MADRID, July 28, (APP/AFP): The Spanish government has filed an appeal with the country’s constitutional court against a reform passed by the Catalan parliament to fast-track bills through the regional parliament, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said Friday. Catalonia’s majority separatist lawmakers hope the reform they approved on Wednesday will pave the way for an independence […]
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Spain files legal challenge to Catalan referendum move
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Indonesia, Australia call for a stronger cooperation on counter-terrorism
MANADO, Indonesia, July 29 (APP/AFP) – Indonesia and Australia on Saturday called for stronger cooperation in counter-terrorism as the region braces for the return of foreign militants fighting in the Middle East. In a one-day gathering in North Sulawesi of six nations including Malaysia, the Philippines, New Zealand and Brunei, ministers discussed terrorism in Southeast […]
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Algeria independence figure Redha Malek dies aged 86
ALGIERS, July 29, (APP/AFP) – Redha Malek, the last surviving member of Algeria’s negotiating team of the March 1962 peace agreement that led to its independence from France, died on Saturday aged 86, state television said. Malek embarked on an extensive diplomatic career after the Evian accords that ended an uprising against French rule, crafting […]
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Pacquiao visits troops in Philippine warzone
MANILA, July 29, (APP/AFP) – Boxing hero Manny Pacquiao lifted the spirits of Philippine troops in a visit on Saturday to a southern city where soldiers have been battling pro-Islamic State militants for over two months. The boxer-turned-senator, dressed in a military camouflage uniform, joked that he would join the fight in the city of […]
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Venezuela’s Maduro proposes talks with opposition
CARACAS, July 28 (APP/AFP) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday proposed opening talks with the opposition before a much contested vote expected this weekend to elect a body that would rewrite the constitution. “I propose to the Venezuelan political opposition that it abandon the road to insurrection… and that in the coming hours, before […]
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Govt taking measures to provide clean drinking water to FATA: Governor
PESHAWAR, July 27 (APP): The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor, Engineer Iqbal Zafar Jhagra has said that solid measures are underway to provide potable water to the people in FATA on sustainable basis. To make this possible, he added, the tube wells are being shifted to solar energy system on the one hand while on the other […]