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Trump loses US envoy to anti-IS coalition over Syria plan
Published On: December 23, 2018 02:36 PM NPT By: Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Dec 23: Brett McGurk, the U.S. envoy to the global coalition fighting the Islamic State group, has resigned in protest over President Donald Trump’s abrupt decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria, joining Defense Secretary Jim Mattis in an administration exodus of experienced national security figures. McGurk described Trump’s decision as a “shock.”
Bamboo-boring beetles wreak havoc in Rohingya refugee camps
Published On: December 23, 2018 01:30 PM NPT By: Agencies
Beset by millions of bamboo-chomping beetles, almost every shelter in the vast Rohingya refugee camps of Cox’s Bazar, in Bangladesh, needs replacing.
NATO coalition airstrike kills 10 militants in W. Afghanistan
Published On: December 23, 2018 01:23 PM NPT By: Agencies
FARAH, Afghanistan, Dec 23: Up to 10 Taliban militants have been killed following a NATO-led coalition forces' airstrike in Afghan western province of Farah, international media reports said on Sunday quoting local police.
Painting stolen in WWII is heading from US to Ukraine
Published On: December 23, 2018 01:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press
Dec 23: A painting that was stolen during World War II and later spent decades in a Connecticut home will be returned to an art museum in Ukraine, according to U.S. and Ukrainian officials.
Japan emperor marks last birthday on throne, prays for peace
Published On: December 23, 2018 12:08 PM NPT By: Associated Press
TOKYO, JAPAN, Dec 23 : Japan’s Emperor Akihito, marking his 85th birthday — his last before his upcoming abdication — said he feels relieved that his reign is coming to an end without having seen his country at war and that it is important to keep telling younger people about his nation’s wartime history.
UPDATE: Tsunami triggered by volcano sweeps Indonesia beach; 62 dead
Published On: December 23, 2018 10:51 AM NPT By: Associated Press
JAKARTA, Dec 23: A tsunami apparently caused by the eruption of an island volcano killed at least 62 people around Indonesia’s Sunda Strait, sending a wall of water crashing some 65 feet (20 meters) inland and sweeping away hundreds of houses including hotels, the government and witnesses said.
Tsunami triggered by volcano kills at least 43 in Indonesia
Published On: December 23, 2018 09:54 AM NPT By: Associated Press
A tsunami apparently caused by the eruption of an island volcano killed at least 43 people around Indonesia’s Sunda Strait, sending a wall of water crashing some 65 feet (20 meters) inland and sweeping away hundreds of houses including hotels, the government and witnesses said.
Federal shutdown begins after lawmakers fail to reach deal
Published On: December 22, 2018 05:14 PM NPT By: Associated Press
WASHINGTON. Dec 22: A partial federal shutdown took hold early Saturday after Democrats refused to meet President Donald Trump’s demands for $5 billion to start erecting his cherished Mexican border wall, a chaotic postscript for Republicans in the waning days of their two-year reign controlling government.
At least 13 killed in Mogadishu car bomb claimed by al Shabaab
Published On: December 22, 2018 04:00 PM NPT By: Republica
MOGADISHU, Dec 22: At least 13 people were killed and 17 wounded in a car bomb attack claimed by al Qaeda-linked group al Shabaab close to the president’s residence in the Somali capital Mogadishu, police said on Saturday.
2 arrested for drone use in London Gatwick Airport case
Published On: December 22, 2018 01:02 PM NPT By: Associated Press
LONDON, Dec 22: British police say two people were arrested early Saturday morning for suspected “criminal use of drones’” in the Gatwick Airport case that has created nightmarish holiday travel delays for tens of thousands of passengers.
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