RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories, Jan 3 (AFP): Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's office said Wednesday Jerusalem is "not for sale" after US President Donald Trump threatened to cut annual aid of more than $300 million to force them to the negotiating table. "Jerusalem is the eternal capital of the state of Palestine...
Read moreBEIJING, Jan 3 (AFP): Air quality in China's notoriously smog-ridden capital in 2017 was the best since pollution control measures were implemented five years ago, the Beijing government announced Wednesday.The city met its targets with year-on-year "improvement of regional air quality and overall favourable meteorological conditions", a statement posted on...
Read moreMUMBAI, Jan 3 (AFP): Demonstrators from India's lowest caste blocked roads and railways across Mumbai on Wednesday in protest against violence involving Hindu nationalist groups at an event commemorating a 200-year-old battle.Members of the Dalit community obstructed roads, damaged buses and marched down railway tracks, delaying train services which are...
Read moreKANO, Nigeria, Jan 3 (AFP): Fourteen worshippers were killed Wednesday when a suicide bomber attacked a mosque on Nigeria's border with Cameroon, civilian vigilantes told AFP. The suspected Boko Haram jihadist blew himself up amid worshippers inside the mosque in Gamboru around 5:00am (0400 GMT), shortly before morning prayers. "Fourteen...
Read moreANKARA, Jan 3 (AFP): Iran's President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday expressed hope in a telephone call with Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan that the protests which have rocked his country would end in a few days, a Turkish presidential source said. Erdogan told Rouhani that "peace and stability" in Iranian...
Read moreAGRA, India, Jan 3 (AFP): India is to restrict the number of daily visitors to the Taj Mahal in an attempt to preserve the iconic 17th-century monument to love, its biggest tourist attraction.Millions of mostly Indian tourists visit the Taj Mahal every year and their numbers are increasing steadily as...
Read moreOSLO, Jan 3 (AFP): Norway on Wednesday announced it has suspended arms and ammunition exports to the United Arab Emirates because of the nation's involvement in the Yemen war. "The development of the armed conflict in Yemen in the autumn of 2017 has been serious and there are severe concerns...
Read moreLIMA, Jan 3, 2018 (AFP): A bus plunged over a seaside cliff in Peru on Tuesday, killing at least 48 people after a collision with a truck on a precarious stretch known as the "devil's curve," officials said.The bus was travelling from Huacho, 130 kilometres north of the capital, to...
Read moreADDIS ABABA, Jan 3 (AFP): Ethiopia's leader promised Wednesday to release "politicians" from jail and shut down a detention centre where human rights groups allege torture is routine.Prime Minister Haile-mariam Desalegn made the undertaking in comments to reporters in the capital Addis Ababa, although he did not provide details."In order...
Read moreTwo die in Russian chopper crash in SyriaMOSCOW, Jan 3: A Russian helicopter crashed in Syria on New Year's Eve killing both pilots following a technical fault, Moscow's defence ministry said Wednesday. The Mi-24 military helicopter was flying to Hama, northwestern Syria, and there was no firing from the ground,...
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