KABUL, (APP/AFP): Ten people were killed in Afghanistan Wednesday when a suicide bomber on foot detonated his explosives, striking a vehicle carrying court employees near the capital Kabul, the interior ministry said. “A suicide bomber blew himself up… in Paghman district, killing 10 people and wounding four others,” ministry spokesman Najib Danish told AFP.
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Suicide bomber kills 10 near Afghan capital
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Yemen peace talks “closer” to agreement: UN envoy
KUWAIT CITY, (APP/AFP) – The UN envoy said Wednesday that the warring parties in Yemen were closer to agreement at peace talks in Kuwait as he headed to New York to brief the Security Council. “We are moving towards a general understanding that encompasses the expectations and visions of the parties,” Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed […]
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Afghan Taliban say Haibatullah Akhundzada appointed new leader
KABUL, (APP/AFP) – The Afghan Taliban on Wednesday announced influential religious figure Haibatullah Akhundzada as their new leader after confirming supremo Mullah Akhtar Mansour’s death in a US drone strike. “Haibatullah Akhundzada has been appointed as the new leader of the Islamic Emirate (Taliban) after a unanimous agreement in the shura (supreme council), and all […]
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Polish police arrest suspected bus bomb-maker
WARSAW, (APP/AFP) – Polish police have detained a man suspected of carrying out a home-made bomb attack last week that injured one person in the southwestern city of Wroclaw. “He is a 22-year-old man of Polish nationality, a third-year university student,” police chief Jaroslaw Szymczyk told reporters. The suspect was arrested at a relative’s flat, […]
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Europe’s sat-nav system launches fresh pair of satellites
PARIS, (APP/AFP): Europe’s Galileo sat-nav system, a rival to America’s GPS, took a step closer to becoming operational with the launch Tuesday of a fresh pair of satellites to join a dozen already in space. Orbiters 13 and 14 blasted off on a Russian Soyuz rocket from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, at 0848 […]
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US and Russia scramble to save Syria truce
BEIRUT, (APP/AFP): Washington and Moscow scrambled to salvage Syria’s shaky ceasefire on Tuesday as the country reeled from militant bombings that killed more than 160 people in President Bashar al-Assad’s coastal heartland. A regime offensive outside the capital has severely strained an already fragile nationwide ceasefire between the regime and non-jihadist rebels intended to pave […]