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Qatari Emir’s Riviera Mansion Targeted In Gun Point Robbery

Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani speaks in Doha, July 21, 2017. (AP Photo) By AFP Thieves, one of them armed, broke into the Qatari emir’s mansion near the French Mediterranean resort of Cannes, stealing watches and other luxury items, a source close to the case said Friday. The emir, Sheikh Tamim

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U.S. discusses urgent need for Tunisia prime minister-designate -White House

Tunisian President Kais Saied raises his fist to bystanders as he stroll along the avenue Bourguiba in Tunis: Credit Associated Press By Reuters The U.S. deputy national security adviser met Tunisia’s president on Friday and discussed the urgent need to appoint a prime minister designate to form a capable government, the White House said. The

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Afghan women fear return to ‘dark days’ amid Taliban sweep

Zarmina Kakar a women’s rights activist cry during an interview with The Associated Press in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Aug. 13, 2021. Kakar was a year old when the Taliban entered Kabul the first time in 1996, and recalled a time when her mother took her out to buy her ice cream, back when the Taliban

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Wajir, Garissa residents registered as ‘refugees’ sue in citizenship row

By Business Daily Africa Close to 20,000 northern Kenya residents, who registered as asylum seekers to benefit from services offered to refugees, have sued the government seeking to be removed from the database and given national identity cards. The Kenyans, who live near the refugee camps, were registered as refugees as children or were put

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Afghanistan spiralling into failed state where al Qaeda will thrive – UK says

British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace leaves after the service marking Armistice Day at Westminster Abbey in London, Britain November 11, 2020. Aaron Chown/PA Wire/Pool via REUTERS By Sarah Young and Guy Faulconbridge LONDON, Aug 13 (Reuters) – Afghanistan is spiralling into a failed state and a civil war in which militant groups such as al

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With fall of Logar, Taliban close in on Afghanistan’s capital

By Anadolu Agency After Kandahar, Herat, advancing insurgents claim capturing capitals of Logar, Ghor, Badhis provinces Making rapid gains over the past few days, the Taliban have now taken control of 15 of Afghanistan’s 34 provincial capitals, sources confirmed on Friday. Following days of heavy clashes, the insurgents captured Afghanistan’s second- and third-largest cities Kandahar

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Terror suspects wanted in Egypt, Somalia arrested in Mombasa

From left: Terror suspects Mohamed Mohamed Abdullahi, Mustafa Abdi Saidi and Mohamed Shendy Elhosseiny at the Mombasa Law Courts on August 12, 2021. They were detained for 10 days to allow the police to complete investigations: Credit Daily Nation/ Brian Ocharo. By Daily Nation Officers from the Anti-Terror Police Unit (ATPU) in Mombasa have arrested

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Qatar’s new electoral law stirs up tribal sensitivities

Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani [Mustafa Yalçın/Anadolu Agency] By Reuters Tribal sensitivities have resurfaced in Qatar after some members of a main tribe found themselves ineligible to vote in the country’s first legislative polls, due in October, under a new electoral law for the advisory Shura Council. Members of the Al

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Indonesia’s army stops ‘virginity tests’ on female recruits

File – In this Oct. 5, 2017, file photo, female members of Indonesian Army show their martial arts skills during a parade marking the 72nd anniversary of the Indonesian Armed Forces in Cilegon, Banten, Indonesia. Human rights groups welcomed Indonesia’s decision to stop abusive “virginity tests” on female recruits seven years after the World Health

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Somali foreign minister says Uhuru and Roble discuss the maritime case

File Photo/Somali Times Somali Foreign Minister Mohamed Abdirizack said maritime meeting was held between Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and Prime Minister Mohamed Roble in Mombasa. The President of Kenya’s main agenda was the maritime case to negotiate between Somalia and Kenya according to Kenyan officials told Somali Times. Kenya statehouse has reported on Twitter that

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