Étiqueté : stand-off

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Saudi and UAE switch to total stand-off in Yemen’s Aden

Saudi Arabia and the UAE have called on Yemeni government fighters and southern secessionists to focus their efforts on fighting Houthi rebels, in an apparent attempt to end a standoff between the two sides in Aden. Emirati-backed separatists took over large parts of the southern port city earlier this week, including military bases, but stopped…

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Pakistan minister resigns, ending protester stand-off

Islamabad – Pakistan’s federal law minister has resigned, acceding to a key demand made by thousands of anti-blasphemy protesters who have blocked a major highway into the Pakistani capital for weeks, the state radio broadcaster reports. An agreement has been signed that would see the demonstrators in Islamabad and in other cities disperse, interior minister…