Iran strikes US military facilities in Kuwait, Bahrain
GAZA, July (Agencies): Iran’s military said on Friday it launched drone strikes targeting US military facilities in Kuwait and Bahrain, as resumed fighting between Iran and the US threatens to engulf the whole Middle East region.Kuwait’s army destroyed drones that entered its airspace on Friday morning, the armed forces said...
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Explosion at coal mine kills 34 in southern Pakistan
QUETTA (Pakistan), July 31 (AFP): A blast at a coal mine killed at least 34 workers in southern Pakistan, the provincial disaster agency said on Friday, as rescuers searched for more missing miners.The explosion, suspected to be caused by methane gas, tore through the mine near the capital of the...
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US-backed Venezuela talks to begin without Machado
WASHINGTON, July 31 (Reuters): US-backed negotiations between Venezuela's interim government and a faction of the opposition will begin on Saturday, with the country's most prominent opposition leader absent.The talks, aimed at remaking the country's political system ahead of eventual elections, highlight Washington's unprecedented influence over Venezuelan politics since US President...
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Nepal’s PM urges calm as three people killed after Hindu-Muslim unrest
KATHMANDU, July 31 (Al Jazeera): Nepal’s Prime Minister Balendra Shah has called for calm after clashes between Hindu and Muslim groups in the country’s south have left three people dead.Shah, who has rarely appeared in public since taking office in March, broke that silence on Thursday with his first major...
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Sri Lanka sentences two to death over 2019 Easter bombings
COLOMBO, July 31 (AFP): A Sri Lanka court sentenced two ex-security officials to death on Friday for failing to prevent the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, which killed 279 people including 45 foreigners.In a majority decision, a three-judge bench ruled that former police chief Pujith Jayasundara and former defence ministry secretary...
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Over 20,000 Cambodians displaced along Thai border: UN
PHNOM PENH, July 31 (Reuters): More than 20,000 Cambodian civilians remain displaced along the country's border with Thailand following two rounds of fighting between the Southeast Asian neighbours last year, a UN expert said on Friday, following a visit to the disputed frontier.Tom Andrews, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights...
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Four bodies located after 10 climbers go missing on Pakistani mountain
KATHMANDU, July 31 (Reuters): The bodies of four climbers were located by Pakistani search crews on Friday after at least 10 mountaineers went missing in a suspected avalanche on Broad Peak a day earlier, Pakistani sources said.Among those missing is Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja, 43, who holds the record for...
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