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Libya fighters battle Chad rebels on border: report

Tripoli, Sept 14 (AFP/APP):Forces loyal to eastern Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar carried out an operation Tuesday against a Chadian armed opposition group along Libya’s southern border, media close to Haftar reported. Special forces of the Tarek ben Ziyad battalion, one of the units loyal to […]

Gunmen snatch migrants from Mexican hotel

Mexico City, Sept 15 (AFP/APP):Gunmen on Tuesday abducted around 20 migrants, mostly Haitians and Venezuelans, from a hotel in central Mexico, authorities said. “A search was immediately launched to find out what happened and to locate the whereabouts of these people,” the prosecutor’s office in […]

New EU office probes suspected fraud worth 4.5 bn euros

Brussels, Sept 14 (AFP/APP):The EU’s prosecutor’s office, launched with fanfare three months ago, is already probing various suspected frauds against the bloc’s funds, amounting to 4.5 billion euros ($5.3 billion), it said on Tuesday. That sum is a total from some 300 investigations that have […]

Guinea junta hosts talks on post-coup transition

Conakry, Sept 14 (AFP/APP):Guinea’s military strongman opened a four-day series of talks on Tuesday, intended to pave a return to civilian rule after a coup that one attendee said he blamed on “the failure of the entire political and military class”. Coup leader Lieutenant Colonel […]

Over 100 world leaders including PM Imran Khan to address UNGA’s high-level debate next week

UNITED NATIONS, Sep 14 (APP):Prime Minister Imran Khan will be among more than 100 heads of state and government to address the annual high-level segment of the UN General Assembly session next week, according to the latest speakers list. The Pakistani leader will be speaking […]

184 illegal migrants rescued off Libyan coast

TRIPOLI, Sep 14 (XINHUA/APP):The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Monday said that 184 illegal migrants were rescued off Libya’s coast and returned to western Libya. “184 persons were returned this evening to the Oil Refinery point in Azzawiya. Among them were 12 […]

Putin says unauthorized foreign military presence main problem for Syria

MOSCOW, Sep 14 (XINHUA/APP):The unauthorized presence of foreign armed forces in parts of Syria is the main problem facing the Middle Eastern country, Russian President Vladimir Putin told visiting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the Kremlin said Tuesday. Their presence not approved by the United Nations […]

Taxes and freedom: California’s Republicans ring same old bells

Los Angeles, Sept 14 (AFP/APP):Excessive taxes, an over-reaching state, individual liberties at risk and an out-of-touch elite. Conservative candidates in California’s gubernatorial recall election have a list of well-trodden grievances about life in a Democratic stronghold. “The biggest challenge in California in general is the […]

US mother of young cancer victim sues over Roundup weedkiller

Los Angeles, Sept 14 (AFP/APP):A mother who says her young son developed a rare form of cancer because of his exposure to Roundup sued the maker of the weed killer in California on Monday. Ezra Clark was only four years old in when he was […]

Vital to engage with Taliban: UN chief

Geneva, Sept 13 (AFP/APP):UN chief Antonio Guterres called Monday for international engagement with the Taliban to avert an economic collapse in Afghanistan, insisting aid could be used as leverage to improve human rights. Speaking to journalists on the sidelines of a donor conference for the […]

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