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UN: Nearly 5,000 people leaving Venezuela every day

Nearly 5,000 people leave Venezuela every day, the UN Refugee Agency said Wednesday. Joung-ah Ghedini-Williams, a spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), said at a press conference at UN headquarters that Venezuelans are leaving the country because of "instability...

Lawmakers launch new push to end US-supported Yemen war

A bipartisan group of lawmakers from both chambers of Congress reintroduced legislation Wednesday that could halt U.S. support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen. The war powers resolution already passed the Senate in December but failed to gain traction in the then-Republican-controlled House,...

U.S. dollar up against Syrian pound

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian pound (Lira) weakened against the U.S. dollar on Wednesday despite regime promises to revive the economy following the sign of  'strategic economy deals with Iran. The dollar was up 0.30 percent at 530 S.P in two weeks. Bashar al-Assad on...

US report sees bleak chances of Indo-Pak rapprochement

A U.S. intelligence report has claimed challenges facing South Asia will grow in 2019 because of elections in India and Afghanistan and Pakistan’s “non-cooperation” in dealing with militant groups. World Threat Assessment report by the U.S. Directorate of National Intelligence noted...