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North Korea’s Kim arrives in Russia to hold talks with Putin: Reports

By Anadolu Agency North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Tuesday arrived in Russia to meet President Vladimir Putin, media reports said. Kim, who last visited Russia in 2019, arrived in the Russian border city of Khasan, and is on his way to the Far Eastern city of Ussuriysk, according to Yonhap news agency. He left

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Niger’s military says France of bringing in new troops for ‘intervention’

General Abdourahmane Tiani, who was declared as the new head of state of Niger Reuters/Balima Boureima/File Photo Niger’s coup leaders says France is amassing troops, war materials and equipment in many neighboring West African countries with the aim of “military intervention”. France’s relations with its former colony, Niger, have deteriorated since Paris sided with ousted

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The Horn Of Africa States: Somalia To Lose Its Sovereignty – OpEd

File Photo Somali Times/Somalia shady president Hassan Sheikh Eurasia Review By Dr. Suleiman Walhad The vision of the EAC is “To be a prosperous, competitive, secure, stable and politically united East Africa”. The EAC represents seven countries at present from East and Central Africa. Yet the name remains the East Africa Community, despite it overlooking

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Afghanistan meth trade surges as Taliban clamps down on heroin, UN report says

Taliban soldiers celebrate on the second anniversary of the fall of Kabul on a street near the US embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 15, 2023. Reuters/Ali Khara/File Photo By Reuters Methamphetamine trafficking in and around Afghanistan has surged in recent years, even as the Taliban has curbed heroin trafficking since taking power, a United Nations

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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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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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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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