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Gunmen kill 50 people in Nigeria village attacks

ABUJA, Apr 07 (AP): Gunmen have killed at least 50 people during two attacks on a village in north-central Nigeria, authorities said Thursday.Ruben Bako, chairman of the Otukpo local government where the massacre happened, said that gunmen killed 47 people on Wednesday in Umogidi village in Benue state. A day...

Putin, Lukashenko hold talks on defence

MOSCOW, Apr 07 (AP): Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart on Thursday discussed expanding economic cooperation and bolstering defense ties between their nations, which include a plan to deploy Russia's nuclear weapons to Belarus amid the fighting in neighboring Ukraine.The Kremlin talks involved senior officials from both countries...

Ethiopia starts dismantling regional military forces

ADDIS ABABA, Apr 07 (AFP): Ethiopia has begun dismantling regional forces established by some states, aiming to integrate them into the federal army, police or civilian life, a government spokeswoman said Friday, in a move expected to arouse opposition.Forces set up unilaterally by some states have sparked controversy, particularly during...

China sanctions groups, Taiwan official for Tsai’s US visit

TAIPEI, Apr 07 (AP): China announced sanctions Friday against two Asia-based organizations and Taiwan's representative in the U.S. in response to the closely watched meeting this week between the U.S. House Speaker and Taiwan's president.The Prospect Foundation and the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats were being sanctioned for their...

Two Israeli women killed in West Bank shooting

WEST BANK, