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July 22, 2017 6:20 AM

WHO warns Yemen's cholera epidemic likely to worsen in rainy season

World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that Yemen's cholera epidemic, is likely to worsen in the rainy season. UN Deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said the outbreak is far from being under control and possibly increasing the pace of transmission. <br/><br/>He said WHO and its partner...

July 22, 2017 6:19 AM

Emir of Qatar calls for negotiations to ease boycott by four Arab neighbours

The emir of Qatar has called for negotiations to ease a boycott by four Arab neighbours. In his first public address since the crisis erupted, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani said any solution must respect Qatar's sovereignty. The emir said Qatar is fighting terrorism relentlessly and without c...

July 22, 2017 4:45 AM

Airstrike in Helmand killed unspecified number of Afghan security forces: US

The Department of Defense in a statement said during a US supported Afghan National Defense Security Force operation, aerial fires resulted in the deaths of the friendly Afghan forces who were gathered in a compound. We would like to express our deepest condolences to the families affected by this u...

July 22, 2017 4:43 AM

UN human rights envoy to Myanmar expresses disappointment

The UN's human rights envoy to Myanmar has expressed disappointment today over a lack of government effort to tackle problems underlying violence between Buddhists and Muslims in the western state of Rakhine. &apos;<br/>&apos;<br/>Yanghee Lee, on her fifth mission to the country, sa...

July 21, 2017 10:48 PM

US announces plans to ban its citizens from travelling to North Korea

The United States on Friday announced plans to ban its citizens from travelling to North Korea, attributing it to the serious risk of arrest and long- term detention of Americans in the reclusive nation.<br/><br/>The move of Trump Administration comes following the death of university st...

July 21, 2017 9:58 PM

Saudi Arabia's police kill three men wanted for terrorist attacks

Saudi Arabia's police have shot dead three men wanted for terrorist attacks in the country's Shiite-majority east, the interior ministry of the Sunni-ruled kingdom said on Friday. <br/><br/>The men -- two Saudis and a Bahraini -- were killed in an exchange of gunfire with polic...

July 21, 2017 8:51 PM

Germany reviews arms shipments to Turkey amid row

Germany said today it was reviewing all arms sales to Turkey amid a bitter row between the NATO partners that has sharply worsened since Ankara arrested several human rights activists.&apos;<br/><br/>As part of Germany's sweeping overhaul of bilateral ties, the top-circulation Bild ...

July 21, 2017 8:47 PM

UN blames Saudi-led coalition for air strike on civilians in Yemen

The United Nations on Friday blamed a Saudi-led coalition for a deadly air strike on civilians in Yemen this week. It said, there were no military targets in the air struck area.<br/>The UN human rights office, which put the death toll at 18, said the strikes hit three families who were stayin...

July 21, 2017 8:10 PM

UK govt appoints Brenda Marjorie Hale as first female President of SC

The UK government on Friday appointed Brenda Marjorie Hale as the first female President of the Supreme Court, the senior-most judge of the country. <br/><br/>Baroness Hale, 72, will take charge as the head of Britain's top judging panel in September following the retirement of curr...

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