More than 2,000 killed in powerful quake in Morocco

By Anadolu Agency At least 2,012 people were killed and 2,059 injured following a powerful earthquake that struck Morocco, the country’s Interior Ministry said Saturday. The injuries include 1,404 critical cases. Fatalities from the magnitude-7 quake occurred in various regions, including El-Houz, Taroudant, Chichaoua, Tiznit, Marrakech, Azilal, Agadir, Casablanca and Youssoufia, the ministry said in

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Morocco earthquake kills over 1,000 people, rescuers dig for survivors

Rescuers carry a search operation following a powerful earthquake, in Amizmiz, in Morocco, September 9, 2023. Photographer Abdelhak Balhaki By Reuters A powerful earthquake in Morocco has killed more than 1,000 people and injured hundreds more, the country’s deadliest in more than six decades, toppling houses in remote mountain villages where rescuers dug through rubble

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East African economies hit by fresh round of fuel price hikes as global crude supply shrinks

By The East African East African economies are going through a fresh spike in fuel prices after Saudi Arabia and Russia agreed to extend by three months the removal of 1.3 million barrels of crude per day from the global market in a move that has seen crude price jump by 18 percent to $90

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US offers $10mn bounty for leads on Al-Shabab leader Ahmed Diriye

Ahmed Diriye/U.S. Department of State’s Rewards for Justice Program By Capital FM Kenya The United States government has issued a bounty of up to 10 million dollars for information on the whereabouts of Ahmed Diriye, also known as Ahmed Umar and Abu Ubaidah, a high-ranking member of the Somalia-based Al-Qaeda linked militant group Al-Shabab. The

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New flaw in Apple devices led to spyware infection, researchers say

The Apple Inc. logo. Reuters/Mike Segar/File Photo By Reuters Researchers at digital watchdog group Citizen Lab said on Thursday they found spyware they linked to Israeli firm NSO that exploited a newly discovered flaw in Apple (AAPL.O) devices. While inspecting the Apple device of an employee of a Washington-based civil society group last week, Citizen

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US pressuring South Asia in order to promote its own interests: Lavrov

By Anadolu Agency The US and its allies are pressuring South Asian countries in the name of a so-called Indo-Pacific Strategy to promote their own interests in the region, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Thursday. Lavrov was speaking at a joint press briefing with his Bangladeshi counterpart AK Abdul Momen in the capital Dhaka.

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Al-Shabab terrorists attack army base in Somalia

Multiple casualties are feared after Al-Shabab terrorists launched an attack targeting a Somali national army base in the country’s south-central province of the Middle Shabelle region on Thursday, according to Anadolu Agency reported. The attack took place in the newly liberated small town of Nur Dugle where Somali government forces and its allied clan militias

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Zambia’s former first lady Esther Lungu arrested and charged with motor vehicle theft

Esther Lungu charged. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Chalo Chatu By Face2Face Africa The police in Zambia have arrested the wife of former President Edgar Lungu on three charges, including theft of a motor vehicle, BBC reported. Esther Lungu, who was taken into custody on Wednesday, has denied the charges. The former first lady was arrested with three

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UK house prices fall by most since 2009 as rate rises bite

A man looks at houses for sale in the window of an estate agents in Manchester, Britain, June 22, 2023. Photographer Phil Noble By Reuters British house prices have fallen at the fastest pace since 2009 over the past year, reflecting the increasing impact of higher interest rates, mortgage lender Halifax said on Thursday. Halifax

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Al-Shabab presented Ugandan soldier and sent a demand to Museveni

A photograph appear on the Internet A soldier from the African Union’s ATMIS operation appeared for the first time in a video released by Al-Shabab terrorist group, who is one of the live soldiers who attacked the group in Bulo-Marer in the Lower Shabelle region Somalia. This Ugandan soldier asked the President of Uganda, Yoweri

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