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December 16, 2016 5:52 PM
The Syrian government has suspended the evacuation of civilians and fighters from eastern Aleppo, accusing rebels of breaking terms of the ceasefire. Government sources said, rebels had blocked the evacuation of civilians from two pro-government towns elsewhere in Syria, agreed under the deal. <b...
December 16, 2016 4:55 PM
US President-elect Donald Trump has chosen right-winger David Friedman as America's next ambassador to Israel. The 57-year-old lawyer is strongly critical of the long-held US goal of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. <br/><br/>He also supports Jewish settleme...
December 16, 2016 1:15 PM
In Syria, close to 8,000 civilians have been evacuated from Aleppo with a sixth convoy en-route to safety. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, Mevlut Cavusoglu, said on Twitter message that more than 7,000 civilians had been evacuated in the first five convoys moving from East Allepo. The evacuat...
December 16, 2016 12:53 PM
Sri Lanka has begun the project of building a 325-feet-tall Christmas tree in Colombo in line with its initiative to attract tourists during the holiday season. <br/><br/>Cricket player and currently minister Arjuna Ranatunga said today that work is presently underway on the tree after p...
December 16, 2016 12:14 PM
Bangladesh is celebrating 45 years of its emergence as a new country on the map of the world on December 16 in 1971 after nine-month long 1971 Liberation War against Pakistan, the country is recalling the sacrifices of more than 3 million martyrs. <br/><br/>On this day, the Chief of Paki...
December 16, 2016 10:44 AM
Once the world's top producer of asbestos, Canada said today it will ban the heat-resistant fibrous mineral, that is woven into building and other materials. <br/><br/>In a statement, government ministers of health, science and the environment said the comprehensive ban will prohibi...
December 16, 2016 10:27 AM
The UN Security Council decided to extend for one day the mandate of the peacekeeping mission in South Sudan to allow more time for negotiations on a new measure to strengthen its mandate. The mandate concluded yesterday, causing the council to take action to keep peace operations running. A new vot...
December 16, 2016 10:21 AM
Venezuela extended the closure of its borders with Colombia and Brazil for another 72 hours as part of a drive to fight what it calls criminals hoarding 100-bolivar banknotes. <br/><br/>President Nicolas Maduro said that the closure in place since Monday will now last until Sunday. The g...
December 16, 2016 9:09 AM
For the first time, an Indian-American woman has been elected as the new Mayor of the key Californian city of Cupertino, globally known for its Apple headquarters. Savita Vaidhyanathan, an MBA who worked as a high school Math teacher and an officer in a commercial bank as well as in non-profit manag...
December 16, 2016 8:51 AM
US president-elect Donald Trump has questioned the White House's motive behind ordering an investigation into alleged Russian hacking of the Democratic Party's servers and emails of campaign officials of Hillary Clinton. <br/><br/>Trump in a tweet, asked, if Russia or some othe...
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