MEXICO CITY, (APP/AFP) – Authorities killed at least 10 criminal suspects in northern Mexico on Sunday as their gang blocked roads with burning vehicles in a bid to thwart the anti-drug cartel operation. Soldiers, federal police and marines took part in the pre-dawn operation in Reynosa, a city bordering the United States that has been […]
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10 gang suspects killed in northern Mexico
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Trump doubles down despite campaign violence
CINCINNATI, March 13, (APP/AFP) – Donald Trump doubled down Sunday on his claim that “thugs” — not his heated rhetoric — are to blame for spiraling violence at his rallies, two days before crucial votes that could propel him to an insurmountable lead in the Republican White House race. Trump hit the campaign trail again […]
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‘I’m not about to die’ Malawi leader tells Nigerian ‘prophet’
BLANTYRE, Malawi, March 13, (APP/AFP) – Malawian President Peter Mutharika on Sunday attacked a popular Nigerian television evangelist over an alleged prophecy that he would die before April 1, state television reported. “I’m told there is a man in Nigeria called Joshua and he is saying that Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and Peter Mutharika will […]
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Israel-Palestinian violence an obstacle to new peace initiative: Kerry
PARIS, March 13, (APP/AFP) – US Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday that a wave of Israeli-Palestinian violence could hamper French efforts to revive the peace process, but pledged “we are all looking for a way forward.” “The United States and myself remain deeply, deeply committed to a two-state solution,” Kerry said after a […]
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Pak-Saudi ties based upon strong bonds of brotherhood: analysts
ISLAMABAD, Mar 13 (APP): A number of political leaders and analysts said that current visit of the Prime Minister of Pakistan and the Chief of Army Staff to Saudi Arabia would further cement ties between the brotherly countries. In a programme aired by the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC), Barrister Daniyal Chaudhry, a leader of PML-N, […]
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Car bombing kills 27 in central Ankara
ANKARA, March 13, (APP/AFP) – A car bomb ripped through a busy square in central Ankara Sunday, killing at least 27 people and wounding 75, officials said, the latest in a spate of attacks to hit Turkey. Ambulances rushed to the scene on Kizilay square, a key commercial and transport hub close to the city’s […]