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November 30, 2017 12:23 PM

Peace talks begin in Geneva to end the civil war in Syria

Peace talks have begun in Geneva to end the civil war in Syria, but there has been no breakthrough in the standoff between government and rebel forces. UN Special Envoy, Staffan de Mistura met on Tuesday with delegates from the Syrian opposition. He also met delegates from the government of Presiden...

November 30, 2017 12:17 PM

Dutch probe Bosnian war criminal's live UN court suicide

Dutch prosecutors are investigating how a Bosnian Croat war criminal Slobodan Praljak managed to take his own life, apperently after drinking poison he had smuggled into a UN court yesterday. Prosecutors said their investigation would focus on what killed Praljak and whether he had received any outs...

November 30, 2017 8:21 AM

Raj Shah becomes first Indian-American to hold press gaggle

History was in making today when Raj Shah, who holds a key position in the White House, gaggled with reporters on board US Presidential chopper Air Force One, becoming the first Indian-American to enjoy the privilege. <br/><br/>Thirty-three old, Mr Shah did so in the capacity of the Prin...

November 30, 2017 8:19 AM

Libya allows emergency migrant evacuations amid slave scandal

Libya agreed today with EU and African leaders to allow migrants facing abuse in detention camps to be evacuated within days or weeks. French President Emmanuel Macron said the decision was taken after Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara called for all urgent measures to end slave trading and ot...

November 30, 2017 8:17 AM

Term limit needed to restore constitution: Ecuador president

Ecuador's President today called a nationwide referendum that will include a question asking voters whether they want to revoke a law pushed forward by his predecessor allowing Presidents to be indefinitely re-elected. &apos;<br/><br/>President Lenin Moreno presented two decrees to ...

November 30, 2017 7:27 AM

Russia clashes with UN and US over aid to Syrian rebels

Russia's UN envoy has clashed with the world body's humanitarian chief as well as the US and other Western diplomats over extending the delivery of humanitarian aid across borders and conflict lines in Syria.<br/><br/>Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia told the UN Security Cou...

November 29, 2017 7:49 PM

India donates 500 tonnes of rice to Lesotho

India today donated 500 metric tonnes of rice to the Kingdom of Lesotho, in Southern Africa, which is facing acute food shortage due to famine. <br/><br/>High Commissioner of India to South Africa and Lesotho, Ruchira Kamboj handed over the donation to the government of Lesotho, a tiny l...

November 29, 2017 6:20 PM

Indonesia re-opening Bali airport shut by volcanic ash

Bali's International Airport reopened this afternoon after a nearly three-day shutdown as towering columns of volcanic ash and smoke shifted direction on the Indonesian resort island. <br/><br/>The move raised hope for some of more than one lakh twenty thousand tourists stranded aft...

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