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Ban urges end to Nepal-India border blockade
The UN chief calls for an end to the Nepal-India border blockade.
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SAUDI ARABIA
Saudi Arabia shuts borders in north, east
Saudi Arabia closes its northern and eastern borders within a range of 20 kilometers.
CHINA
China shuts down ‘underground bank’
Chinese authorities bust an “underground bank” reportedly used to enable capital flight out of the country.
MILITARY
Most Americans now back troops against Daesh
A majority of Americans now support the use of ground troops against Daesh in Iraq and Syria in the wake of the Paris terror attacks, a new poll shows.
AFGHANISTAN
‘24,000 Afghan families displaced by Daesh’
An Afghan official says more than 24,000 families have fled their homes in the eastern province of Nangarhar due to the violence by Daesh.
AFGHANISTAN
Daesh kidnaps 20 Shias in Afghanistan
Daesh terrorists in Afghanistan reportedly kidnap 20 Shias on a highway linking the capital, Kabul, to the city of Kandahar.
CHINA
Coal mine fire leaves 21 dead in NE China
A fire at a coal mine in northeastern China claims the lives of 21 people and leaves another person missing.
ECONOMY
High-speed rail to link China to Iran
Chinese authorities have proposed a high-speed railway connecting its western city of Urumqi to Tehran, the country’s biggest English-language newspaper, China Daily, says.
POLITICS
UN rights resolution ‘meant to spread Iranophobia’
Iran says a UN resolution critical of the human rights situation in the country seeks to spread Iranophobia.
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Helicopter crash kills seven in New Zealand
A helicopter crash in New Zealand leaves seven people dead.
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Mali declares state of emergency
Mali declares a state of emergency following a hostage crisis at a Bamako hotel that left over 20 people dead.
FOREIGN POLICY
War to remove Assad 'illegal': US Rep.
US Rep. Tulsi Gabbard says the “illegal” war to topple the Syrian government stands in the way of defeating ISIL.
TURKEY
Turkey sentences pro-Kurdish MP to jail
A Turkish court sentences a lawmaker from a pro-Kurdish party to six years and three months in jail over alleged PKK links.
HUMAN RIGHTS
Trump under fire over 'Islamophobic' remark
An influential Muslim advocacy group has slammed Donald Trump who called for a database to track Muslims across the US.
RUSSIA
Russia to conduct drills in Mediterranean
Lebanon says Moscow has notified Beirut that it plans to carry out a three-day naval exercise in the Mediterranean Sea.
SYRIA
Syrian army says destroyed 450 terrorist sites
The Syrian Air Force destroys some 450 terrorist targets in seven provinces, an army spokesperson says.
PERSIAN GULF
'Bahrain regime violating children rights'
Several Bahraini rights groups have strongly denounced the Al Khalifah regime’s continued violation of children's rights.
MILITARY
4 civilians killed in US airstrike in Iraq: US military
The US military says an airstrike on a Daesh checkpoint in Iraq in March killed four civilians, including a child.
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