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Washington, July 22 (AFP/APP): A federal jury found Donald Trump’s former aide Steve Bannon guilty of contempt of Congress on Friday for defying a subpoena to testify before lawmakers investigating the assault on the US Capitol. Bannon, who led Trump’s 2016 presidential election campaign, was […]

Nairobi, July 22 (AFP/APP): Kenya’s electoral authority has condemned the “brazen” arrest in Nairobi of three officials from a company supplying electronic voting systems for next month’s presidential poll. Police on Friday confirmed one foreigner had been detained carrying undeclared election stickers. The Independent Electoral […]

Colombo, July 22 (AFP/APP): Sri Lankan security forces demolished the main anti-government protest camp in the capital, evicting activists in a nighttime assault that raised international concern. Troops and police Special Task Force commandos wielding batons and armed with automatic assault rifles swooped in on […]

KYIV, Ukraine – July 20 (ONLINE) Syria is cutting its diplomatic ties with Ukraine, the SANA news agency reported on Wednesday, citing a diplomat at the Arab republic’s Foreign Ministry. The move is in retaliation for a similar Ukrainian step. “The Ukrainian government has practically […]

London, July 20 (AFP/APP): Climate demonstrators on Wednesday triggered a lengthy tailback on Britain’s busiest motorway, warning that a record-breaking heatwave was a dire reminder for urgent action. Members of the group Just Stop Oil climbed gantries over the M25 encircling London, causing police to […]

London, July 20 (AFP/APP): Conservative rivals Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss, offering competing answers to Britain’s multiple crises, will duel in the coming weeks to become the next prime minister after the party’s lawmakers held a concluding vote Wednesday. Former finance minister Sunak, a centrist […]

LONDON, July 18 (ONLINE) Yesterday (Monday) was the hottest day in Britain’s history on record with temperatures hitting 40C for the first time, forcing train companies to cancel services, schools to close early and ministers to urge the public to stay at home, Reuters News […]

GAZA 17 July (Online): Israel hit the Gaza Strip before dawn on Saturday in what it said was a retaliatory strike for rocket fire from the Palestinian territory controlled by the Islamist movement Hamas. The exchange of fire came hours after US President Joe Biden […]

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, July 17 (AFP/APP): President Joe Biden on Saturday assured Arab leaders the United States would remain fully engaged in the Middle East, as he wrapped up his first tour of the region since taking office. “We will not walk away and leave […]

Kavala, Greece, July 17 (AFP/APP): All eight crew members of a cargo plane that crashed near the Greek city of Kavala died in the accident, Serbia’s defence minister said on Sunday. The Ukrainian-operated Antonov An-12 was carrying mines and around 11 tonnes of weapons to […]