US charges Canadian who narrated Islamic State videos

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

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 […]

70 boat migrants from Libya missing in Med: NGO

Tripoli, Oct 2 (AFP/APP):Seventy migrants headed for Europe across the Mediterranean from Libya have gone missing, the independent support group Alarm Phone said Saturday. “A boat with 70 people on board is missing for 4 days! They departed from Khoms, #Libya, & called AlarmPhone several […]

Trump asks court to get him back on Twitter

Washington, Oct 2 (AFP/APP):Donald Trump has filed suit asking a court to reinstate his account on Twitter and restore the online voice he lost for allegedly instigating the Capitol Hill riot. Twitter and other social media banned the former president from their platforms after a […]

Jihadist chief, 18 fighters killed in Mozambique: SADC

Johannesburg, Oct 2 (AFP/APP):A local jihadist leader and 18 rebels were killed during a military strike on their base in Mozambique’s insurgency-hit north, a bloc of southern African nations said Saturday. Al-Qaeda-linked jihadists have been terrorising Mozambique’s gas-rich Cabo Delgado region since 2017, raiding villages […]

North Korea fires anti-aircraft missile in latest test

Seoul, Oct 1 (AFP/APP):North Korea has successfully fired a new anti-aircraft missile, state media said Friday as the United Nations Security Council failed to issue a statement after an emergency meeting on a recent flurry of weapons tests by the nuclear-armed nation. The anti-aircraft missile […]

UN agency for Palestinian refugees needs $800 mn

United Nations, United States, Oct 1 (AFP/APP):The UN agency supporting Palestinian refugees announced Friday it was seeking $800 million at a donor conference scheduled for November in Brussels. UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini told reporters at the UN headquarters in New York that the organization needed […]

UK butcher shortage fuels fears for Christmas food

London, Oct 1 (AFP/APP):Visa restrictions could be eased for hundreds of foreign butchers, British media reported on Friday, after industry warnings that a shortage could hit Christmas food supplies. The Times quoted the British Meat Processors Association as saying the sector is short of 15,000 […]

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