Published on 08.09.2019 at 19h54 by AFP Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro underwent surgery Sunday to repair an abdominal hernia, his fourth operation since being stabbed in the stomach a year ago at a campaign rally, his doctors said. The operation, performed at Sao Paulo’s Vila Nova Star hospital, lasted more than five hours, the medical […]
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Published on 08.09.2019 at 19h54 by AFP Iran on Sunday hinted that it could release “within days” a UK-flagged oil tanker it had seized in July in sensitive Gulf waters amid rising hostilities with Britain’s ally the United States. Foreign ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi told state television the “necessary steps” to set the Swedish-owned ship […]
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Published on 08.09.2019 at 18h54 by AFP Georgia’s parliament on Sunday confirmed an ex-interior minister accused of cracking down on protesters as the country’s new prime minister, fuelling political tensions in the ex-Soviet nation. Lawmakers voted 98-0 to confirm Giorgi Gakharia as premier in a vote boycotted by the opposition. Gakharia, 44, is deeply hated […]
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Published on 08.09.2019 at 18h54 by AFP South Sudan’s exiled rebel leader Riek Machar is expected to make his first visit to Juba in a year for talks Monday with President Salva Kiir, government and opposition sources told AFP. “He’s expected to come and sit with President Salva Kiir so that they can discuss all […]
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Published on 08.09.2019 at 17h54 by AFP Sudan’s first cabinet since the ouster of president Omar al-Bashir was sworn in Sunday as the African country transitions to a civilian rule following nationwide protests that overthrew the autocrat. The 18-member cabinet led by Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, which includes four women, took oath at the presidential […]
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The United States and Afghanistan’s Taliban on Sunday both left the door open to fresh talks after President Donald Trump abruptly canceled a secret summit, but the insurgents warned of inflicting greater costs. The United States also said it would not relent in fighting the militants as Trump cited a Taliban attack that killed a […]
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Published on 08.09.2019 at 16h54 by AFP More than two thousand people turned out in Sarajevo Sunday in the city’s first Gay Pride march to protest against the hate the LGBT community suffers in Bosnia. More than 1,100 officers, including riot police, sealed off the route of the march through the city centre. “More than […]
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Published on 08.09.2019 at 15h54 by AFP A Bangladesh university has suspended a student for being Rohingya, officials said Sunday, as impatience with the refugees grows following a second failed attempt to repatriate them to Myanmar. Some 740,000 of the Muslim minority fled to camps in southeast Bangladesh after a military crackdown in Myanmar’s Rakhine […]
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Published on 08.09.2019 at 15h54 by AFP Authorities on Sunday tightened a month-long security lockdown in Indian Kashmir’s main city of Srinagar after breaking up religious processions by Shiite Muslims who defied a ban. A military clampdown was imposed in Muslim-majority Kashmir from August 5 to prevent unrest as New Delhi revoked the disputed region’s […]
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Published on 08.09.2019 at 15h54 by AFP US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday did not rule out reopening talks with the Taliban if they make a “significant commitment,” after President Donald Trump cancelled a secret meeting with their leaders at his Camp David retreat. Pompeo said Trump had not decided whether he would […]
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Published on 08.09.2019 at 14h54 by AFP Libya’s UN-recognised government Sunday slammed the UAE for hosting an officer of forces loyal to strongman Khalifa Haftar, who has waged a months-long offensive to take the capital Tripoli. The Tripoli-based Government of National Accord denounced the “hostile position of the United Arab Emirates”, which has allowed Abu […]
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Published on 08.09.2019 at 14h54 by AFP Iran’s atomic agency chief hit out Sunday at European powers, saying their broken promises gave the Islamic republic little choice but to scale back its commitments under a nuclear deal. Ali Akbar Salehi was speaking to reporters alongside Cornel Feruta, the acting head of the International Atomic Energy […]
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