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January 17, 2018 1:15 PM
The United States and the United Nations today insisted on safe and voluntary return of Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh to Myanmar.<br/><br/>Over 655,000 people of Myanmar's Muslim minority fled across the border to Bangladesh since the army launched a crackdown on Rohingya rebels...
January 17, 2018 1:03 PM
A 20-nation meeting on North Korea has agreed to consider imposing unilateral sanctions on Pyongyang that go beyond those required by UN Security Council resolutions. <br/><br/>The meeting was co-hosted by the United States and Canada in Vancouver yesterday to discuss ways of forcing Nor...
January 17, 2018 8:39 AM
In Nigeria, Boko Haram terrorists have killed nine people in two separate attacks in the country's northeast. <br/><br/>The first attack took place when six people collecting firewood were shot dead at Jinene village in Borno. The second attack occurred in Pallam village of Adamawa ...
January 17, 2018 8:24 AM
In the United States, a former CIA officer has been arrested on charges of unlawful retention of classified information. <br/><br/>Jerry Chun Shing Lee, a naturalised US citizen, was held after arriving at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport on Monday. He worked for the...
January 17, 2018 8:23 AM
In Colombia, 10 people were killed when an Army helicopter crashed near Segovia in Antioquia province yesterday. <br/><br/>The military said in a statement that the Russian-made MI 17 helicopter, carrying eight army personnel and two civilians, crashed yesterday on route from Caucasia.&l...
January 17, 2018 8:13 AM
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has called for nations to step up the US-led maximum pressure campaign against North Korea by thwarting sanctions evasion and interdicting ships conducting illicit trade with the nation. <br/><br/>Mr Tillerson said this in his opening remarks at the me...
January 17, 2018 6:51 AM
The United States is withholding more than half of the 125 million dollars initial aid it planned to give to the United Nations relief agency for the Palestinians. The State Department said it will hold back 65 million dollars to the UN Relief and Welfare Agency as the aid group needed to make unspe...
January 17, 2018 6:48 AM
French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed that France will no longer allow migrant camps like the notorious Jungle as he defended a tougher line on immigration that has attracted sharp criticism from some of his allies.<br/>In his speech in Calais today, Mr Macron promised a more orderly immi...
January 17, 2018 1:52 AM
At least seven people were killed when a military helicopter crashed in a remote area of northwestern Colombia today. According to a military statement, the Russian-made MI-17 aircraft was carrying 10 people, including four crew when it came down. <br/><br/><br/>It said, seven of t...
January 17, 2018 12:15 AM
United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has announced that the UN summit of heads of counter-terrorism agencies will be held in June to forge new partnerships and improve trust between organisations to fight terrorism. <br/><br/><br/>In his remarks at an informal meeting of the Gener...
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