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Five dead in attack by suspected FARC dissidents in Colombia

Posted on September 27, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Bogota, Sept 27 (AFP/APP):Five people were killed in an attack by suspected dissident members of Colombia’s FARC rebels, officials said Sunday. The deadly incident took place at a “public establishment” in a rural area of Tumaco, in the southern department of Narino, the army said. […]

Israeli raids on West Bank Islamists leave 4 Palestinians dead

Posted on September 27, 2021 by News Desk

Biddu, Palestinian Territories, Sept 26 (AFP/APP):An Israeli operation to dismantle a Hamas Islamist cell in the West Bank sparked fierce gun battles at multiple locations Sunday, killing four Palestinians and seriously wounding two Israeli soldiers, official sources said. The Palestinian health ministry confirmed a total […]

Serbian troops on heightened alert at Kosovo border

Posted on September 27, 2021 by News Desk

Belgrade, Sept 26 (AFP/APP):Serbian troops were on a heightened state of alert on Sunday after the government in Belgrade accused neighbouring Kosovo of “provocations” by sending special police units to the border. Already tense relations between Serbia and its former breakaway region have grown worse […]

Pelosi hints infrastructure delay as US Congress begins huge week

Posted on September 27, 2021 by News Desk

Washington, Sept 26 (AFP/APP):US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi expressed confidence a massive infrastructure bill will pass this week but acknowledged it might not get a Monday vote as planned, with fellow Democrats warning critical work remains to meet the party’s deadlines. Democrats have been scrambling […]

German SPD’s Olaf Scholz says voters want him to be ‘next chancellor’

Posted on September 27, 2021 by News Desk

Berlin, Sept 26 (AFP/APP):Olaf Scholz, the chancellor candidate for the centre-left Social Democrats in Germany’s Sunday general election, hailed a “great success” for his party after estimates showed his SPD narrowly ahead of the conservatives. “It’s going to be a long election night, that’s for […]

Sudan ruling body chief pledges reforms to army

Posted on September 27, 2021 by News Desk

Khartoum, Sept 26 (AFP/APP):The general who heads Sudan’s ruling transitional authority on Sunday pledged to reform the army, days after a failed coup. “We are going to reorganise the armed forces… Partisan activities are banned in the army,” Sovereign Council chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan […]

Race wide open as Germany votes in post-Merkel election

Posted on September 27, 2021 by News Desk

Berlin, Sept 26 (AFP/APP):Germany was voting Sunday in one of the most unpredictable elections in its recent history, with Angela Merkel’s conservatives and the centre-left Social Democrats in a tight race for her crown as she prepares to leave the political stage. The epochal election […]

Majority of women in Iceland’s new parliament, European first

Posted on September 26, 2021 by News Desk

Reykjavik, Sept 26 (AFP/APP):In a first in Europe, women hold more than half of the seats in Iceland’s new parliament, final election results showed Sunday. Of the 63 seats in the Althing, 33 were won by women, or 52 percent, according to projections based on […]

Polls open in Germany’s election to end Merkel era

Posted on September 26, 2021 by News Desk

Berlin, Sept 26 (AFP/APP):Germans began voting Sunday in a watershed national election that will mark the end of 16 years in power for Angela Merkel and determine who will succeed her as chancellor. Polls opened at 0600 GMT and will close at 1600 GMT, with […]

Three dead, dozens injured after US train derailment

Posted on September 26, 2021 by News Desk

Washington, Sept 26 (AFP/APP):At least three people were killed and dozens more injured when a US train derailed Saturday afternoon in northern Montana, with rescuers rushing to safely evacuate everyone on board. Around 141 passengers and 16 crew members were traveling from Chicago towards the […]

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Five dead in attack by suspected FARC dissidents in Colombia

Israeli raids on West Bank Islamists leave 4 Palestinians dead

Serbian troops on heightened alert at Kosovo border

Pelosi hints infrastructure delay as US Congress begins huge week

German SPD’s Olaf Scholz says voters want him to be ‘next chancellor’

Sudan ruling body chief pledges reforms to army

Race wide open as Germany votes in post-Merkel election

Majority of women in Iceland’s new parliament, European first

Polls open in Germany’s election to end Merkel era

Three dead, dozens injured after US train derailment

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