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US almost doubles aid to Rohingyas

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 25 (Reuters): The United States (US) almost doubled its aid for displaced Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh and Myanmar, US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley announced on Monday as she pushed for UN investigators to brief the UN Security Council on the crisis.A Myanmar military crackdown...

May to press Rouhani to free jailed UK-Iranian woman

LONDON, Sept 25 (AFP): British Prime Minister Theresa May will meet Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in New York Tuesday, where she will press him to release a British-Iranian women imprisoned in Tehran, a senior government official told reporters.Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who works for the Thomson Reuters Foundation - the media organisation's...

Swedish parliament ousts PM, new govt unclear

STOCKHOLM, Sept 25 (AFP): Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven lost a no-confidence vote in parliament on Tuesday and will step down after four years in power, but with neither major political bloc holding a majority it remained unclear who will form the next government.Voters delivered a hung parliament in the...

NZ’s first baby makes UN debut at peace summit

With a mock security pass that lists her as the "First Baby" of New Zealand, 3-month-old Neve Te Aroha made her United Nations debut on Monday when her mother - Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern - spoke at a peace summit in the General Assembly.Her partner Clarke Gayford, who is the...

Pak court summons ex-PM, orders arrest of journalist

ISLAMABAD, Sept 25 (Al Jazeera): A Pakistani court has summoned former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to appear before it over a treason case, while issuing arrest warrants for a prominent journalist who interviewed the former premier, according to a court order.The Lahore High Court on Monday summoned Sharif to appear...

18 die during Ganesh immersion in India

MUMBAI, Sept 25 (Reuters): At least 18 people have died, mostly due to drowning, while immersing the idols of Hindu god Ganesh after the end of the 30-hour ceremony in India.The incidents took place on Monday in parts of Maharashtra on the last day of the Ganesh festival, officials said.Sunday...

Nigerian troops kill 14 militants, rescue 146 hostages

ABUJA, Sept 25 (Xinhua): Nigerian troops have killed 14 Boko Haram fighters in an operation aimed at clearing the remnants of the terror group in the northeast region, spokesman of the Army, Texas Chukwu, said on Tuesday.In a statement, Chukwu said 146 Boko Haram hostages were also freed during the...

HRW accuses Yemen rebels of hostage-taking

DUBAI, Sept 25 (AFP): Human Rights Watch on Tuesday accused Yemen's Huthi rebels of hostage-taking, torture and other serious abuses against people in their custody.The New York-based watchdog said it had documented 16 cases of illegal imprisonment by the Iran-backed Shiite insurgents, "in large part to extort money from relatives...

News in Brief- (26-09-2018)

45 trekkers missing in India's state after heavy snowfallNEW DELHI, Sept 25: At least 45 people who had gone for trekking in upper reaches of northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh were reported missing, local media said Tuesday. The trekkers included 35 students from India's Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)...