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Two Female Supreme Court Judges Assassinated in Kabul
Two female judges working in Afghanistan's Supreme Court have been gunned down in Kabul as a wave of assassinations grips the conflict-ridden country. The judges were attacked and shot dead while commuting to work in a government vehicle, Ahmad Fahim Qaweem, a spokesman for the court told AFP. “Unfortunately, we have lost two women judges in today's attack. Their driver is wounded,' Qaweem said on Sunday, noting that more than 200 female ...
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China Sends New Naval Fleet to Gulf of Aden
The 37th fleet of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy on Saturday left the port city of Sanya in south China's Hainan Province for the Gulf of Aden and waters off Somalia to escort civilian ships. The fleet is composed of the guided-missile destroyer Changsha, the missile frigate Yulin, and supply ship Honghu. On board the warships are 700 officers and soldiers, including dozens of special operation troops. It is the ...
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Saudi FM Says to Reopen Embassy in Qatar in Coming Days
Saudi Arabia expects to re-open its embassy in Qatar in the coming days, Saudi's foreign minister said on Saturday, following a breakthrough in a three-year-old dispute between Arab states. It is just a matter of logistics, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan told journalists in Riyadh when asked about embassy reopening. Full diplomatic relations will resume, he added, as quoted by Reuters news agency. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain ...
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Imran Khan: World Doesn’t Believe Pompeo Claims on Iran
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said the world does not believe US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s his false allegations on Iran. In an interview with Pakistani Bol News on Friday, Khan said that Pompeo’s purpose of the claims is to appease the Zionists. He stressed that Pompeo's accusations against the Islamic Republic of Iran and its affiliation with al-Qaeda are never credible and the world does not accept such statements. Khan ...
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Kim Jong Un Vows to Boost North Korea’s Nuclear Arsenal
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledged to strengthen his country’s nuclear arsenal as he delivered his closing address to a top ruling party meeting, state television showed Wednesday, days before Joe Biden takes office as US president. “We must further strengthen the nuclear war deterrent while doing our best to build up the most powerful military strength,” Kim told the Workers’ Party congress, footage broadcast on Korea Central Television showed. A ...
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