shelling and air strikes on rebel-held suburbs of the capital, Damascus, killed at least 98 people on Monday.The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says it was the deadliest day in three years in the area known as...

Riyadh to host KSA's first fashion week next month

RIYADH, Feb 20 (Reuters): Saudi Arabia, a country known for its draconian policies on arts and entertainment, is all set to host its first-ever fashion week next month.The Dubai-based Arab Fashion Council, which Saudi Princess Noura Bint Faisal Al-Saud heads as the honorary president, made the announcement in London on...

‘Electronic skin’ to help disabled get real sense of touch, feel

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 20 (Xinhua): Disabled people with prosthetic limbs will have the full functional sense of touch and feel in the future thanks to Stanford University scientists' success in creating the wearable "electronic skin," or e-skin, one of the scientists told Xinhua on Monday.Zhennan Bao, a professor of chemical...

Regional legislators rebuke Maldives over political crisis

Abdulla Yameen COLOMBO, Feb 20 (AFP): South Asian legislators expressed concern Tuesday about the political crisis in the Maldives as President Abdulla Yameen sought to extend a draconian state of emergency in the honeymoon islands.Parliament is expected to meet Tuesday in the turbulent island nation, where Yameen wants to extend...

Nepal's ruling party merges into super bloc with Maoists

KATHMANDU, Feb 20 (AFP): Nepal's ruling party has merged with a former Maoist rebel group to form a super bloc that experts say will reshape politics after years of turbulence in the Himalayan nation.Officials said Tuesday the new alliance, the Nepal Communist Party, was formally signed into agreement following late-night...

Clash with Sufis in Iran leaves five dead

TEHRAN, Feb 20 (AP): Overnight clashes between followers of a Sufi Islam leader and Iranian police killed five members of the security forces and injured 30, Iranian media reported Tuesday, the latest tension between the mystical order and authorities. Over 300 were arrested.Supporters of Sufi leader Nourali Tabandeh have been...

Mozambique president presses peace deal with opposition

MAPUTO, Feb 20 (AFP): Mozambique's President Filipe Nyusi has met the leader of opposition Renamo as part of efforts to broker peace between the group and his ruling Frelimo party.Renamo rebels fought a 16-year war against Frelimo until 1992, and unrest again boiled over between 2013 and 2016.Nyusi travelled to...

News in Brief(21-02-2018)

BEIJING: People pray and burn incense for good luck on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, at the Lama Temple in Beijing on Tuesday. China is in the midst of a week-long holiday marking the beginning of the Year of the Dog. — AFP Pakistan is riskiest country...