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November 25, 2017 5:50 PM

Yemen war: First aid flights arrive since blockade

In Yemen, the first aid flights since the Saudi-led coalition imposed a blockade on rebel-held areas three weeks ago have landed in capital, Sanaa. These include a UN flight carrying nearly two million doses of vaccines.<br/><br/>Three more aircrafts carrying UN aid workers and Internati...

November 25, 2017 3:08 PM

Bangladesh & Myanmar to take help from UNHCR for Rohingya's return

Bangladesh and Myanmar have agreed to take assistance from the U.N. refugee agency for the repatriation of hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas. This was stated by Bangladesh Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali in Dhaka today. <br/><br/>The two governments signed a pact on Thursday se...

November 25, 2017 12:46 PM

11 died & 21 injured in Georgia hotel fire

In Georgia, at least 11 people died and 21 were injured today after a fire ripped through a hotel in Black Sea resort city of Batumi. Regional Health Minister Zaal Mikeladze said, the victims all died from inhaling fumes at the 22-storey Leogrand Hotel and casino. <br/><br/>The cause of ...

November 25, 2017 11:58 AM

US President Trump & Turkish president discuss Syria crisis, defeat of ISIS

US President Donald Trump today called his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan and discussed implementing a UN Security Council resolution for the peaceful settlement to the Syrian crisis and defeat of the ISIS terror group. <br/><br/>Mr. Trump reaffirmed the strategic partnership b...

November 25, 2017 11:32 AM

Locomotive back on track in western Japan

Railway fans have gathered in western Japan to see a steam locomotive get chugging again for the first time in 44 years. The much-loved D-51 engine got back on track on the JR Yamaguchi Line today. It will run through tomorrow as part of a tourism campaign by the railway operator and the Yamaguchi p...

November 25, 2017 11:30 AM

Nepal: Parliamentary & provincial elections to be held tomorrow

In Nepal, much awaited parliamentary and provincial elections will be held tomorrow. In the first phase, polling for 37 constituencies of House of Representatives and 74 seats of Provincial Assemblies in 32 hilly and mountainous districts of northern Nepal will be held. <br/><br/>Voting ...

November 25, 2017 10:25 AM

Dutch St Martin's PM quits after pressure over Irma aid

Dutch Saint Martin's Prime Minister William Marlin announced his resignation yesterday after a spat with the Netherlands over aid following a devastating hurricane that hit the Caribbean island.<br/><br/>Marlin told a press conference in the island's capital Philipsburg that he...

November 25, 2017 10:24 AM

Twelve dead in Georgia hotel fire

In Georgia, at least 12 people died and a dozen were injured as a fire ripped through an upmarket hotel in Black Sea resort city of Batumi yesterday. The regional health minister Zaal Mikeladze told journalists that twelve people died of carbon monoxide intoxication at the 22-storey Leogrand hotel. ...

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