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13 Apr 2025 | 9:51 AMChicago, Apr 13 (UNI) U.S. special presidential envoy Steve Witkoff met with Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi on Saturday and had "very positive and constructive" discussions, said the White House.
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13 Apr 2025 | 8:57 AMSanaa, Apr 13 (UNI) The U.S. military carried out 10 airstrikes across northern Yemen late Saturday night, targeting multiple locations, Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported.
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13 Apr 2025 | 8:55 AMGaza, Apr 13 (UNI) Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, on Saturday released a video of Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander, who has been held in the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, 2023.
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13 Apr 2025 | 8:50 AMYaounde, Apr 13 (UNI) At least nine separatist fighters have been killed in clashes in war-torn Cameroon's English-speaking region of Northwest, according to local security sources.
see more..12 Apr 2025 | 9:55 PMTehran/Washington, Apr 12 (UNI) The Iranian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday that the indirect talks with the United States ended in Oman with the parties agreeing to continue the talks next week.
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12 Apr 2025 | 9:35 PMDhaka/New Delhi, Apr 12 (UNI) A ship carrying 36,100 tonnes of parboiled rice from India arrived at Chattogram port under an open tender agreement, according to Bangladesh’s Ministry of Food.
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12 Apr 2025 | 7:19 PMKuala Lumpur, Apr 12 (UNI) Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said that the country will create history as it gets ready to host the ASEAN-GCC Summit in Kuala Lumpur this May. The Malaysian PM said that China has also been invited as a guest in a show of its openness to all nations.
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12 Apr 2025 | 6:32 PMKathmandu/New Delhi, April 12 (UNI) Customs officials from India and Nepal concluded talks in Kathmandu aimed at streamlining trade procedures.
see more..12 Apr 2025 | 4:45 PMMalé, Apr 12 (UNI) With the Maldives going through an economic crisis, officials at the Maldivian Presidential Palace were quick to deny allegations of extravagant spending by President Mohammad Muizu and the First Family, calling them “baseless”.
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12 Apr 2025 | 4:35 PMLibreville, Apr 12 (UNI) Gabonese voters went to the polls on Saturday to elect a president in its first presidential election since a coup two years ago, marking the final phase of the country's political transition and the anticipated return to constitutional order.
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12 Apr 2025 | 3:16 PMKarachi, Apr 12 (UNI) Pakistan’s financial capital Karachi has been facing a debilitating water crisis for years due to the drying up of the Indus River in its Sindh province. Exacerbating this crisis, ongoing repair work on a major water supply line has disrupted access to over 400 million gallons of water over the past two days, leaving half of the city’s residents facing acute water shortage.
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12 Apr 2025 | 2:47 PMKabul, Apr 12 (UNI) The Afghan authorities have started building shelters for refugee families returning from neighboring Pakistan in eastern Afghanistan's Kunar province, the state-run Bakhtar news agency reported on Saturday.
see more..12 Apr 2025 | 2:37 PMDhaka, Apr 12 (UNI) Two motifs for Bangladesh’s upcoming 'Pohela Boishakh' or Bengali New Year celebrations prepared by Dhaka University's Fine Arts faculty were set on fire. The country’s Cultural Affairs Advisor Mostofa Sarwar Farooki has blamed ex-PM Sheikh Hasina’s “cohorts” for the incident.
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12 Apr 2025 | 1:52 PMColombo, Apr 12 (UNI) Sri Lanka and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have agreed to continue discussions to conclude a staff level agreement later, following the uncertain trajectory of the international economy triggered by the US trade tariffs.
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12 Apr 2025 | 1:28 PMKhartoum, Apr 12 (UNI) At least 32 civilians were killed in an attack by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur State, the Sudanese army said.
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