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Chad parliament takes office as doubts grow over junta timetable

Posted on October 6, 2021 by News Desk

N’Djamena, Oct 5 (AFP/APP):Chad’s interim parliament took office on Tuesday nearly two weeks after its members were named by the military junta that emerged following the death of long-time ruler Idriss Deby Itno. The 93-member assembly, called the National Transition Council (CNT), approved Haroun Kabadi […]

Rival Libya bodies in new election law dispute

Posted on October 6, 2021 by News Desk

Tripoli, Oct 5 (AFP/APP):Two rival Libyan factions have again disagreed over legislation governing elections planned for December, raising further doubts Tuesday over whether the UN-backed polls can take place. In the latest dispute the equivalent of Libya’s senate, based in the western city of Tripoli, […]

Food-crisis spectre haunts 600,000 in Niger: UN

Posted on October 4, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Niamey, Oct 3 (AFP/APP):The United Nations on Sunday warned that the Tillaberi region of western Niger was facing a “major food crisis”, with almost 600,000 people exposed to food insecurity. The vast region of about the same size as South Korea or Hungary borders the […]

At least 9 dead as cyclone lashes Oman, Iran

Posted on October 4, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Muscat, Oct 3 (AFP/APP):At least nine people were killed in Oman and Iran on Sunday as Tropical Cyclone Shaheen pummelled parts of their coastlines, authorities said. In Oman, two people died in a landslide and a child in flash flooding, officials said. Rescue teams pulled […]

Heads of state, govt hid millions offshore: ‘Pandora Papers’ investigation

Posted on October 4, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Washington, Oct 3 (AFP/APP):More than a dozen heads of state and government, including the King of Jordan and the Czech prime minister, have amassed millions in secret offshore assets, according to an investigation published Sunday by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).\ The so-called […]

German parties meet as coalition haggling begins

Posted on October 3, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Berlin, Oct 3 (AFP/APP):German political parties will hold exploratory talks from Sunday as they jostle to form the next government after a close election, with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) battling Angela Merkel’s conservatives for the chancellery. The SPD and its candidate Olaf Scholz narrowly […]

British PM Johnson upbeat despite UK’s woes

Posted on October 3, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Manchester, United Kingdom, Oct 3 (AFP/APP):Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday vowed to press on with his post-Brexit agenda for Britain, even as the country faces a growing supply chain crisis made worse by its EU departure. Rank-and-file members of Johnson’s Conservative party gather from […]

Iraqis to elect new parliament amid deep crisis, apathy

Posted on October 3, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Baghdad, Oct 3 (AFP/APP):War-scarred Iraq holds parliamentary elections on October 10, a year early to appease an anti-government protest movement, in a nation that remains mired in corruption and economic crisis. The country is emerging from almost two decades of conflict and insurgency since the […]

US charges Canadian who narrated Islamic State videos

Posted on October 3, 2021 by News Desk

Washington, Oct 2 (AFP/APP):A Canadian jihadist who fought for the Islamic State group and narrated violent propaganda videos has been taken into custody by the United States and charged, the Justice Department said Saturday. Mohammed Khalifa, 38 and born in Saudi Arabia, was captured during […]

Europe-Japan space mission captures images of Mercury

Posted on October 3, 2021 by News Desk

Paris, Oct 2 (AFP/APP):The European-Japanese BepiColombo spacecraft has sent back its first images of Mercury, the nearest planet to the Sun, the European Space Agency said Saturday. The images were obtained almost three years after the unmanned mission vessel was launched aboard an Ariane 5 […]

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Chad parliament takes office as doubts grow over junta timetable

Rival Libya bodies in new election law dispute

Food-crisis spectre haunts 600,000 in Niger: UN

At least 9 dead as cyclone lashes Oman, Iran

Heads of state, govt hid millions offshore: ‘Pandora Papers’ investigation

German parties meet as coalition haggling begins

British PM Johnson upbeat despite UK’s woes

Iraqis to elect new parliament amid deep crisis, apathy

US charges Canadian who narrated Islamic State videos

Europe-Japan space mission captures images of Mercury

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