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Two die as aid convoys face fierce resistance on Venezuela border

CARACAS, Feb 24 (Agencies): Violent clashes broke out in Venezuelan border towns on Saturday that left at least two people dead, as Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro blocked humanitarian convoys from entering the country.Troops loyal to Maduro fired tear gas and rounds of rubber bullets at protesters who tried to bring...

May trying to get changes to Brexit deal

LONDON, Feb 24 (Reuters): Britain's exit from the European Union must not be frustrated and the government must focus on delivering it, Prime Minister Theresa May said.May is trying to get changes to the divorce package before putting it to another vote in parliament. If she fails, May will have...

Kim crosses China border city on way to Vietnam

BEIJING, Feb 24 (BBC): North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has departed for Hanoi by train for talks with US President Donald Trump.He arrived at the Chinese border city of Dandong after 21:00 local time (13:00 GMT) on Saturday.The much anticipated second US-North Korea summit is scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday...

Afghanistan saw highest number of civilian deaths in 2018: UN

KABUL, Feb 24 (AP): More civilians were killed in Afghanistan last year than in any of the previous nine years of the increasingly bloody conflict, according to a UN report released on Sunday, which blamed the spike in deaths on increased suicide bombings by the Islamic State group and stepped...

Kushner heads to Middle East to promote peace plan

RIYADH, Feb 24 (Al Jazeera): Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump's son-in-law and White House senior adviser, is on his way to the Middle East to promote the economic portion of a long-awaited US plan for peace between Israel and the Palestinians.Kushner, 38, left the US for a five-nation tour...

IS mine claims 24 lives in Syria

DAMASCUS, Feb 24 (Agencies): Syria's state news agency says a land mine left by the Islamic State group has struck a van packed with workers, killing 24.SANA said the explosion on Sunday near the central town of Salamiyeh was caused by explosives left behind by the militants when they controlled...

Iran launches missile from submarine

TEHRAN, Feb 24 (Agencies): Iran has launched a cruise missile from a submarine for the first time during an ongoing annual military drill in the Strait of Hormuz, local media reported on Sunday.The semi-official Fars news agency reported the launch and released an image showing a green submarine on the...

Fear of attacks keeps children away from school in Burkina Faso

OUAGADOUGOU, Feb 24 (AFP): More than 150,000 children are not going to school in Burkina Faso because of the threat of jihadist violence, the education minster has said, warning of a "deteriorating" situation in the West African nation.More than 1,100 schools have been forced to close or temporarily shutdown due...

News in Brief -(25-2-2019)

North China mine accident kills 21HOHHOT, Feb 24: A total of 21 people have been killed and 29 others injured after a vehicle lost control due to faulty brakes Saturday at a mining company in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, local authorities said Sunday morning. The accident occurred around...