DHAKA, July 7, (APP/AFP) – At least one policeman was killed and five others wounded Thursday following an explosion and a gunbattle near a mass prayer gathering to celebrate Eid in northern Bangladesh, police said. Only days after 20 hostages were murdered by suspected Islamists in Dhaka, police and local media reported a new attack […]
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Policeman dead after Bangladesh Eid prayer attack
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Pistorius jailed for six years for murdering girlfriend
PRETORIA, July 6, (APP/AFP) – Double-amputee Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius was on Wednesday sentenced to six years in jail for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp three years ago. “The sentence that I impose on the accused… is six years imprisonment,” judge Thokozile Masipa told the High Court in Pretoria.
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Tony Blair: leader who could never get past Iraq
LONDON, July 6, (APP/AFP) – Tony Blair was one of Britain’s most successful prime ministers but his support for the 2003 war in Iraq has overshadowed his achievements in office and his subsequent career as globe-trotting elder statesman. The former Labour leader is expected to be severely criticised by the official inquiry into Britain’s role […]
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Clinton dodges FBI bullet on email prosecution
NEW YORK, July 6, (APP/AFP) – Hillary Clinton can breathe a sigh of relief. She has avoided criminal charges that could have ended her campaign, but a brutal FBI rebuke over her emails could still complicate an increasingly tight race against Donald Trump. The FBI’s decision against prosecuting Clinton for using a private email server […]
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Why Brexit is bad for NATO, Europe’s defence
PARIS, July 6, (APP/AFP) – Britain’s shock vote to leave the EU is bad news for NATO and for Europe’s defence cooperation in general, experts said ahead of this week’s NATO summit. “It’s bad news for everyone,” said Camille Grand, director of the Fondation pour la recherche strategique (RFS, or Strategic Research Foundation) in Paris. […]
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Hungary to hold October referendum on EU migrant scheme
BUDAPEST, July 5, (APP/AFP) – Hungary will hold a referendum on October 2 on troubled EU plans to relocate migrants among member states, a scheme fiercely opposed by right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban, the president said Tuesday. “As president of the republic I decree that the referendum will be held on October 2,” Janos Ader […]