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West African task force says troops killed 42 Islamic State fighters near Lake Chad
Published On: June 23, 2019 03:15 PM NPT By: Reuters
ABUJA, June 23: West African troops killed 42 suspected Islamic State fighters in a battle in the Lake Chad region on June 21, the heaviest death toll suffered by the insurgents in the last six months, a regional military task force said in a statement.
Underage fighters are drawn into Indonesian conflict
Published On: June 23, 2019 02:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press
JAKARTA, June 23: The long-simmering armed conflict between Indonesia’s military and Papuans seeking independence includes indigenous teenagers and boys who appear barely adolescent, The Associated Press has found, highlighting how Indonesia’s heavy-handed attempts to extinguish the movement have produced a new generation of fighters.
Southeast Asian leaders meet, expected to discuss Rohingyas, South China Sea
Published On: June 23, 2019 02:00 PM NPT By: Reuters
BANGKOK, June 23: Southeast Asian leaders met on Sunday for a second day of a summit in Bangkok, where they were expected to discuss pressing regional issues including the plight of Myanmar’s fleeing Rohingyas and the South China Sea dispute.
Police arrest 70 climate change protesters outside New York Times
Published On: June 23, 2019 12:45 PM NPT By: Reuters
NEW YORK, June 23: Police arrested 70 environmental protesters outside the New York Times headquarters who laid down in the street and climbed onto the building to demand the newspaper start referring to climate change as a climate emergency, police and media reports said.
Scars on Middle East landscape bear witness to past peace failures
Published On: June 23, 2019 12:30 PM NPT By: Reuters
JERUSALEM, June 23: Talk of Middle East peace is in the air again, as politicians are set to gather in Bahrain to launch the latest in a long line of initiatives to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
North Korea's Kim says will consider letter received from Trump
Published On: June 23, 2019 12:08 PM NPT By: Reuters
June 23: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un received a personal letter from U.S. President Donald Trump and will put serious thought into its content, North Korea’s state-run news agency KCNA said.
Device to trap plastic waste in Pacific Ocean relaunches
Published On: June 23, 2019 11:45 AM NPT By: Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO, June 23: A floating device designed to catch plastic waste has been redeployed in second attempt to clean up a huge island of trash swirling in the Pacific Ocean between California and Hawaii.
ASEAN leaders adopt Bangkok Declaration on combating marine debris
Published On: June 23, 2019 11:30 AM NPT By: Agencies
BANGKOK, June 23: Leaders from the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Saturday adopted Bangkok Declaration on Combating Marine Debris in ASEAN Region here during the 34th ASEAN Summit.
Pakistan foreign minister says trust must be rebuilt with Afghanistan
Published On: June 23, 2019 10:45 AM NPT By: Reuters
ISLAMABAD, June 23: Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Saturday called for trust to be rebuilt between Islamabad and Kabul as Pakistan began a new initiative to bolster a faltering peace process aiming to end Afghanistan’s lengthy civil war.
Amid tough talk, Trump says he could be Iran’s ‘best friend’
Published On: June 23, 2019 10:30 AM NPT By: Associated Press
WASHINGTON, June 23: President Donald Trump said Saturday that military action against Iran was still an option for its downing of an unmanned U.S. military aircraft, but amid heightened tensions he dangled the prospect of eventually becoming an unlikely “best friend” of America’s longtime Middle Eastern adversary.
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