A fire that started at a store where witnesses claimed gasoline was being unloaded on Saturday resulted in at least 35 fatalities in southeast Benin, according to a spokesperson of the justice ministry. Near the Nigerian border in Seme-Podji municipality, the fire started about 09:30 local time. Prosecutor Abdoubaki Adam-BongleRead More →
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Authorities say an explosives-laden car exploded at a security checkpoint in the central Somalia city of Beledweyne on Saturday, killing at least 18 people and injuring 40 others. The Hirshabelle state interior minister, Abdirahman Dahir Gure, reported the toll to press. “Twenty of the wounded haveRead More →
(Reuters) – According to CTV News, US Ambassador to Canada David Cohen acknowledged that “shared intelligence among Five Eyes partners” had alerted Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of the suspected participation of Indian operatives in the June murder of a Canadian citizen. The Five Eyes intelligence-sharing network includes the UnitedRead More →
PARIS: According to the Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti, about 2,000 people have been found guilty in France for the nationwide riots that began in late June when a teenager was fatally shot by a police officer during a traffic stop outside of Paris. The worst urban violence in the nationRead More →
Brooklyn (APP) – Pakistan and Panama jointly sponsored a resolution that the UN General Assembly endorsed designating January 26 as the International Day of Clean Energy. The text, which was approved without a vote, reaffirmed the 193-member Assembly’s dedication to environmental protection. In order to promote awareness of the sustainableRead More →
BULGARIA (Reuters) – According to a spokesman for Turkey’s ruling AK Party, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will shortly travel to Russia to discuss the failed UN agreement that had permitted the sale of Ukrainian grain via the Black Sea. The pact, mediated by the UN and Turkey, lasted a yearRead More →
(Web Desk) – A Pakistani doctor was given an 18-year prison term by American authorities for allegedly supporting the violent Islamic State organization, commonly known by the Arabic abbreviation Daesh. Court records show that Mohammad Masood, 31, was sentenced on Friday. Masood worked as a research coordinator at a clinicRead More →
Niamey, Niger (AFP) – The French ambassador was given 48 hours to leave Niger by the military authorities who took over the government in July, according to a statement from Niamey’s foreign ministry on Friday. Since the July 26 coup, relations between the new government in Niamey and many WesternRead More →
(Reuters) MOSCOW Russia claimed on Friday that Ukraine had assaulted Crimea with 42 drones and fired a missile at Moscow, making it the largest known coordinated Ukrainian air attack on Russian-controlled territory to date. A modified S-200 missile was reportedly shot down over the Kaluga region, which borders the MoscowRead More →
Iraq’s Habbaniyah (AFP) – Mohamed, an Iraqi businessman, has never experienced such a depressing tourist season: years of drought have reduced the gorgeous Lake Habbaniyah, driving away tourists who used to swarm there in the summer. Mohamed, 35, who asked to only be named by his first name, stated thatRead More →
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