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ICC prosecutor leaves US out of Afghan probe

The Hague, Sept 27 (AFP/APP):The International Criminal Court’s new prosecutor said Monday he would focus on the Taliban and Islamic State-Khorasan’s actions in Afghanistan instead of alleged US crimes. Karim Khan asked judges to relaunch the court’s probe into Afghanistan, which was paused last year […]

Nigerian gunmen release 10 kidnapped students 10 more kidnapped Nigeria Baptist students released

Kano, Nigeria, Sept 27 (AFP/APP):Gunmen who kidnapped more than 100 students from a school in northwest Nigeria more than two months ago released 10 more of the hostages after ransom payment, the head of a parents association said Sunday. Assailants stormed Bethel Baptist High School […]

Five dead in attack by suspected FARC dissidents in Colombia

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

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

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

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’

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

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

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

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 […]

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