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April 15, 2017 5:08 AM

Air China to suspend Beijing-Pyongyang flights

China's flag carrier, Air China, will suspend flights from China's capital Beijing to North Korea's capital Pyongyang starting from Monday. The last flight heading for Pyongyang departed yesterday. <br/><br/>Air China is the only Chinese airline which offers flights to Pyo...

April 15, 2017 5:06 AM

Senegal declares 3 days of mourning as fire death toll rises

In Senegal, three days of mourning announced for the victims of a massive fire at a Muslim religious retreat this week, as the death toll from the catastrophe rose to 25. <br/><br/>The blaze broke out on Wednesday afternoon as worshippers belonging to the Tijaniyya Muslim group gathered ...

April 14, 2017 11:15 PM

US sends dozens of troops to Somalia, 1st time in decades

The US is sending dozens of regular troops to Somalia in the largest such deployment to the Horn of Africa country in roughly two decades. <br/><br/>The US Africa Command today said this deployment is for logistics training of Somalia's army, which is battling the extremist group al...

April 14, 2017 11:15 PM

Suspected IS member deported from Philippines

A Kuwaiti man suspected to be a member of the Islamic State group was today deported by the Philippines to face charges at home. <br/><br/>Undersecretary Erickson Balmes said in Manila today that Hussein Al-Dhafiri, one of the two suspected IS members arrested in the Philippines last mon...

April 14, 2017 11:14 PM

Russia slams watchdog probe of alleged Syria chemical attack

Russia today criticised the world's chemical weapons watchdog for not sending experts to the site of an alleged chemical attack in Syria. <br/><br/>Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at a press conference in Moscow with his counterparts from Syria and Iran that Assad's opponen...

April 14, 2017 11:13 PM

Canada announces new sanctions against Syria

Canada announced new sanctions against Syria today in response to its alleged April 4 chemical weapons attack. <br/><br/>The latest sanctions by freezing assets and banning transactions with senior leaders of the regime of President Bashar al-Assad were Canada's first against Syria ...

April 14, 2017 9:12 PM

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to run for second term

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani today registered to run for a second term of the Presidency. He told reporters once again, he is for Iran, for Islam, for freedom and for more stability in the country. <br/><br/>He won election by a landslide in 2013 on a platform of ending the Islamic R...

April 14, 2017 8:58 PM

Russia, Syria and Iran warn US against launching new strikes on Syria

Russia, Syria and Iran have strongly warned the United States against launching new strikes on Syria. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, along with his Iranian and Syrian counterparts at a trilateral meeting in Moscow today denounced last week's U.S. attack on Syria. <br/><br/>...

April 14, 2017 8:48 PM

India, Pak, China, Russia discuss Afghan situation

India, Pakistan, China, Russia and several central Asian countries today deliberated on the situation in Afghanistan at a conference in Moscow. The meeting held a day after the United States dropped the "mother of all bombs" in Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. <br/><br/>The I...

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