New Zealand mosque shootings kill at least 49, seriously wound 20

Photo Reuters At least one gunman killed 49 people and wounded more than 20 during Friday prayers at two New Zealand mosques in the country’s worst ever mass shooting, which Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern condemned as terrorism. A gunman broadcast live footage on Facebook of the attack on one mosque in the city of Christchurch,

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Mass shootings at New Zealand mosques kill 49; 1 man charged

Photo (AP) Mass shootings at two mosques full of worshippers attending Friday prayers killed 49 people on what the prime minister called “one of New Zealand’s darkest days,” as authorities charged one person, detained three others and defused explosive devices in what appeared to be a carefully planned racist attack. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said

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Pakistan Opens Up Visa On Arrival; But Keeps India, Somalia in Negative List

During his address, the prime minister said Pakistan does not face security issues now and now the country has to provide better conditions for investment. “Next year Pakistan Premier League matches will be held in Pakistan,” he said. The PM said that the new visa policies depict a new mindset. “Due to this mindset, people

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France receives Ethiopia crash black boxes, families mourn

Photo Reuters Investigators in France were to take charge of the crashed Ethiopian Airlines jet’s black boxes on Thursday, seeking clues into a disaster that has grounded Boeing’s global 737 MAX fleet and left scores of families mourning and angry. Sunday’s crash after take-off from Addis Ababa killed 157 people from 35 nations in the

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World stocks rise ahead of vote to push Brexit back

Photo (AP) World stocks were mostly higher on Thursday as traders awaited a vote that could delay Britain’s March 29 exit from the European Union. In Europe, Britain’s FTSE 100 added 0.5 percent to 7,192.44 and France’s CAC 40 advanced 0.7 percent to 5,344.50. The DAX in Germany was 0.4 percent higher at 11,614.18. Wall

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War on terror: MPs reject Kenya-Somalia border wall plan

Members of the National Assembly now want investigators to look into how Sh3.4 billion was used to construct 10 kilometers of the controversial barrier between Kenya and Somalia. While noting on Wednesday that a border wall is not a viable measure in the fight against Al-Shabaab terrorists, they decried wastage of resources and said the

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US report faults Saudi Arabia in killing of journalist

Photo (AP) The Trump administration used an annual human rights report to call out Saudi Arabia on Wednesday over the October killing of U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The State Department annual global human rights report said The Washington Post columnist was killed by agents of the kingdom, a close U.S. partner, while he was inside

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MPs reject no-deal Brexit in any circumstance

Tellers announce the results of the vote on Brexit in Parliament in London, Britain, March 13, 2019, in this screen grab taken from video. Reuters TV via REUTERS MPs on Wednesday overwhelmingly rejected leaving the European Union without a deal, paving the way for a vote to delay Brexit to seek a way out of

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KDF troops kill 3 Al-Shabaab gunmen in Bura Hache gunfight

The weapons and ammunition that KDF soldiers seized after killing three Al-Shabaab terrorists in Bura Hache on March 13, 2019 Kenyan soldiers in Somalia on Wednesday killed three Al-Shabaab terrorists and captured one in a gunfight in Bura Hache.The Defence ministry issued a statement saying the troops, who are part of the African Union Mission

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South Sudan peace deal doomed if disputes not settled: think-tank

South Sudan’s six-month-old peace deal is doomed to collapse unless the sides can settle a string of disputes and bring former rebels into the army before the formation of a new government in May, a think-tank said on Wednesday. About 400,000 people have been killed, and more than a third of the country’s 12 million

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