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Algeria welcomes ‘respectful’ French comments amid row

Posted on November 11, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Algiers, Nov 10 (AFP/APP):Algeria on Wednesday welcomed comments from the office of French President Emmanuel Macron expressing regret over criticism of the former French colony, and confirmed Algerian officials would attend a conference on Libya in Paris. “This statement contained reasonable ideas that respect Algeria, […]

Macron tells Harris France-US cooperation ‘absolutely critical’

Posted on November 11, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Paris, Nov 10 (AFP/APP):French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday told visiting US Vice President Kamala Harris that cooperation between France and the United States was “absolutely critical” following a row over the cancellation of an Australian submarine contract. “We do share the view that we […]

Bomb wounds 11 university students in Cameroon

Posted on November 11, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Yaounde, Nov 10 (AFP/APP):A homemade bomb thrown through the roof of a university lecture hall wounded 11 students on Wednesday, the vice-chancellor said, in an English-speaking region of Cameroon in the grip of a bloody separatist conflict. University of Buea vice-chancellor Horace Ngomo Manga that […]

Xi calls for US cooperation ahead of Biden talks

Posted on November 11, 2021 by News Desk

Washington, Nov 10 (AFP/APP):Chinese President Xi Jinping called for cooperation with the United States ahead of long-awaited talks with Joe Biden. The two presidents, who have not met in person since Biden’s election, are expected to hold a virtual summit soon, diplomats said. CNN quoted […]

Iran Guards say released seized Vietnamese tanker

Posted on November 10, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Tehran, Nov 10 (AFP/APP):Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Wednesday they had released a Vietnamese-flagged oil tanker they seized last month in the Sea of Oman in a tense incident also involving the US Navy. While Iran’s Guards claimed they thwarted an attempt by the US ship […]

UN says Ethiopia detains 72 World Food Programme drivers in war-hit north

Posted on November 10, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Addis Ababa, Nov 10 (AFP/APP):The United Nations said Wednesday that Ethiopia had detained 72 drivers working for the World Food Programme (WFP) in a northern city along the only functional road leading into the famine-threatened Tigray region. “We confirm that 72 outsourced drivers contracted by […]

Belarus says West ‘provoking’ migrant crisis to impose new sanctions

Posted on November 10, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Moscow, Nov 10 (AFP/APP):Belarus’s foreign minister accused the EU of “provoking” the migrant stand-off on its border with Poland and said Minsk is seeking a “joint reponse” to the crisis with Russia. “The migrant crisis was provoked by the EU itself and its states that […]

‘I saved him’: Niger teacher relives school fire tragedy

Posted on November 10, 2021 by News Desk

Maradi, Niger, Nov 9 (AFP/APP):Aisha Ibrahim bursts into tears as she recounts how a fire ripped through the southern Niger school where she teaches, burning up classrooms made of straw and killing 26 children. “A pupil clung to me shouting: ‘Auntie, it’s hot!’ I managed […]

France says to host Russian defence, foreign ministers for talks Friday

Posted on November 10, 2021 by News Desk

Paris, Nov 9 (AFP/APP):France will host Russia’s foreign and defence ministers for talks in Paris on Friday on the situation in Ukraine and Russia’s activities in the Sahel region of West Africa, the French government said. French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and Defence Minister […]

UN agencies voice deep concern over Israeli military de-authorization of Palestine NGOs

Posted on November 10, 2021 by News Desk

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 09 (APP):UN Agencies and the Association International Development Agencies (AIDA) Tuesday said that they were standing firmly behind civil society organizations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, following an Israeli military decision to de-authorize six NGOs. In a statement released today, the agencies […]

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Algeria welcomes ‘respectful’ French comments amid row

Macron tells Harris France-US cooperation ‘absolutely critical’

Bomb wounds 11 university students in Cameroon

Xi calls for US cooperation ahead of Biden talks

Iran Guards say released seized Vietnamese tanker

UN says Ethiopia detains 72 World Food Programme drivers in war-hit north

Belarus says West ‘provoking’ migrant crisis to impose new sanctions

‘I saved him’: Niger teacher relives school fire tragedy

France says to host Russian defence, foreign ministers for talks Friday

UN agencies voice deep concern over Israeli military de-authorization of Palestine NGOs

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