Armed groups in Ituri province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have killed at least 27 civilians so far this week, a UN spokesman said on Thursday. The UN peacekeeping mission in the DRC, known as MONUSCO, reported that the situation in Djugu territory is tense after raids by members of a coalition […]
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Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif discussed enhancing existing bilateral relations at all levels in a meeting with Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the prime minister’s office said in a statement here. Sharif, who is on a two-day official visit to the UAE from […]
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Sri Lanka will reduce the size of the army to 135,000 by 2024 from the current approved number of 200,783, a state minister said here on Friday.The number will be further reduced to 100,000 by 2030, State Minister of Defense Pramitha Bandara Tennakoon said in a press release. Tennakoon said that the strength of the […]
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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport, Narayan Kaji Shrestha said repair of the damaged roads in the Kathmandu Valley would take place at the earliest. Talking to media today after inspecting damaged roads in the Valley, he called for laying water pipes, constructing drains and managing dangling cables. During the inspection, […]
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Bhuwan Kumar Pathak has been elected the Speaker in the Province Assembly of Bagamati Province. He, the candidate from the Rastriya Prajatantra Party, secured 62 votes in the voting held today to get elected on the post, according to PA senior most Ram Prasad Dhungana. His competitor Shibaraj Adhikari from the Nepali Congress garnered 36 […]
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