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Saudi-led coalition continues to redeploy warring Yemeni forces
Saudi Arabia seeks to implement a long-delayed power-sharing deal signed between the STC and Yemen's government last year as well as putting an end for internal military conflict between its nominal allies, reports Xinhua news agency.
Must recognise Indira Gandhi's role in getting back Bangabandhu: Bangladesh FM
Bangladesh will raise all major issues, including of water and border, during the virtual meeting between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on December 17, he said.
Renovation of ice hockey venue for Winter Olympics Beijing 2022 completed
The renovation work involved adding the ice hockey competition and service functions of the Winter Olympics in the main hall, transforming the auxiliary hall into a game-time dressing area, and expanding the ice hockey training hall on the north side of the venue, Xinhua news reported.
Macron urges immediate action to deal with climate change
"We have continued to go forward, to work together despite the American choice," Xinhua news agency quoted Macron as saying on Saturday at the Climate Ambition Summit 2020 co-convened by the UN, Britain and France.
2 killed in Kabul blast targeting lawmaker's vehicle
The incident took place at about 7.50 a.m. after a sticky bomb attached to a Land Cruiser-type vehicle was detonated near Hotel-e-Parwan in Police District 15.
China, Pakistan play fighter plane war game in response to India’s Malabar Quad exercise
The exercise is being carried out as a joint air force exercise between Pakistan and China in the Sindh region as a response to the Indo-Pacific Quad exercise in which the Indian Navy took part recently.
Ahead of Lahore PDM jalsa, cornered Imran picks motormouth Minister to take on political rivals
A motormouth and a cigar chomper, Awami Muslim League Chief Rashid commenced work straight away accusing PDM of spreading anarchy in the country even as the opposition leader Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) vice president Maryam Nawaz said that the Lahore jalsa would be the "final nail in the Imran Khan government's coffin".
Security Law: Police arrest 142 people during protest in Paris
Violence in Paris was less severe than a week ago when some 400 to 500 protesters vandalised shop fronts, torched cars and burned barricades. Demonstrations were also held on Saturday in other French cities such as Montpellier, Strasbourg, Lille, Toulouse and Marseille.
PLO accuses Israel of expanding West Bank settlements
The Israeli settlement expansion in the West Bank and East Jerusalem is a significant factor behind the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and one of the main reasons for the breakdown of the last peace talks between the two sides in 2014. Israeli media reported last week that the goal of building up new roads is to expand settlements to increase the number of settlers in the West Bank to 1 million.
Iran urges UN watchdog to be 'impartial' over nuke program
In a statement on Saturday, Iran's permanent representative to UN Kazem Gharibabadi said there have been pressures from the US on the International Atomic Energy Organization (IAEA) over his country's nuclear program. Despite these pressures, "the Agency shall remain independent, professional and impartial", he was quoted as saying.
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