Survivors dig by hand after Afghanistan quake killing 1,000

Afghans walk by a destroyed housein the village of Gyan, in Paktika province, Afghanistan, Wednesday, June 22, 2022. A powerful earthquake struck a rugged, mountainous region of eastern Afghanistan early Wednesday, flattening stone and mud-brick homes in the country’s deadliest quake in two decades, the state-run news agency reported. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Nooroozi) By The Associated

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Khashoggi: Saudi crown prince still ‘a murderer’ says fiancee, as MBS visits Turkey

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan welcomes Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman with a handshake at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, June 22, 2022. Reuters/Umit Bektas By Middle East Eye Jamal Khashoggi’s fiancee Hatice Cengiz on Wednesday called Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman a “murderer”, as she slammed his first visit to Ankara since

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Channel 4 News hit with Ofcom complaints and petition to remove terrorist segment

Jamal Osman obtained rare access to film in Al Shabaab territory ( Image: Internet Unknown) The Daily Mirror  By Susan Knox Channel 4 News has been hit with over 100 Ofcom complaints over Jamal Osman’s ‘Inside Al- Shabaab’ segment. A petition to pull the segment, which aired on June 15, has accumulated over 100 signatures

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Turkish president welcomes Saudi crown prince with official ceremony

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday welcomed Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman with an official ceremony in the capital Ankara. Erdogan received the crown prince at the presidential complex. Ahead of an official dinner, the leaders are set to have one-on-one and inter-delegation meetings. Erdogan earlier said they would discuss ways to take

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Finland is ready to fight Russia if attacked – defence chief

Commander of the Finnish Defence Forces, General Timo Kivinen, 62, poses for a photograph at the Defence Command headquarters in Helsinki, Finland, June 16, 2022. Picture taken June 16, 2022. Reuters/Anne Kauranen By Reuters Finland has prepared for decades for a Russian attack and would put up stiff resistance should one occur, its armed forces

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Over 280 killed as earthquake jolts Afghanistan

By Anadolu Agency A deadly earthquake has killed 280 people in eastern Afghanistan, official media said Wednesday. The tremors shook the eastern border provinces of Khost and Paktika, state-run Bakhtar News Agency reported, adding that 595 people were also wounded. Afghan officials said the death toll could rise as dozens of people are in critical

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Ukraine president says Africa is a hostage in the war with Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy: Credit to Photo AP By Reuters Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that Africa was a “hostage” in the war with Russia, which had contributed to rising food prices on the continent. African countries are acutely affected by the growing crisis, which has sent prices of grains, cooking oils, fuel

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US, Iran in tense sea incident; Tehran preps new centrifuges

In this image from a video made available by the U.S. Navy, a boat of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) operates in close proximity to patrol coastal ship USS Sirocco (PC 6) and expeditionary fast transport USNS Choctaw County (T-EPF 2) in the Strait of Hormuz, Monday, June 20, 2022. A U.S. Navy

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Total travel chaos hits UK as trains stop due to strike, flights grounded with no luggage handlers

A general view of Waterloo Station, on the first day of national rail strike in London, Britain, June 21, 2022. Reuters/Henry Nicholls By Anadolu Agency Britain has come to a complete standstill from early hours of Tuesday as thousands of rail workers have started an industrial action, leaving the rail network running with a skeleton

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Crypto’s latest meltdown leaves punters bruised and bewildered

By Reuters For Jeremy Fong, U.S. crypto lender Celsius was an ideal place to stash his digital currency holdings – and earn some spending money from its double-digit interest rates along the way. “I was probably earning $100 a week,” at sites like Celsius, said Fong, a 29-year civil aerospace worker who lives in the

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