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January 30, 2019 7:28 PM

20 Houthi rebels killed in Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen

<span style="color: #222222;">In Yemen, at least 20 Houthi rebels were killed overnight in Saudi-led airstrikes in northwestern province of Hajjah.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color...

January 30, 2019 3:03 PM

Death toll rises to 28 after migrant boats sink off Djibouti

The death toll from the sinking of two migrant boats off the coast of Djibouti rose to 28  today, the UN migration agency said.<br />''  <br />'' Lalini Veerassamy, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) chief of m...

January 30, 2019 3:02 PM

US calls for Russian, Chinese nuclear transparency

The United States today called for more transparency as it accused Russia and China of not fully reporting their nuclear programmes amid US threats to withdraw from a key arms control treaty.<br />''  <br />'' US undersecretary for arms co...

January 30, 2019 8:32 AM

UK Parliament approves Brexit amendment on replacing Irish backstop

In Britain, lawmakers voted in favour of an amendment in BREXIT plan seeking alternative arrangements to replace the Irish border arrangement known as the Irish backstop.<br />''<br />''With this, PM Theresa May will try to renegotiate the Brexit treat...

January 30, 2019 8:11 AM

US govt demands China to release human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang

The US government has demanded China to release human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang who has been convicted and jailed for four-and-a-half years for subverting the state.<br />''<br />''Department of State Deputy Spokesman Robert Palladino said in a stat...

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