PARIS, (APP/AFP) – US President Barack Obama, Pope Francis and Queen Elizabeth II on Sunday led global condemnation after a gunman went on the rampage at a nightclub in Florida leaving at least 50 people dead. The pontiff condemned the killings as “homicidal folly and senseless hatred” while Obama described them as “an act of […]
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Obama, pope, queen lead condemnation of massacre at US nightclub
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Eiffel Tower to be lit in US colours after Orlando killings
PARIS, (APP/AFP) – The Eiffel Tower will be illuminated Monday night with the red, white and blue of the US flag in solidarity with the victims of the shootings in Orlando, Paris city hall announced. City hall will also raise the Stars and Stripes and the rainbow flag of the gay community, Paris Mayor Anne […]
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Singapore destroys tonnes of illegal ivory
SINGAPORE, (APP/AFP) – Singapore on Monday crushed and burnt almost eight tonnes of ivory confiscated over two years to try to deter smugglers as activists called for tighter enforcement. Over 2,700 elephant tusks weighing 7.9 tonnes were fed into an industrial rock crusher before incineration. It was the fist time seized ivory had been destroyed […]
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Eritrea accuses Ethiopia of launching border attack
NAIROBI, (APP/AFP) – Eritrea on Monday accused arch-rival Ethiopia of attacking its heavily militarised border, but officials in Addis Ababa said they had no knowledge of the reported fighting. Ethiopia on Sunday “unleashed an attack against Eritrea on the Tsorona Central Front,” Eritrea’s ministry of information said in a statement. Ethiopian government spokesman Getachew Redda […]
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Bombers kill eight outside shrine near Syrian capital
DAMASCUS, (APP/AFP) – A double bomb attack outside a shrine near Syria’s capital killed at least eight people Saturday, state media said. The official SANA news agency said a suicide bomber and a car bomb struck at the entrance to shrine. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British-based monitoring group, reported a higher toll […]
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Bangladesh arrests 37 ‘Islamist militants’ in crackdown
DHAKA, (APP/AFP) – Bangladesh police have arrested 37 suspected Islamist militants as part of a nationwide crackdown on militants, an official said Saturday. Police officials said more than 1,000 people were detained after the anti-militant drive was launched across the country on Friday, although that number included regular arrests. “In the last 24 hours, 37 […]