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The Russian-made MI-17 transport helicopter was carrying water to firefighters when it went down Friday in the pine-covered mountains known as the Sierra Gorda.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced that Lieutenant General Shailesh Tinaikar will succeed Lieutenant General Frank Kamanzi of Rwanda who will complete his assignment on Sunday.

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Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said Pakistan would continue its reconciliatory efforts to reduce tension and ensure peace and stability prevails in the region.

The theme for International Day of Biodiversity 2019 is Our Biodiversity, Our Food, Our Health.

It is normal amid this escalation that Kuwait and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries take steps to guarantee oil tankers and a continuous supply of energy to global markets, says Khalid al-Jarallah, deputy foreign minister of Kuwait.

He urged journalists to shun fake news and continue reporting on the plight of people who no longer make headlines but are still suffering, specifically mentioning the Rohingya and Yazidi.

Raniere, 58, faces charges including sex trafficking and child pornography for allegedly using his self-help group, Nxivm, to hide a secretive sorority known as DOS in which young women were forced to have sex with him.

Elimination of these tariffs is expected to remove a significant barrier to passing the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). The USD 1.4 trillion in North American trade supports more than 12 million American jobs.

Some 740,000 Rohingya refugees fled a military crackdown in August 2017 to cross into Bangladesh where 300,000 members of the persecuted Muslim minority were already in camps.

Anti-Muslim riots have killed one person and caused extensive damage to homes, businesses and mosques in the island nation this week.

Trump directed US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to update him within 180 days on the outcome of negotiations with the EU, Japan and 'any other country' Lighthizer deems appropriate.

The nine-months-pregnant teen went to the accused's home expecting to gather some baby clothes and other donated items, police said.

The top Iranian diplomat, who met with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday, earlier accused Washington of an 'unacceptable' escalation in tensions, and said Tehran was showing 'maximum restraint'.

The government says the patka head covering worn by Sikh boys or the Jewish kippa would not be affected.

The theme for the International Day of Families this year or IDF 2019 is ‘Families and Climate Action: Focus on SDG 13’.