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Kurdish group PKK declares ceasefire

ANKARA, Mar 01 (BBC): Outlawed Kurdish group the PKK has declared a ceasefire with Turkey after its jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan called on the movement to lay down its arms and dissolve itself.In a statement on Saturday, the PKK said it hoped Turkey would release Ocalan, who has been imprisoned...

UK minister quits over overseas aid cut

LONDON, Mar 01 (AFP): UK international development minister Anneliese Dodds said on Friday she was resigning from the Labour government over cuts to overseas aid ordered by Prime Minister Keir Starmer to boost defence spending."Ultimately these cuts will remove food and healthcare from desperate people," Dodds said in a letter...

Four dead from India avalanche, 5 missing

DEHRADUN, Mar 01 (AFP): At least four people died from their injuries in India after an avalanche hit a remote border area, officials said Saturday, as rescuers deployed helicopters to search for the remaining five missing.A total of 55 workers were buried under snow and debris after the avalanche hit...

Japan battles biggest wildfire in decades

TOKYO, Mar 01 (AFP): Japan was battling its largest wildfire in more than three decades on Saturday, one of several blazes that have killed one person and forced the evacuation of more than a thousand.Flames are estimated to have spread over about 1,200 hectares (3,000 acres) in the forest of...

Uncertainty looms as first phase of Gaza ceasefire expires without extension

GAZA CITY, Mar 01 (AFP): The first phase of the Israel-Hamas truce is drawing to a close on Saturday, but negotiations on the next stage, which should secure a permanent ceasefire, have so far been inconclusive.The ceasefire took effect on January 19 after more than 15 months of war sparked...

Thousands attend funeral for Taliban cleric slain in Pakistan

AKORA KHATTAK, Mar 01 (AP): Thousands of mourners attended a funeral Saturday for a Taliban-linked cleric slain in Pakistan's northwest.Hamidul Haq, the head of Jamia Haqqania seminary, was one of seven people killed in a suicide bombing a day earlier at a mosque inside a seminary compound. Police said Haq...