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San Francisco, July 16 (AFP/APP): A bomb scare at San Francisco airport sparked an evacuation of the international terminal on Friday evening, local police said. By about midnight (0700 GMT), operations had returned to normal, the airport said. Officers received a bomb threat and found […]

Bogota, July 15 (AFP/APP): Colombian forces have killed FARC dissident leader Nestor Vera and nine other rebels in a raid in the country’s southwest, the defense minister said on Friday. The operation “allowed us to neutralize nine individuals on the FARC dissident frontline as well […]

Bamako, July 14 (AFP/APP): Mali said Thursday it was suspending rotations of the UN’s peacekeeping mission for “national security” reasons, in the latest complication in ties between the ruling junta and international partners. Rotations of the MINUSMA mission are being suspended, including those that have […]

Colombo, July 9 (AFP/APP): Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled his official residence on Saturday shortly before protesters, angered by an unprecedented economic crisis, overran the compound and stormed his nearby office. Thousands of people had surrounded the leader’s home to demand his resignation, blaming […]

Druzhkivka, Ukraine, July 9 (AFP/APP): Russian troops pursued their “relentless” shelling of Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region on Saturday as Ukrainian officials warned Moscow was preparing for further attacks and Washington promised new military aid to Kyiv. Having endured long battles to capture cities in the […]

Tokyo, July 8 (AFP/APP): World leaders condemned Friday’s assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and paid tribute to the 67-year-old, who was his country’s longest-serving leader. Here are some key comments: – United States – US President Joe Biden, who said he was […]

Kashihara, Japan, July 8 (AFP/APP):World leaders recoiled in horror after Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe was shot dead Friday during a campaign speech — an especially shocking assassination given the country’s strict gun laws and low rates of violent crime. The gunman — an […]

WASHINGTON 08 July (Online): In case of armed conflict, China’s command control mechanism will be the primary target, the commander of the US Marine Corps said on Thursday. Speaking at Washington-based Hudson Institute, Gen David Berger says they also expect Beijing to make a similar […]

Kashihara, Japan, July 8 (AFP/APP): Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe was pronounced dead on Friday afternoon, the hospital treating him confirmed, after he was shot at a campaign event. “Shinzo Abe was transported to (the hospital) at 12:20 pm. He was in a state […]

Tokyo, July 8 (AFP/APP): Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot at a campaign event on Friday, a government spokesman said, as local media reported the nation’s longest-serving premier was showing no vital signs. “Former Prime Minister Abe was shot at around 11:30 am,” […]