NAJAF, Iraq, (APP/AFP) – A powerful Iraqi Shiite cleric whose militiamen battled US forces after the 2003 invasion has said that hundreds more American troops being sent to Iraq are “a target for us”. Pentagon chief Ashton Carter announced on a recent visit to Baghdad that 560 extra military personnel would be sent as part […]
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Iraqi cleric Sadr says new US troops ‘a target’
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Myanmar fighting undermines Suu Kyi peace talks: rebels
YANGON, (APP/AFP) – Continuing fighting is undermining Aung San Suu Kyi’s drive for lasting peace in Myanmar, rebel leaders warned Monday as they cautiously welcomed her new civilian-led government’s landmark talks. Suu Kyi has made peace a flagship policy of her new government, which took over in March after decades of brutal junta rule. She […]
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Turkey detains 103 generals, admirals in total after coup: state media
ISTANBUL, (APP/AFP) – Turkey has detained a total of 103 generals and admirals in the wake of the failed coup aimed at overthrowing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, state media said on Monday. The top military figures have been detained in sweeps across the country after Friday’s attempted putsch, the agency added, in what appears to […]
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Iran denounces ‘unconstructive’ Bahrain opposition ban
TEHRAN, (APP/AFP) – Iran has criticised as “unconstructive” a Bahraini court’s decision to dissolve and seize the funds of the country’s main Shiite opposition group. The order — which can be appealed — came Sunday despite international criticism of the Gulf kingdom’s intensified crackdown on dissent. The administrative court in Manama found Al-Wefaq guilty of […]
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Links between Nice attacker and IS not yet established: minister
PARIS, (APP/AFP) – Links between the Nice truck attacker and “terrorist networks”, including the Islamic State groupwhich has claimed the killings, “have not yet been established by the investigation”, France’s interior minister said Monday. “We cannot exclude that an unbalanced and very violent individual” has been “through a rapid radicalisation, committed to this absolutely despicable […]
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Turkey in new raids against suspected coup plotters
ISTANBUL, (APP/AFP) – Turkish security forces on Monday carried out new raids against suspected plotters of the botched coup against the rule of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as international concern grew over the scale of the crackdown. The authorities have said around 6,000 people have been detained so far in the investigation into Friday’s coup […]