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Libya: Army hits Haftar’s air defense system, drone

Army spokesman says Russian-made air defense system, Chinese-made armed drones were destroyed, The Libyan army shot down Sunday another air defense system and a drone of renegade commander Khalifa Haftar southwest of the capital. Libyan military spokesman Col. Mohamed Qanunu said in a statement that airstrikes were carried out against Haftar militias at the Al-Watiya

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Amnesty calls on Saudi Arabia to unconditionally release female human rights defenders

Saudi activist Loujain Al-Hathloul was arrested by Saudi forces in 2018 [Wikipedia] Marking two years of the detention of prominent female human rights defenders in Saudi Arabia, on Friday, Amnesty International called on King Salman Bin Abdulaziz to release them. In a report published on its website, Amnesty International announced that the female human rights

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Rwanda genocide suspect Kabuga arrested in Paris region after 25 years

Photo: Credit UN PARIS (Reuters) – Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga, who is accused of funding militias that massacred about 800,000 people, was arrested on Saturday near Paris after 25 years on the run, the French justice ministry said. The 84-year-old, who is Rwanda’s most-wanted man and had a $5 million U.S. bounty on his

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Romano rescue: More needs to be done to defeat Shabaab

Photo: Credit Reuters Silvia Romano, the 24-year-old Italian aid worker who worked as a volunteer at Milele Africa before she was kidnapped by al Shabaab associates at Chakama area of Malindi in 2018 is a clear victim of the duplicity and injustice of the Somalia-based terror organisation. , and lately freed from the terror group

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Somalia Accuses Kenya of Seeking Postponement of Border Dispute

President Uhuru Kenyatta (right) and his Somalia counterpart Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo follow proceedings during Kenya’s 16th annual National Prayer Breakfast at Safari Park hotel in Nairobi 31, 2018.Facebook The Kenyan government is reported to have reached out to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to request an extension to the date of the hearing of

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UN: UAE sent mercenaries to help Haftar in Libya

A group of Western mercenaries linked with companies based in the United Arab Emirates has been revealed to have been briefly deployed to Libya to fight alongside the rival Libyan National Army (LNA) forces, according to a confidential report by the United Nations accessed by Bloomberg. The team of around 20 mercenaries, led by a

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Trump says doesn’t want to talk to Xi, could even cut China ties

U.S. President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping pose for a photo ahead of their bilateral meeting during the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump signaled a further deterioration of his relationship with China over the coronavirus outbreak, saying he has

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Turkey has helped 80 countries battle coronavirus: VP

Countries mainly in need of face masks, gloves and respirators, says Fuat Oktay Turkey has sent medical aid to 80 countries to fight the novel coronavirus, the country’s vice president said Thursday. “We have had the opportunity to help 80 countries that have asked us for help so far,” Fuat Oktay said in an interview

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Tycoon in Sh7.6bn Kenya Pipeline fuel scam loses UK extradition battle

Yagnesh Devani, the businessman behind the Sh7.6 billion Triton petroleum scandal, has lost a decade-old court battle in the United Kingdom where he sought to block his extradition to Kenya. The UK Court of Appeal last week rejected the fugitive businessman’s claims that he would not face a fair trial in Kenya and fears of

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Taiwan says WHO has ‘forgotten’ neutrality by barring island

Taiwanese Vice President Chen Chien-jen attends an event to campaign for Taiwan to be recognised as a participant in the United Nations and World Health Organization, in Taipei, Taiwan March 10, 2018. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu The World Health Organization (WHO) has “forgotten” its professionalism and neutrality in locking Taiwan out of the body for political reasons,

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