BAGHDAD, (APP/AFP) – Thousands of supporters of powerful Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr answered his call to demonstrate in Baghdad on Tuesday to pressure the Iraqi government to carry out stalled reforms. Iraq has been hit by weeks of political turmoil surrounding Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s efforts to replace the cabinet of party-affiliated ministers with a […]
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Thousands of Iraqis answer Sadr’s call to protest
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Two Armenian soldiers killed in Karabakh despite truce
YEREVAN, (APP/AFP) – Two ethnic Armenian soldiers have been killed in a new upsurge in fighting between Azerbaijani forces and separatists from the breakaway region of Nagorny Karabakh, the separatist statelet said on Tuesday. “On the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Karabakh forces, the enemy violated a ceasefire 80 times using all types of […]
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Teen pleads not guilty to Australia terror plan
SYDNEY, (APP/AFP) – A 16-year-old charged with preparing a terror attack linked to Anzac Day commemorations in Australia pleaded not guilty Tuesday, reports said, as it emerged he had been in an intensive deradicalisation programme. The boy, who cannot be named, did not appear in Parramatta Children’s Court in Sydney and the plea was made […]
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Einstein’s theory of relativity faces satellite test
CAYENNE, (APP/AFP): Einstein’s theory of general relativity is to be put to the test by a newly launched satellite in an experiment that could upend our understanding of physics. The French “Microscope” orbiter will try to poke a hole in one of Einstein’s most famous theories, which provides the basis for our modern understanding of […]
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Vietnam thwarts dissidents, pop star election bid
HANOI, (APP/AFP) – Vietnam has blocked a motley crew of independent candidates from running for seats in its rubber stamp parliament, activists said Tuesday, a move they say highlights the communist country’s “facade of democracy”. In an unprecedented showing this year, more than 100 independent candidates– including dissidents, a taxi driver and a pop star […]
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Fire at Indian museum destroys rare collections
NEW DELHI, (APP/AFP): A massive fire gutted a natural history museum in the Indian capital on Tuesday destroying rare specimens of flora and fauna, the Indian environment minister said. The blaze broke out overnight on the sixth floor of the building that houses the museum in central Delhi and rapidly engulfed the other floors, a […]