Russian helicopter crashes in Syria, killing both pilots: agencies

6 years ago

MOSCOW – A Russian helicopter crashed in Syria late on Monday killing both pilots, Moscow's defence ministry said in a statement carried by news agencies.  "A Russian Ka-52...

11 militants killed in blast in E. Afghanistan: official

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GHAZNI, Afghanistan –At least 11 Taliban militants have been killed after an improvised explosive device (IED) they were making detonated accidently in Afghan province of Ghazni, a provincial government spokesman...

UN secretary-general arrives in Cuba for regional

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HAVANA –Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Monday met with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, who arrived on an official visit to participate in the 37th session of the Economic Commission...

Heavy rains kill 10 in western Rwanda

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KIGALI –Ten people were found dead in Karongi district, western Rwanda, due to heavy rains which pounded several parts of Rwanda on Sunday night, a local leader said Monday.  ...

Putin proposes Dmitry Medvedev for PM: Kremlin

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MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday asked parliament to back a new mandate for outgoing prime minister Dmitry Medvedev, his longtime ally.  "Putin submitted Dmitry Medvedev's...

Air France shares in tailspin after CEO quits

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PARIS –Air France shares went into a tailspin on the Paris stock exchange on Monday after the resignation of the strike-hit company's CEO.  Air France-KLM boss Jean-Marc Janaillac...

Hong Kong stocks begin week on positive note

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HONG KONG – Hong Kong stocks started the week with gains on Monday following a surge on Wall Street, while energy firms rallied on the back of fresh increases in...

Pakistan interior minister recovering after gun attack

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LAHORE, Pakistan – Pakistan's interior minister was recovering in hospital Monday after being shot in a suspected assassination possibly linked to blasphemy, with the attack seen as a "bad omen"...

Bollywood's Khan stays out of limelight for jail appeal hearing

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JODHPUR, India – Indian movie star Salman Khan managed to avoid the spotlight when he returned to court on Monday over his five-year jail sentence for killing endangered wildlife.  ...

Peru striker Guerrero returns from doping ban

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RIO DE JANEIRO –Peru captain Paolo Guerrero returned from a six-month doping ban on Sunday as Flamengo defeated Internacional 2-0 in Brazil's Serie A championship.Guerrero was introduced as a second-half...

42 militants killed in latest airstrikes in Afghanistan: gov't

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KABUL – At least 42 militants were killed and 24 others wounded in separate airstrikes in Afghanistan within the past 24 hours, the country's defense ministry said Monday. In southern...

Rebel professor among 10 killed in Indian Kashmir

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  SRINAGAR– Indian soldiers shot dead five Kashmir militants including a rebel university teacher in a gunfight Sunday that triggered protests in which five civilians were killed.  Thousands...

Anger in France over Trump comments on Bataclan attacks

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PARIS –France has condemned remarks by US President Donald Trump about the 2015 attacks in Paris and called on him to show respect for the victims of the worst bloodshed...

18 killed, 13 injured in colliery collapses in Pakistan

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ISLAMABAD –At least 18 people were killed, 13 injured and about a dozen went missing as two coal mines collapsed in different areas of Pakistan's southwest province of Balochistan on...

N. Korea says peace talks not the result of US pressure

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SEOUL – North Korea Sunday warned Washington that claiming Pyongyang was forced into talks by US pressure risked returning the peninsula "back to square one", as the world awaits a...