NAIROBI, (APP/AFP) – Former Burundian government minister and spokeswoman Hafsa Mossi was shot dead outside her house in the capital Bujumbura on Wednesday, police said. “Hon. Hafsa assassinated 10.30 in Gihosha”, in the east of Bujumbura by, “two criminals in a vehicle,” police spokesman Pierre Nkurikiye said on Twitter.
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Former Burundi minister Hafsa Mossi shot dead: police
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Saudi soldier dies in Yemen border mine blast
RIYADH, (APP/AFP) : A landmine has killed a Saudi Arabian soldier patrolling the southern border with Yemen, the interior ministry says. The blast struck a Border Guard patrol at 7:00 am (0400 GMT) Tuesday morning in the kingdom’s Jazan region, the ministry said in a statement late Tuesday. About 100 Saudi soldiers and civilians have […]
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Nuclear deal holding but more work needed: Iran negotiator
TEHRAN, (APP/AFP): Iran’s nuclear deal with world powers is holding a year after it was agreed but more needs to be done to ensure its full implementation, a top Iranian negotiator said Wednesday. “The total process has been relatively satisfactory despite the difficulties that we see in the implementation,” Hamid Baeidinejad told a press conference […]
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Theresa May prepares to take over as Brexit PM
LONDON, (APP/AFP) – Theresa May will become Britain’s second ever female prime minister on Wednesday when David Cameron steps down after a seismic referendum to leave the European Union that sent shockwaves round the world and wrecked his career. Cameron is to hold his final weekly question-and-answer session in parliament before tendering his resignation to […]
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Jordan agrees one-off aid for Syrians blocked at border: UN
AMMAN, (APP/AFP) – Jordan has agreed to a one-off aid delivery to more than 100,000 desperate Syrians blocked in the desert no-man’s land on its northeastern border, the United Nations said. Jordan closed the border to both would-be refugees and aid agencies after a June 21 suicide bombing claimed by the Islamic State group killed […]
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Suicide bomber kills four at Iraq checkpoint
BAGHDAD, (APP/AFP) – A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-rigged vehicle at a checkpoint near Baghdad on Wednesday, killing at least four people, security and medical officials said. The bombing at a checkpoint leading to the Husseiniyah area, northeast of the capital, also wounded 21 people, the officials said. The blast is the latest in a […]