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Madrid, Feb 7 (AFP/APP): A Moroccan man sustained serious injuries after setting himself on fire outside the Moroccan consulate in Madrid on Tuesday, police and diplomatic sources told AFP. He was badly burnt and emergency services took him to hospital. It took place in a […]

Berlin, Feb 7 (AFP/APP): Ukraine will receive at least 100 Leopard 1 tank from industrial stocks in the “coming months”, the German, Dutch and Danish defence ministries said on Tuesday. The “required logistic support and training” will also be provided for the tanks, a predecessor […]

Paris, Feb 7 (AFP/APP):Opponents of France’s controversial pension reform plan sought to keep up the momentum on a third day of protests and strikes, but the numbers taking to the streets were down on the previous week. President Emmanuel Macron’s bid to raise the retirement […]

TEHRAN, Iran – February 6 (ONLINE) Iranian activists on Sunday dismissed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s decree reportedly ordering amnesty or a reduction in prison sentences for “tens of thousands” of people detained amid nationwide anti-government protests shaking the country, acknowledging for the first time the […]

MOSCOW / BAGHDAD – February 6 (ONLINE) Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Iraqi counterpart discussed unpaid bills owed to Russian oil companies because of US sanctions over the Ukraine conflict. “The sanctions should not be imposed on Iraq because its cooperation continues with […]

Geneva, Feb 6 (AFP/APP):UN human rights chief Volker Turk on Monday slammed Mali’s expulsion of the top rights representative in the troubled West African country, saying the work there was “more crucial than ever.” Mali’s ruling junta said Sunday that it was expelling the head […]

Jandairis, Syria, Feb 6 (AFP/APP):In the quake-devastated town of Jandairis in northern Syria, a dazed father cradles the body of his lifeless baby, saying over and over again, “Wake up, my boy, wake up.” “Ya Allah, ya Allah (My God, my God…)” he sobs, kissing […]

ANKARA, Feb 6 (AA/APP): Türkiye has experienced the “biggest disaster” in the last century after the 1939 Erzincan earthquake, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said after a strong earthquake hit southern provinces on Monday morning, claiming the lives of at least 912 people. “Tonight at 04:17, […]

Beirut, Feb 6 (AFP/APP): Dozens of people were killed and hundreds injured in rebel-held areas of Syria after an earthquake rattled neighbouring Turkey on Monday, rescue workers said. The 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck before dawn near the Turkish city of Gaziantep, about 40 kilometres from […]

DAR ES SALAAM, Feb. 6 (Xinhua/APP): The death toll from northern Tanzania’s road accident has risen to 21, an official said Sunday. Seventeen people were killed and 12 others injured in a head-on collision between a truck and a mini-bus in Tanzania’s northern district of […]