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Sri Lankan navy arrests 6 suspects for smuggling narcotics

Colombo, Nov 14 (UNI) The Sri Lankan navy on Thursday arrested six suspects from a local multi-day fishing trawler for smuggling narcotics, the navy said in a statement.
A special operation mounted by the navy on the high seas west of Sri Lanka led to the interception of a local multi-day fishing trawler. It was suspected that the trawler was carrying about 60 kg of narcotics.
The navy said the boat and suspects were being escorted back to shore for further investigation and legal action.
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Czech Republic to evacuate 37 of its citizens from Syria: Reports

11 Dec 2024 | 11:25 AM

Prague, Dec 11 (UNI) The Czech Republic is organising the evacuation of 37 of its citizens and their family members from Syria, as well as several dozen Americans, since Prague represents US interests in Syria, the Idnes news portal reported, citing the Czech Foreign Ministry.

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Hundreds of civilians killed in Syria over past 2 weeks: OCHA

Hundreds of civilians killed in Syria over past 2 weeks: OCHA

11 Dec 2024 | 11:16 AM

Damascus, Dec 11 (UNI) Hundreds of civilians, mostly women and children, have been killed and injured in Syria in the past two weeks, with hospitals being overwhelmed, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said.

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Armenia, France sign defence cooperation program for 2025

11 Dec 2024 | 10:47 AM

Yerevan, Dec 11 (UNI) Armenian and French defence ministries have signed the program of the countries' defense cooperation for 2025 based on the outcome of the consultations held in Yerevan, the Armenian Defence Ministry has said.

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Sweden to buy 15,000 assault rifles from US: Reports

11 Dec 2024 | 10:45 AM

Stockholm, Dec 11 (UNI) Sweden will buy 15,000 Colt M4A1 assault rifles from the United States because the standard weapons of the country’s defence forces are outdated and the supply of new ones does not meet the required rate, Swedish media reported.

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Israel strikes Syria 480 times, destroys strategic weapon

Israel strikes Syria 480 times, destroys strategic weapon

11 Dec 2024 | 10:45 AM

Jerusalem, Dec 11 (UNI) The collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime has prompted Israel to launch airstrikes targeting military targets across Syria and deploy ground troops both into and beyond a demilitarised buffer zone for the first time in 50 years, media reports said on Wednesday.

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