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Digest for international stories for week Apr 8 - Apr 14, 2017

Saturday Beirut: An air strike killed 18 civilians including five children in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib today, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said.

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Saturday

Beirut: An air strike killed 18 civilians including five children in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib today, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said.

Seoul: North Korea has said the US missile strikes on Syria were an "intolerable act of aggression" that "proves a million times over" that strengthening its nuclear programme was the right choice, state media reported today.

Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Donald Trump's first meetings underscored attempts by the two sides to avoid "strategic misjudgement" though differences remained over thorny issues like currency and trade, the state-run media said in a commentary today.

Sunday

Cairo: At least 45 people were killed and nearly 120 others injured in powerful blasts triggered by ISIS in two churches packed with worshippers celebrating Palm Sunday in Egypt's Tanta and Alexandria cities, the deadliest attacks on the minority Coptic Christians in recent years.

Beirut: Russia and Iran renewed their support for the Syrian government in a flurry of calls today, saying last week's US missile strike violated Syrian sovereignty but failed to boost the morale of "terror groups" in Syria.

Islamabad: Pakistan today strongly condemned the "brutal killing" of eight people in Kashmir in firing by Indian security forces as violence marred the Srinagar Lok Sabha seat by-poll, which it dubbed as a "sham".

Monday

San Bernardino (US): An apparent murder-suicide inside an elementary school classroom in San Bernardino left a teacher and the shooter dead and two students critically wounded, police said.

Washington: The Pentagon believes the Syrian regime likely has additional chemical weapons stocks at the airfield struck by US missiles last week, but these were deliberately left untouched, an official said today.

Islamabad: Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif today said the death sentence handed out to Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav for "spying" should serve as a warning to those "plotting" against the country.

Tuesday

Dortmund: Spain international Marc Bartra was injured in the explosion which hit the Borussia Dortmund team bus today and saw their Champions League game against Monaco called off, the club confirmed.

Washington: North Korea is looking for trouble, US President Donald Trump today said, asserting that America will solve the North Korean "problem" unilaterally even if China does not help.

United Nations: Britain, France and the United States today presented a new UN draft resolution demanding an investigation of the suspected chemical attack in Syria after the Security Council failed last week to agree on a response.

Wednesday

Washington: US President Donald Trump told allies it was time to end Syria's "brutal" civil war today, as he branded the country's leader Bashar al-Assad a "butcher" and questioned Russia's role in a suspected chemical attack.

Moscow: The United States and Russia laid bare their deep and dangerous divides on Syria and other matters today, as America's top diplomat left an almost two-hour meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin with the sense the countries have reached a "low point" in relations.

United Nations: Russia today vetoed a UN draft resolution demanding the Syrian government cooperate with an investigation of a suspected chemical attack that the West blames on President Bashar al-Assad's forces.

Thursday

Washington: The US military today dropped its largest non-nuclear bomb ever deployed in combat on an Islamic State tunnel complex in eastern Afghanistan, close to the Pakistani border.

The Hague: The world's chemical weapons watchdog said today that allegations a chemical attack took place in the Syrian rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhun, killing at least 87 people, were "credible".

Male: Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar today called on Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom, who appreciated India's continued support and assistance to the island nation and expressed firm commitment to strengthen bilateral ties.

Friday

Islamabad: India said today it would appeal against the death sentence to Kulbhushan Jadhav and demanded from Pakistan a certified copy of the charge-sheet as well as the army court order in the case, besides seeking consular access to the retired Indian navy officer.

Cairo: The Islamic State group denied today it had suffered casualties from the US military's largest non-nuclear bomb which hit its mountain hideouts in Afghanistan, in a statement on its propaganda agency Amaq.

Seoul: North Korea's army today vowed a 'merciless' response to any US provocation, as tensions soar over Pyongyang's nuclear programme and speculation mounts that it is preparing a fresh weapons test.

 

(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)

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