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Dakar, March 1 (AFP/APP): Mali’s junta has issued a strongly worded warning to international partners about threats to a major peace deal with armed groups in the country’s north, fuelling fears of renewed hostilities. Colonel Major Ismael Wague, one of the junta’s strongmen, recently wrote […]

Larissa, Greece, March 1 (AFP/APP):Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday said a “tragic human error” was likely responsible for a train collision that has left at least 38 dead in the country’s worst rail tragedy. Two carriages were crushed and a third engulfed in […]

Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb 28 (AFP/APP):Ukraine said Tuesday its forces were under pressure in Bakhmut, a nearly-destroyed city in the eastern Donetsk region that Russia has been trying to seize for months. “The situation around Bakhmut is extremely tense. Despite taking significant losses, the enemy has […]

Astana, Kazakhstan, Feb 28 (AFP/APP):Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday vowed US support for Kazakhstan’s independence as he sought greater engagement in Central Asia, where traditional alliances with Russia have been rattled by the Ukraine invasion. Blinken will also visit Uzbekistan and meet foreign […]

ANKARA, Feb 28 (APP):Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Tuesday met UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell in the capital Ankara for talks. Thanking Russell for her solidarity visit, Cavusoglu said on Twitter: “Grateful for support of international community during our difficult times.” Russell’s visit comes […]

Paris, Feb 27 (AFP/APP): President Emmanuel Macron announced on Monday a “noticeable reduction” of France’s troop presence in Africa following a withdrawal from Mali and Burkina Faso after years of fighting militants there. “The change will happen in the coming months with a noticeable reduction […]

NEW DELHI,Feb 26 (Xinhua/APP):An aircraft belonging to India’s private airline IndiGo was diverted to the nearest airport after being hit by a bird on Sunday, according to the country’s civil aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). The plane landed safely and no injuries […]

DHAKA, Feb. 26 (Xinhua/APP): The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched a social media campaign titled ‘#Click4Wildlife’ to create mass awareness about wildlife conservation in order to mark the World Wildlife Day on March 3. The first of its kind, the online campaign calls […]

Awka, Nigeria, Feb 26 (AFP/APP): Nigerians of all ages were determined to ensure a credible election outcome, monitoring polling centres as initial results from a presidential election trickled in on Sunday. In the southern city of Port Harcourt, a dozen people were still at their […]