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Iran does not trust US as Trump toughens terms

TEHRAN, June 1 (AFP): Iran's chief negotiator warned on Sunday the United States was not to be trusted, saying Tehran would not agree to any deal with Washington unless it fully secured Iranian rights.Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf's remarks came as reports emerged that US President Donald Trump had sent a tougher...

'Nothing justifies' south Lebanon escalation, says Macron

PARIS, France, June 1 (AFP): France's President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday he had encouraged his US counterpart Donald Trump to pursue his "determined efforts" to reach a ceasefire deal with Iran to end the Middle East war.In a phone call on Sunday night, "I welcomed the determined efforts he...

Blast in rebel-held Myanmar kills dozens

YANGON, Myanmar, June 1 (AFP): A blast in northern Myanmar killed dozens of people on Sunday, two rescue workers said, with rebels controlling the region saying it was caused by the accidental detonation of mining explosives.One first responder in Shan state's Namhkam district, where the blast occurred, said 46 people...

Armenia rejects Putin's pressure for EU referendum

YEREVAN, June 1 (AFP): Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Monday rebuffed Moscow's call for his country to hold a referendum on joining the EU, saying ties with Russia were in a "transformation phase."The Kremlin has upped pressure on Armenia over its rapprochement with Brussels ahead of weekend elections, banning...

Drone strikes kill 67 in Sudan's Kordofan, says rights group

KHARTOUM, June 1 (AFP): Nearly 70 people were killed in Sudan's Kordofan region in two recent drone attacks, a rights group and a local leader reported on Sunday.The Emergency Lawyers, a group that documents abuses in Sudan's long-running war, said that 10 people -- eight children and two women --...

Protest against planned US Ebola quarantine facility in Kenya

NAIROBI, June 1 (Reuters): Hundreds of people took to the streets in the central Kenyan town of Nanyuki on Monday to protest moves by the United States to set up an Ebola quarantine facility at a military base there, residents told Reuters, days after the High Court ordered the government...