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Turkey criticises US terror designation for Hamas chief

GAZA CITY, Feb 02 (AFP): Turkey on Friday denounced the US decision to put the head of Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas on its terror blacklist, saying it hoped the move would not have a negative impact on Ankara's humanitarian aid to Gaza.The US State Department on Wednesday also slapped sanctions...

Fidel Castro's son commits suicide

HAVANA, Feb 02 (AFP): The popular eldest son of the late Cuban president Fidel Castro committed suicide on Thursday, state media reported. He was 68 years old. "Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart, who had been treated by a group of doctors for several months due to deep depression, took his life this...

Cleared Nasheed vows to run for Maldives presidential polls

Mohamed Nasheed COLOMBO, Feb 02 (AFP): The exiled former leader of the Maldives vowed Friday to run for president after the Supreme Court quashed his conviction, dealing a major blow to the ruling regime.Mohamed Nasheed, the country's first democratically elected president, has urged the government to respect the top court's...

Afghan president accuses Pakistan of failing to move against Taliban

KABUL, Feb 02 (Reuters): Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Friday accused neighboring Pakistan of failing to move against the Taliban and pledged a new security plan for Kabul after hundreds of people were killed and wounded in two deadly attacks on the capital last month. Afghanistan has long accused Pakistan...

China slams US for nominating activists for prize

BEIJING, Feb 02 (AP): China on Friday criticized US Congress members who nominated Hong Kong's 2014 pro-democracy protest movement and three of its most prominent student leaders for the Nobel Peace Prize.The 12 lawmakers, in a letter this week to the nominating committee in Oslo, said they were naming Joshua...

Iran arrests 29 women as headscarf protests intensify

TEHRAN, Feb 02 (AFP): Tehran police have arrested 29 women for appearing in public without a headscarf as protests against the dress code in force since the Islamic revolution of 1979 intensify, Iranian media reported Friday.Those arrested were accused of public order offences and referred to the state prosecutor's office,...

CIA defends meetings with Russian spy chiefs

WASHINGTON, Feb 02 (Reuters): US Central Intelligence Agency Director Mike Pompeo on Thursday defended talks he had at CIA headquarters last week with Russian spy chiefs at a time of strained ties between Washington and Moscow and political squabbling over allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 US election.A US...

Russia marks 75 years since Battle of Stalingrad victory

MOSCOW, Feb 02 (AFP): Russia on Friday marked 75 years since the Soviet Union's victory in the major World War II Battle of Stalingrad, extolled as a symbol of the country's resilience as President Vladimir Putin campaigns for his fourth term.Putin was set to fly to Volgograd, the current name...

News in Brief --(3-02-2018)

Five die after two army copters collide in FranceMARSEILLE, Feb 02: Five people were killed Friday after two army training helicopters crashed into each other near a lake in southern France, police said. The collision took place near Carces lake about 50 kilometres (30 miles) northwest of the resort of...