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Grand gala held at opening ceremony of Beijing horticultural expo A grand gala performance was held at the opening of the Beijing International Horticultural Exhibition in the northwestern Yanqing District of Beijing Sunday evening.
Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech at the opening ceremony and watched the performance.
Foreign leaders and special... |
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Trump lashes out at Democratic Party, presidential opponents at Wisconsin rally US President Donald Trump has used a massive rally in the Midwestern state of Wisconsin to brag about a strong US economy and lash out at his Democratic presidential opponents who have pledged to prevent his re-election next year.
Trump claimed in the Green Bay rally on Saturday night that... |
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China says UK should resist pressures in Huawei case China’s ambassador to the UK has urged London to observe its national interests and resist external pressure while dealing with a case related to the involvement of Chinese telecommunication company Huawei in Britain’s future internet network.
Liu Xiaoming said on Sunday that Beijing... |
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12 Electoral Tickets Warn of Forming Similar Loya Jirga Twelve electoral tickets for the Afghan presidential election warn President Ashraf Ghani that they will form a similar Loya Jirga if the result of the upcoming Consultative Loya Jirga on Peace is against the peoples expectations.
These electoral tickets have boycotted the peace Jirga, saying it... |
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Newborn Baby Dies due to Road Closures in Kabul Heavy security measures and road closures due to the upcoming Consultative Loya Jirga on Peace and the victory of Mujahideen resulted in the dead of a newborn baby in the capital Kabul on Sunday.
The newborn baby needed oxygen to breathe but his father was unable to cross security checkpoints in the... |
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Realizing Peace Starts from Peace Education Peace Education Conference Held in Romania Early in April, about 700 people from various sectors in the society such as educators, leaders of politics and religions, women and youth groups, global peace activists, and journalists gathered in Pentagon Events in Bucharest to discuss the practical approaches for realizing peace through peace education.... |
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US sanctions on Venezuela led to 40,000 deaths: Report About 40,000 people may have died in Venezuela as a result of US sanctions that have reduced the availability of food, medicine and medical equipment, according to a new report.
Those deaths took place following the imposition of US sanctions in the summer of 2017, said the report, which... |
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MoFA Welcomes Moscow Meetings Agreements The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) in a statement on Sunday welcomed the agreements and the consensus reached between the United States, Russia and China at a trilateral meeting in Moscow on April 24-25.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan insists on "enduring and dignified" peace,... |
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Karzai Calls on Ghani to Postpone Peace Jirga Former President Hamid Karzai opposes with the convening of the upcoming Consultative Loya Jirga on Peace, saying it is better to postpone the Jirga until a peace agreement with the Taliban insurgent group.
Karzai said in a statement released on Saturday that he has specific reasons why this Jirga... |
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France seeks source of damaging leak on Yemen war French authorities have been searching for a government employee who they believe has leaked damaging information about France’s role in the Saudi-led war on Yemen to the media, a report says.
In mid-April, the new investigative media outlet Disclose published a report that contained a... |
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US grants exemptions to new sanctions on Irans elite military force The United States has announced exemptions to new sanctions imposed on Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), easing foreign dealings with the elite military force, which Washington blacklisted earlier this month.
Under the waivers outlined by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in... |
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Irans Zarif Believes Trump Does Not Want War Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif does not believe US President Donald Trump wants war with Iran, but he told Reuters on Wednesday that Trump could be lured into a conflict.
"I don’t think he wants war," Zarif said in an interview at the Iranian mission to the United Nations in New... |
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Suspected militant blown up while planting a bomb inside a private university in Kabul A suspected militant was blown up by own explosives as he was attempting to plant a bomb inside the compound of a private university in Kabul.
Kabul police officials have confirmed that the incident took place at around 10:30 am local time in the vicinity of Kart-e-Naw area in 8th police district... |
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World Slams Saudi Regime after Beheadings The Saudi regime has been condemned across the world after latest mass execution of its nationals.
On Tuesday, the Saudi Interior Ministry announced that it had executed 37 citizens for their alleged “adoption of extremist, terrorist ideology and forming terrorist cells to corrupt and disturb... |
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Libya Crisis Drags on as Key Intl. Powers Interests Rule Clashes continue in Libya under the shadow of the international inaction, as over the past few days forces of the so-called Libyan National Army (LNA) led by General Khalifa Haftar have launched a new wave of assault against capital Tripoli, the seat of the National Accord Government (NAG).
