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Amman, Jul 2 (DIN NEWS) A regime offensive in southern Syria has forced more than 270,000 people from their homes, the United Nations said today. “We were expecting the number of displaced in southern Syria to reach 200,000, but it has already exceeded 270,000 people in record time,” said Mohammad Hawari, the spokesman for UN refugee agency UNHCR in Amman. Nearly two weeks of ferocious air strikes and barrel bombing have seen regime forces retake swathes of rebel-held territory in the southern province of Daraa.

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Kabul, Jul 2 (DIN NEWS) The Islamic State group today claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in eastern Afghanistan that killed at least 19 people, mostly Sikhs and Hindus. The bomber targeted a delegation from the minority communities as it was travelling to the governor’s residence in the eastern city of Jalalabad yesterday for a meeting with President Ashraf Ghani. Avtar Singh Khalsa, a longtime leader of the Sikh community, was among those killed. Another 20 people were wounded. In a statement released today, the IS said it had targeted…

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Colombo, Jul 1 (DIN NEWS) Sri Lanka’s former president Mahinda Rajapaksa today dismissed a media report that claimed China had funded his unsuccessful 2015 presidential re-run. “No contribution was made by China to my 2015 presidential election campaign,” Rajapaksa said, breaking his silence on the issue. “While claiming that my ‘affiliates’ and ‘campaign aides’ had got the money and that volunteers’ had delivered the cheques to Temple Trees, the writer has been intentionally vague about who had given this money and who had received it,” the former president said in…

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Jerusalem, Jul 1 (DIN NEWS) Civilians fleeing Syria’s war will not be allowed to enter Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today adding however that his government will continue providing them with humanitarian aid. Tens of thousands of Syrians have fled a government offensive in the country’s south that started on June 19 and some have set up makeshift camps near the Israeli-held Golan Heights. “Regarding southern Syria, we will continue to defend our borders,” Netanyahu said at the start of a cabinet meeting. “We will extend humanitarian assistance to…

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