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Plane crashes in Texas, all 21 on board survive: fire service

Houston, Oct 19 (AFP/APP):A plane crashed shortly after takeoff on Tuesday in Texas, with all 21 passengers and crew on board scrambling to safety before the aircraft burst into flames. Television images showed fire fighters spraying water onto the burning remains of the plane, which […]

Afghan woman activist thanks UK MP for saving her life

London, Oct 19 (AFP/APP):A prominent Afghan politician gave emotional thanks on Tuesday to a British MP for helping to rescue her from the Taliban’s clutches, appealing for the UK to do more to get others out. Shukria Barakzai, who was a lawmaker in Afghanistan and […]

Wounds persist in Spain decade after ETA ends armed struggle

Madrid, Oct 19 (AFP/APP):A decade after Basque separatist group ETA renounced the use of arms, the northern Spanish region is still trying to turn the page on decades of bloodshed. In a video released on October 20, 2011, three masked ETA leaders announced that the […]

Russia cuts diplomatic ties with NATO in latest row

Moscow, Oct 18 (AFP/APP):Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday that Moscow was suspending its mission to NATO and closing the Western military bloc’s liaison mission in Russia, in a new diplomatic row. “We are suspending the work of our official mission to NATO, including […]

US says won’t join Afghanistan talks announced by Russia

Washington, Oct 18 (AFP/APP):The United States said it will not join talks on Afghanistan announced for this Tuesday by Russia that will include two other key players, China and Pakistan. The State Department blamed logistical issues but said it considered the Russian-led forum “constructive.” “We […]

EU says no Iran nuclear deal talks in Brussels Thursday

Luxembourg, Oct 18 (AFP/APP):The EU will not hold talks in Brussels on Thursday with Iran on restarting negotiations over the country’s nuclear deal, the bloc’s foreign policy chief said, contradicting a declaration by Tehran. “I heard that someone was convinced that next Thursday was going […]

US ‘very concerned’ over China’s hypersonic test

Geneva, Oct 18 (AFP/APP):The United States is “very concerned” about China’s hypersonic missile tests, US disarmament ambassador Robert Wood said Monday, after reports that Beijing launched one with a nuclear capacity in August. On Saturday, the Financial Times reported that China had launched a hypersonic […]

US lawmakers probe whether Amazon misled Congress

New York, Oct 18 (AFP/APP):Pointing to recent news reports on how Amazon advantages its own products over third-party items, a bipartisan group of lawmakers on Monday questioned whether the tech giant had committed perjury. Amazon has long insisted that its platform is agnostic, not favoring […]

EU eyes sanctions on Belarus airline over migrant flights

Luxembourg, Oct 18 (AFP/APP):The European Union is ready to impose sanctions on Belarus’ state airline to try to curb illegal migration into the bloc, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Monday. The EU accuses the Belarusian authorities of flying migrants from the Middle East […]

Azerbaijan accuses Armenia at UN court of laying mines

The Hague, Oct 18 (AFP/APP):Azerbaijan accused rival Armenia at the UN’s top court on Monday of laying landmines as part of a campaign of “ethnic cleansing” despite the end of last year’s war. Both countries have lodged tit-for-tat cases at the International Court of Justice […]

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