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Deposed Niger president's lawyers deny escape bid
AFP, Published on 20/10/2023
» ABIDJAN - Lawyers for Niger's ousted president on Friday rejected claims by the new military rulers that he had tried to escape, as France said its forces would be gone from the West African country by year's end as planned.
Taliban to join Belt and Road scheme
Published on 19/10/2023
» BEIJING - The Taliban administration wants to formally the Belt and Road infrastructure initiative and will send a technical team to China for talks, Afghanistan’s acting commerce minister said on Thursday.
Angry protests across Muslim world after Gaza hospital strike
AFP, Published on 19/10/2023
» BEIRUT - Thousands rallied across the Arab and Muslim world on Wednesday to protest the deaths of hundreds of people in a strike on a Gaza hospital that they blame on Israel, despite its denials.
Gaza-Israel conflict: Opportunity and risk for Russia's Putin
AFP, Published on 18/10/2023
» PARIS - The conflict between Hamas and Israel is both an opportunity and a risk for Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has been mired in pressing his invasion of Ukraine for the past 19 months.
Outrage over deadly Gaza hospital strike
AFP, Published on 18/10/2023
» PARIS - A strike on a Gaza hospital compound which health officials there said killed at least 200 people has provoked outrage and condemnation from around the world, with protests on the streets of Amman, Tunis, Beirut and Tehran.
Sweden's fears realised in Brussels 'terror attack'
AFP, Published on 18/10/2023
» STOCKHOLM - Just two months after raising its threat level, Sweden was reeling in shock on Tuesday over the killing of two of its football fans in a "terror attack" targeting Swedes in Brussels.
Sweden’s fears come true in Brussels ‘terror attack’
AFP, Published on 17/10/2023
» STOCKHOLM - Just two months after raising its threat level, Sweden was in shock on Tuesday over the killing of two of its football fans in a "terror attack" targeting Swedes in Brussels.
Holocaust survivor escapes Hamas attack
AFP, Published on 17/10/2023
» MODIIN, Israel - Yaakov Weissmann survived the horrors of the Holocaust by hiding with a non-Jewish family in France when he was just four years old during World War II.
French school killer ‘claimed Islamic State link’
AFP, Published on 17/10/2023
» PARIS - The man who killed a French schoolteacher last week said he was acting for the Islamic State (IS) group, in a video recorded before the attack, a source close to the case said on Tuesday.
Long wait for fans held in stadium after Brussels attack
AFP, Published on 17/10/2023
» BRUSSELS - Worried, but relieved, spectators at the Belgium-Sweden Euro 2024 match left the Brussels stadium shortly before midnight after being held there for two-and-a-half hours following the killing of two Swedes in a nearby attack, with the gunman still at large.