While... |
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US Sanctions Iran Oil Due to Regional Failure The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday stated that Washington will not renew the waivers to major Iran oil customers after their expiration, adding that from now on those not following the ban on the Iranian crude will face tough economic sanctions. Responding to the hostile stance, Iran called... |
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Its Getting Harder To Track US Progress In Afghanistan John Sopko, the US special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction told reporters on Wednesday in Washington that its getting "harder and harder" for the public to track the US militarys progress after 17-year war in Afghanistan.
"What we are finding is now almost every indicia, metric... |
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North Koreas Kim arrives in Russia for summit with Putin North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has arrived in Russia’s Far East for a first summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Governor of Primorsky Region Oleg Kozhemyako officially welcomed Kim at the railway station in the Russian city of Vladivostok on Wednesday.
Putin and Kim are scheduled... |
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Moscow to Host Trilateral Meeting on Afghan Peace Moscow will host a trilateral meeting on the Afghan peace on Thursday between Russia, China, and the United States.
On Wednesday, the Russian embassy in Kabul said in a statement that the meeting will be held at special representatives level in Moscow on April 25.
According to the statement, the... |
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UNAMA Report Shows 23 Percent Decrease in Civilian Casualties The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) says in a report that the number of civilian casualties from the Afghan conflicts has a 23 percent decrease compared to the same period last year.
In the first quarter of 2019, the UNAMA continued to document high levels of harm to civilians from the... |
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Afghanistan, Tajikistan to Face in Football Friendly Match Afghanistan national football team in a friendly match to face with Tajikistan national football team on June 7, 2019.
The match reportedly to be held in Dushanbe city, the capital of Tajikistan.
It comes as Head coach of Afghanistans national football team, Anoush Dastgir, has also urged the Afghanistan... |
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Ayatollah Khamenei: Iran to Export Oil At Will Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said the US attempts to block the export of Iranian oil will get nowhere as Tehran will be exporting any amount of crude it needs and wants.
In an address to a gathering of Iranian workers in Tehran on the occasion of the Labor Week, Ayatollah... |
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Khalilzad Says Important Steps Not Taken for Launch of Intra-Afghan Dialogue US Special Envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad says that important steps have not been taken for the launch of an intra-Afghan dialogue to end the long-lasting war in Afghanistan.
Speaking in a video message to the Afghan youth at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Khalilzad once... |
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Saudi Arabia Puts 37 Nationals to Death in Shocking Execution Saudi Arabias interior ministry said it executed 37 people, mostly Shiites, in connection with "terrorism" crimes, a report said.
"The death penalty was implemented... on a number of culprits for adopting extremist terrorist ideologies and forming terrorist cells to corrupt and disrupt security as... |
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Who is new IRGC commander General Salami? Hossein Salami, appointed as the new commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), was one of the key military commanders during the Iraqi war on Iran in the 1980s.
He was born in the city of Golpayegan in Irans central province of Isfahan in 1960.
In 1978, he enrolled in the mechanical... |
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Iran, Pakistan to form joint anti-terror force: Rouhani Iran and Pakistan have agreed to form a joint force to eliminate terrorist groups as Prime Minister Imran Khan began his first visit to Tehran with a pledge not to join any coalition against the Islamic Republic.
Rouhani announced the agreement on Monday after... |
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Abdullah Says Mismanagement Interrupted Doha Meeting Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, who addressed the Council of Ministers meeting on Monday, said that the Qatar conference was "interrupted" due to mismanagement and with that, an opportunity for talks was lost.
The meeting was cancelled over the disagreement of Qatari government with the Afghan delegations... |
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Pompeo Pushes For Another Intra-Afghan Dialogue In Doha The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke on April 20 with President Ashraf Ghani and condemned the Talibans recent announcement of a spring offensive and stressed the United States solidarity with the Afghan peoples pursuit of a comprehensive peace agreement that would end the suffering and destruction,... |
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Afghanistan announces squad for ICC Cricket world Cup The Afghanistan Cricket Board on Monday announced the national team squad for ICC Cricket World Cup which is due to kick off on 30th of May.
The squad announced by Selection Committee include the names of Gulbadin Naib (C), Mohammad Shahzad (wk), Noor Ali Zadran, Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmat Shah, Asghar... |
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Chinese smartphone manufacturer Oppo looks to Dubai as international launchpad Chinese smartphone manufacturer Oppo on Wednesday unveiled its RENO line of devices and chose the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as the stage for the international launch.
The company, which ranked 4th in worldwide sales in the final quarter of 2018, is now targeting the Middle East, and in particular... |
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