24 Nov, 2024 8:57 PM
Damascus, Nov 24 (IANS) United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen called here on Sunday for boosting funding for Syria, as more than 400,000 Syrian refugees have returned from Lebanon, placing a significant burden on the nation's resources.
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24 Nov, 2024 8:57 PM
Colombo, Nov 24 (IANS) Over 15,000 people have been affected by rain-related disasters in Sri Lanka, the country's Disaster Management Center(DMC) said on Sunday.
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24 Nov, 2024 8:54 PM
Tashkent, Nov 24 (IANS) Uzbekistan exported food products worth 1.7 billion US dollars in the first 10 months of this year, local media reported Sunday, citing data from the country's Statistics Agency.
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24 Nov, 2024 8:39 PM
Rome, Nov 24 (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar on Sunday inaugurated the new Chancery of the Embassy of India in Rome, a few hours after he arrived in Italy on a three-day visit to attend the Outreach session of the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting where India has been invited as a guest country.
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24 Nov, 2024 7:56 PM
Jakarta, Nov 24 (IANS) Landslides and flash floods that hit two regencies in Indonesia's North Sumatra province on Saturday night have claimed 13 lives with 18 others injured, said an official from the provincial disaster management and mitigation agency on Sunday.
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24 Nov, 2024 7:54 PM
Nairobi, Nov 24 (IANS) Kenya's security forces killed a terrorist and recovered a cache of weapons during an operation carried out in Garissa County, near the border with Somalia, on Saturday.
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24 Nov, 2024 7:46 PM
Baghdad, Nov 24 (IANS) The Iraqi Ministry of Electricity said Sunday that Iraq lost 5,500 megawatts of electric power due to the suspension of Iranian gas supplies.
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24 Nov, 2024 7:40 PM
Jerusalem, Nov 24 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's legal team has requested a 15-day postponement for the start of his testimony in his ongoing criminal trial, Israeli media reported on Sunday.
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24 Nov, 2024 7:37 PM
Colombo, Nov 24 (IANS) Sri Lanka's Department of Irrigation on Sunday issued a warning for possible floods, between November 25 and November 28, in 12 flood-prone river basin areas across the country.
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24 Nov, 2024 7:35 PM
Gaborone, Nov 24 (IANS) It is important to capitalise on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to boost intra-Africa trade and position the continent as a global economic force, President of Botswana Duma Boko said during an international conference.
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