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Bamako, Jan 4 (AFP/APP): Togolese President Faure Gnassingbe, who is mediating in a diplomatic row over 46 Ivorian soldiers detained in Mali, paid a “friendly working visit” to Bamako on Wednesday, the Malian presidency said in a statement. A Malian court last month sentenced the […]

Paris, Jan 4 (AFP/APP): France is set to become the first Western country to deliver tanks to Ukraine, the French presidency announced Wednesday after talks between Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky. The move to supply the French-made AMX-10 RC to Ukraine — a […]

Paris, Jan 4 (AFP/APP):Iran warned France on Wednesday of consequences after satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo published cartoons depicting supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that Tehran deemed to be insulting. The weekly had published dozens of cartoons ridiculing the highest religious and political figure in the […]

Bogotá, Jan 3 (AFP/APP):Colombia’s National Liberation Army (ELN) rebels on Tuesday denied the president’s assertion that they had signed a ceasefire agreement with the government. President Gustavo Petro had announced over the weekend a six-month ceasefire with the five largest armed groups in the country, […]

Dar es Salaam, Jan 3 (AFP/APP): Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Tuesday lifted a ban on opposition rallies imposed in 2016 by her strongman predecessor, in an overture to political rivals seeking the restoration of democratic norms. Hassan has been under pressure to break […]

NEW YORK, Jan 01 (APP): New York City ushered in 2023 with a dazzling spectacle in iconic Times Square, marking an end to a year that brought war in Europe, disastrous climate-induced floods in Pakistan and elsewhere as well as global worries over inflation. In […]

Brasília, Jan 1 (AFP/APP):Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took office Sunday for a third term as Brazil’s president, vowing to fight for the poor and the environment and “rebuild the country” after far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro’s divisive administration. The 77-year-old veteran leftist, who previously led […]

Brasília, Dec 30 (AFP/APP): Brazil’s outgoing President Jair Bolsonaro, who has not acknowledged his electoral defeat, left the country Friday, two days before his successor’s inauguration and shortly after bidding his followers a tearful farewell. The controversial far-right leader left for Florida in the United […]

Beirut, Dec 30 (AFP/APP):Syria’s Kurds could soon face a tripartite ultimatum to cede territory, analysts predict, as Syrian, Turkish and Russian defence ministers met this week in Moscow — the first such talks since Syria’s war began in 2011. Russia has long backed the regime […]

Moscow, Dec 30 (AFP/APP): Russian leader Vladimir Putin told Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday he was keen to ramp up military cooperation and hailed the two countries’ efforts to counter Western influence. Battered by unprecedented Western sanctions over Moscow’s assault against Ukraine, Putin wants […]