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September 23, 2016 12:56 PM
The UN Security Council is likely to adopt a resolution calling for all member states to refrain from nuclear explosive tests. The Council is expected to hold a vote and approve a draft resolution to this effect at a meeting convened today. The US-led draft resolution aims to help bring into force t...
September 23, 2016 12:55 PM
Saudi Arabia is celebrating its 86th National Day today with a strategic vision to take the Kingdom to new heights of progress and prosperity under the leadership of King Salman. <br/><br/>In his message on the day, King Salman underscored the significance of security and stability. Unit...
September 23, 2016 12:16 PM
United Nations has warned of a large-scale crisis in DR Congo. In a statement in Geneva, UN rights Chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said in a statement issued in Geneva that DR Congo used excessive force during deadly clashes with demonstrators in capital Kinshasa.<br/><br/>Zeid said, th...
September 23, 2016 12:12 PM
North Korea has warned retaliation over recent moves of the United States sending supersonic B-1B strategic bombers to South Korea. <br/><br/>A spokesman for the General Staff of North Korea military said the provocations have pushed the situation on the Korean Peninsula to the uncontrol...
September 23, 2016 8:05 AM
Afghanistan has signed a peace agreement with Hezb-i-Islami, paving the way for the armed group's commander, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, to make a political comeback despite allegations of war crimes during the 1990s. Government officials praised yesterday's agreement in the capital Kabul as a st...
September 23, 2016 7:51 AM
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake has occurred off Japan's coast, the US Geological Survey reports. The quake hit at around early morning today, about 149 kilometers southeast of the city of Katsuura in the southern Chiba Prefecture. <br/><br/>The epicenter was located at a depth of 10 kil...
September 23, 2016 7:45 AM
The Syrian army has announced the start of an offensive to retake rebel-held districts of Aleppo city, just as international powers with a stake in Syria's civil war failed to revive a collapsed ceasefire during diplomatic talks in New York. <br/><br/>The announcement by the Syrian ...
September 23, 2016 7:18 AM
In Yemen, the death toll from Saudi-led airstrikes in a Red Sea port city reaches 32. A medical official at al-Thawra hospital in Hodeidah told that scores of bodies were buried under at least three houses that the missiles hit in a neighborhood known as Indians Alley. He said that he expects the de...
September 23, 2016 7:12 AM
In Iraq, army forces have taken control of the strategic northern town of Shirqat from IS, in a military operation launched ahead of a push to recapture the armed group's stronghold of Mosul. Security forces began the operation to oust ISIL on Tuesday, backed by both Iraqi and US-led coalition ...
September 23, 2016 7:10 AM
The European Union, for the first time in history, will be able to apply sanctions autonomously to Islamic State and Al-Qaeda jihadist groups, as well as persons and entities associated with or supporting them. Until now, sanctions could only be applied to persons and entities listed by the United N...
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