Egypt’s Sisi pardons jailed activist Ahmed Douma

Cairo, Aug 20 (AFP/APP): Egyptian activist Ahmed Douma, a leading figure of the country’s 2011 uprising who has spent the last decade behind bars, has been granted a presidential pardon, lawyers said Saturday. “President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi… has used his constitutional powers” to pardon several […]

Sweden thwarts several terrorist attempts

STOCKHOLM, Aug 18 (XINHUA/APP): Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said on Friday that the government had thwarted several terrorist attacks. “We know that planned acts of terrorism have been hindered,” Kristersson said at a press conference, hours after the Swedish Secret Service’s decision to raise […]

Around 45,000 Muscovites fight in Ukraine: Mayor

MOSCOW Aug 17 (Online): Tens of thousands of Muscovites are taking part in combat operations in Ukraine, the Russian capital’s mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Wednesday, giving a rare estimate of the forces deployed. Russia and Ukraine rarely communicate on the total number of troops […]

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