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Beijing blasts ‘illegal’ US & Canada-led summit for evoking Korean War ghosts

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Beijing blasts ‘illegal’ US & Canada-led summit for evoking Korean War ghosts

China has criticized the US and Canada for holding a summit of nations, most of which supported Seoul during the 1950s war on the Korean Peninsula, saying evoking Cold War ghosts has no place in the world today. South Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang Kyung-wha, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Canada’s Minister […]

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Global NGOs criticise drastic US cuts of UNRWA funding(Video)

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Global NGOs criticise drastic US cuts of UNRWA funding(Video)

International NGOs have condemned the US government’s decision to cut more than half of its planned funding to the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees.  Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch, said in a Twitter post late on Tuesday that Washington was “holding Palestinian kids’ humanitarian needs hostage to political agendas”. Jan Egeland, secretary-general of the Norwegian […]

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Saudi twins on trial for killing their mother in Riyadh

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Saudi twins on trial for killing their mother in Riyadh

RIYADH: The Specialized Criminal Court in Riyadh held on Tuesday its first trial session of twins who killed their mother and tried to kill their father and brother on the orders of Daesh. Khaled and Saleh The public prosecution asked for the death penalty against the twins, Khaled and Saleh. The public prosecutor accused them […]

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Trump Russia: Bannon ‘ordered to testify to grand jury’

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Trump Russia: Bannon ‘ordered to testify to grand jury’

  Image captionSteve Bannon (centre) attended a House Intelligence Committee closed door meeting on Tuesday Steve Bannon, former chief strategist to US President Donald Trump, has been summoned to testify before a grand jury, US media report. He was reportedly subpoenaed by former FBI director Robert Mueller, who is leading an inquiry into alleged collusion […]

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US holds back $65 million dollars worth of aid from the Palestinians

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US holds back $65 million dollars worth of aid from the Palestinians

The US Government is withholding £47 million ($65 million) worth of aid from the Palestinians, reports say. Mr Trump had previously threatened to cut aid to the Palestinians AFP/Getty Images Donald Trump’s administration was expected to approve its annual contribution to UNRWA (UN Relief and Works Agency), worth £90 million ($125 million). Officials have said the US will provide just under half of that, withholding the […]

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Opposition leader belittles Islam with insulting term By Jung Min-ho

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Opposition leader belittles Islam with insulting term  By Jung Min-ho

Over the past year or so, people who disapprove of President Moon Jae-in coined the term “Moonslam” and have used it to ridicule his supporters as “followers with blind faith.” Hong Joon-pyo speaks at the Liberty Korea Party’s event at the Ulsan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, South Gyeongsang Province, Monday. / Yonhap But knowing […]

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22 million Yemenis need urgent aid amid famine, disease and displacement: UN

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22 million Yemenis need urgent aid amid famine, disease and displacement: UN

ore than three-quarters of Yemenis are now in need of humanitarian aid as the war between rebels and the Saudi-backed government nears its fourth year, the United Nations said on Tuesday. Displaced Yemeni children sit outside a makeshift shelter exposing themselves to the sun light to try and keep them warm at a camp for […]

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PODCAST: Tea and empathy – Refugee ZamZam Yusuf’s extraordinary journey

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PODCAST: Tea and empathy – Refugee ZamZam Yusuf’s extraordinary journey

15 January – Somali refugee ZamZam Yusuf has a message for any neighbours who think she doesn’t have the right to call Leicester, in the English Midlands, home. ZamZam Yusuf at UN Headquarters in New York. Photo: UN News/Matt Wells “I would like to offer you a cup of tea” at my house, says the […]

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Parents arrested after children found shackled and malnourished in Perris home

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Parents arrested after children found shackled and malnourished in Perris home

Public records show the couple own the tract house where the children were found. Its address is also listed in a state Department of Education directory as the location of the Sandcastle Day School, a private K-12 campus. David Turpin is listed as the principal. During the last school year, the school was listed in […]

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Japan public broadcaster falsely reports N. Korean missile launch

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Japan public broadcaster falsely reports N. Korean missile launch

apanese media outlet NHK has apologized for issuing a false report of a North Korean missile launch Tuesday evening local time. An apology was issued on the Japanese language version of NHK’s website and later shared on its social media platforms. Get short URL FILE PHOTO Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) land-to-air missiles are deployed, with […]

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