Daily Archives: 16 February 2021

Suspected rebels killed in Papua province

Suspected rebels killed in Papua province

Indonesian security forces have killed three suspected separatist rebels during an operation that followed the fatal shooting of a government soldier, the military says. Soldiers shot dead the rebels at a health clinic in Intan Jaya district where one of …

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Snow storm pummels Japan, disrupts travel

Snow storm pummels Japan, disrupts travel

A strong winter storm has lashed northern Japan and coastal regions, whipping off roofs, flooding homes and disrupting transport. A severe blizzard battered the northern island of Hokkaido on Tuesday and a storm surge inundated homes in part of the island,

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Infiltration, drug smuggling attempts foiled at border

Infiltration, drug smuggling attempts foiled at border

Ammon News – The Northern Military Zone, in coordination with the Anti-Narcotics Department, on Monday foiled an infiltration attempt by two people from Syria into the Kingdom. A source at the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army (JAF) on Monday said that security personnel applied the rules of engagement that led to …

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Death for Bangladesh blogger killers

Death for Bangladesh blogger killers

A court in Bangladesh has sentenced to death five members of an Islamist militant group for killing a US blogger critical of religious extremism six years ago. Avijit Roy, a US citizen of Bangladeshi origin,

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Egypt restates position on two-state solution

Egypt restates position on two-state solution

Ammon News – Cairo reiterated its support for the two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and for the legitimate Palestinian rights in establishing a sovereign state on the 4, June 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital.

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