UNITED NATIONS, Sept 20 (AFP): Russia and China vetoed on Thursday a UN Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in Syria's war-torn Idlib province after other members warned the conflict could become the century's worst humanitarian crisis.During negotiations on the draft, Russia pressed unsuccessfully to include an exception for...
Read moreWASHINGTON, Sept 20 (AFP): Don't expect any awkward silences when President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison sit down to a rare state dinner at the White House on Friday.They already agree on curbing asylum seekers, playing down climate change fears, pushing back against Iran, and excluding China's...
Read moreWASHINGTON, Sept 20 (AFP): Gulalai Ismail's campaigns to empower Pakistani girls have won her international awards and recognition as one of her country's foremost activists.But when she spoke out against sexual violence and disappearances allegedly carried out by the army in northwestern Pakistan, her fortunes quickly changed.The 32-year-old said she...
Read moreKABUL, Sept 20 (AFP): The death toll from a massive Taliban bomb attack which flattened a hospital in southern Afghanistan earlier this week has risen to at least 39, officials said Friday.The jump in the toll from the blast, which took place in the town of Qalat in Zabul province...
Read moreHONG KONG, Sept 20 (AFP): Amnesty International on Friday accused Hong Kong police of using excessive force against pro-democracy protesters, in some cases amounting to torture, allegations that were rejected by a commanding officer.In a report based on interviews with nearly two dozen activists, most of whom were hospitalised after...
Read moreSEOUL, Sept 20 (AFP): North Korea's chief negotiator in talks with the United States welcomed Donald Trump's suggestion of trying a "new method" in negotiations, and hailed the exit of his hawkish national security advisor.The US President had fired John Bolton last week, revealing deep divisions between the two on...
Read moreBRUSSELS, Sept 20 (AFP): Brexit talks are progressing with "momentum", the British minister in charge of the divorce said Friday after meeting his EU counterpart, despite warnings that a deal was still some way off.After talks in Brussels with EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier, Brexit Minister Stephen Barclay said there...
Read moreGENEVA, Sept 20 (Reuters): A record 12.4 million people in Yemen received food aid in August, the first time the targeted population was reached fully, the UN World Food Programmeme (WFP) said on Friday.At the same time, WFP said it still needed $600 million from donors to provide uninterrupted food...
Read moreIndian police arrest ruling party ex-minister over alleged rapeLUCKNOW, Sept 20: A former government minister and senior member of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was arrested on Friday in connection with rape and sexual harassment allegations made by a law student, police and his lawyer said. Swami Chinmayanand, who...
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