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Khalil Khan
Joined on: Apr 23, 2014 Published stories: 282

Articles By Khalil Khan

Israel withdraws diplomats from Turkey after violent protests

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Israel announced yesterday to withdraw part of their diplomatic staff and their families after a night of violent protests in Istanbul and Ankara against military offensive in Gaza. Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, said it will reduce to a minimum the presence and accused Turkey of a “gross violation of diplomatic norms and the Vienna […]

Economic sanctions hit Ruble

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The new sanctions imposed by the U.S. and the European Union on Russia have been quick to take effect. The ruble depreciated Thursday to its lowest against the dollar since March, when Russia started operations in Crimea, and the bag was left Moscow 2.31% amid fears that Russian companies are facing problems of liquidity after […]

IRA fugitives may be tried if arrested

Northern Ireland secretary, Theresa Villiers

IRA suspects who fled to avoid being prosecuted for alleged terrorist acts committed before the Peace Accords of 1998 Good Friday could be tried despite that once received written assurances from the British police and had no outstanding accounts with them. That is the conclusion that the British Government has come after publicizing the independent […]

Life sentence to 7 Egyptian for sexual assaults in Tahrir

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A Cairo court has sentenced Wednesday to seven youths to life imprisonment and two children to 20 years in prison for sexually harassing several women in Tahrir Square in Cairo. The attacks, which occurred during the celebrations for the inauguration of Abdelfatá  Al Sisi, reawakened the attention of the international community and the first political […]

Kiev accuses Moscow down one of its warplanes

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Kiev Thursday accused Russia of shooting down one of its warplanes, a Su -25 was conducting military operations in the east, forcing the pilot to bail out,  said Andrei Lysenko, spokesman of the Security Council national Defence and Ukrainian. “A warplane of the Russian Federation hit with a missile by a Su -25 Air Force […]

Crossfire resumed after end of truce in Gaza

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Shortly after the expiry, at three pm local time, the five-hour humanitarian truce, Palestinian militias have resumed rocket fire, according to the Israeli press. Israel, meanwhile, has responded by launching a missile in Beit Lahiya, an open area north of the Strip. Nothing or no fatalities. Israeli delegates in Cairo to negotiate a ceasefire with […]

Two arrested for the accident in Moscow metro

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The Russian Federal Police have arrested Wednesday two technicians of the public company of the Moscow metro for Tuesday accident that left at least 21 dead and over 150 injured when a train derailed between two stations. Authorities accuse arrested were involved in an alleged breach of safety regulations, reported the official news agency Itar […]

Pervez Khattak threatens to shut down electric supply to Punjab

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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has threatened on Wednesday July 16, 2014 to shut down the electricity supply to Punjab if his province did not get its right to receive 2000MW electric supply while leading a protest rally against excessive load shedding in the province. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister said that uncontrolled electricity supply […]

UN mission in Libya evacuated after increased violence

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The UN has evacuated staff from its mission in Libya (UNSMIL) due to the security situation in the country, which has continued to deteriorate in recent days with about a dozen deaths over the weekend. “Following the recent fighting on Sunday and because of the closure of the international airport in Tripoli, the mission concluded […]

Separatists shoot down military aircraft in Ukraine

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A Ukrainian military transport plane  An-26, that participated in the operation against the separatists in the east of the country, was shot down Monday in the Lugansk region, in the border with Russia, as confirmed by the rival parties, which differ on details, number of crew and apparatus circumstances of the incident. Another Ukrainian military […]

Libyan factions are fighting for control of Tripoli airport

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An alliance of Islamist militias tried Sunday to take Tripoli airport form Zintan militia who control facilities. The attack has left groups of passengers trapped in the terminal of the airport at the Libyan capital early in the morning. After several flights suspended, the International Airport has decided to close the facility over the next […]

Pakistan must quit international coalition on terror for peace in country – Fazl

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Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said that Pakistan must distance itself from the international coalition against terrorism to establish peace in the country while talking to reporters in Multan on Monday. He said that government was not serious in peace talks with Taliban otherwise there could have been a different outcome. He […]

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