Published on 09.09.2019 at 11h54 by AFP South Sudan’s exiled rebel leader Riek Machar arrived in Juba on Monday for the first time in a year to meet his rival, President Salva Kiir, and try salvage a stalled peace agreement. Machar landed in the capital in a Sudanese plane, preceded by two jets carrying a […]
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Published on 09.09.2019 at 11h54 by AFP Asma Mohamed Abdalla, a seasoned diplomat who was sacked decades ago by now ousted leader Omar al-Bashir, has become Sudan’s first female foreign minister as the country transitions to civilian rule. Born in 1946, Abdalla was sworn in on Sunday as a member of the country’s new 18-member […]
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Published on 09.09.2019 at 11h54 by AFP China lashed out at the United States on Monday after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called Beijing’s treatment of the country’s ethnic Uighur minority among “the worst stains on the world”. Speaking at Kansas State University last week, Pompeo said Washington would use this month’s UN General Assembly […]
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Published on 09.09.2019 at 11h54 by AFP France’s foreign and defence ministers met their counterparts in Moscow on Monday as President Emmanuel Macron pushes for a detente in Europe’s ties with Russia. Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and Defence Minister Florence Parly held the first meeting in the so-called “2+2” format suspended after Russia seized […]
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Published on 09.09.2019 at 11h54 by AFP Catalonia’s separatists plan a big rally on Wednesday that will test the strength of the divided independence movement just weeks before a Spanish court serves verdicts against the leaders of the failed independence bid. The annual “Diada” pro-independence demonstration on Catalonia’s national day, comes two years after the […]
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Published on 09.09.2019 at 10h54 by AFP Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry arrived in Khartoum Monday, officials said, to begin what Cairo hailed as a “new start” in relations as Sudan embarks on a transition to civilian rule. Egypt was a steadfast ally of Sudanese military generals who seized power after the army ousted long-time […]
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Published on 09.09.2019 at 10h54 by AFP The Iran-backed Hezbollah movement said Monday it had downed and seized an Israeli drone as it flew across the Lebanese border, a week after a flash confrontation between the arch-foes. Israel’s army said a drone it was operating “fell” in Lebanon on Sunday. In what appeared to be […]
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Ryan began the day pretending to his parents that he was off to play football and ended it with a rubber bullet to the leg sustained in clashes with Hong Kong’s police. The 19-year-old bespectacled student is one of what Hong Kong protesters have dubbed “the braves” — hardline pro-democracy activists who have embraced violence […]
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Published on 09.09.2019 at 09h54 by AFP Israel said Monday several rockets were fired at its territory from Syria by an Iranian-backed force in what would be a rare incident, but they all fell short. “Earlier this morning, a number of rockets were launched from Syria towards Israel, all failed to hit Israeli territory,” a […]
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Published on 09.09.2019 at 09h54 by AFP Close relatives and government officials flew out of Zimbabwe on Monday to collect the body of ex-president Robert Mugabe from Singapore where he died last week, his nephew said. Mugabe, a guerrilla leader who swept to power after Zimbabwe’s independence from Britain and went on to rule for […]
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Published on 09.09.2019 at 08h54 by AFP Air strikes hit positions of pro-Iranian forces and allied militias in eastern Syria overnight, killing 18 fighters, a war monitor said Monday. It was not clear who carried out the raids in the region of Albu Kamal near the border with Iraq, according to the Syrian Observatory for […]
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Published on 09.09.2019 at 07h54 by AFP British Airways said Monday it has been forced to cancel almost all its flights from UK airports on the first day of a strike by pilots. “After many months of trying to resolve the pay dispute, we are extremely sorry that it has come to this,” BA said […]
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