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Paris, July 1 (AFP/APP):The French-led Takuba task force of EU special forces has officially ceased operating in Mali, France announced Friday, ending a year-long anti-jihadist effort that soured after two military coups overthrew the civilian government. Takuba, operating with France’s Barkhane mission, was set up […]

New Delhi, July 01 (OLNLINE): At least eight people have died and another 50 are feared to have been killed after a massive landslide hit the 107 Territorial Army (TA) camp in Noney district in the Indian state of Manipur. Seven of those dead were […]

Kyiv, Ukraine, July 1 (AFP/APP): At least 17 people were killed and dozens wounded Friday in missile strikes on Ukraine’s Odessa region, a day after Russian troops abandoned positions on a strategic island in a major setback to the Kremlin’s invasion. The news came after […]

Stockholm, June 29 (AFP/APP): Sweden may have clinched a surprise deal with Turkey paving the way for its NATO membership, but Kurds and leftwing parties expressed concern Wednesday about the concessions made to Ankara. “We did not cave in to (Turkish President Recep Tayyip) Erdogan”, […]

Doha, June 29 (AFP/APP): Iran said it was “serious” about nuclear talks with the United States but that negotiations could end after just two days on Wednesday, as they try to revive a landmark deal. The indirect negotiations in Qatar are an attempt to reboot […]

Paris, June 29 (AFP/APP):A French court is to hand down verdicts Wednesday against 20 men accused over the November 2015 terror attacks in Paris, after a marathon 10-month trial that reopened the scars of modern France’s worst peacetime atrocity. One hundred and thirty people were […]

Paris, June 29 (AFP/APP): A French appeals court on Wednesday turned down Italy’s request to extradite 10 former members of left-wing Italian extremist groups exiled in France for their involvement in violence decades ago. The ultra-leftist Red Brigades and other armed groups sowed chaos during […]

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 29 (APP):A top Pakistani diplomat has urged the G-7 industrial countries, which are meeting at summit level in Germany, to demand from India to lift its “massive restrictions on information”, including all the Pakistan accounts New Delhi has blocked. In a tweet […]

Vienna, June 29 (AFP/APP): One person has died, while another has been reported missing, officials said on Wednesday, after landslides caused by heavy rains cut off access to several communities and waged widespread damage in southern Austria. Record rain falls overnight Tuesday to Wednesday sparked […]

Gorongosa, Mozambique, June 29 (AFP/APP): As Mozambique battles a brutal insurgency, the legacy of a decades-long civil war still haunts the African nation where many former rebels refuse to disarm. “It’s hard to live alone, with nothing, living without family nearby,” said Aurelio Capece Mudiua, […]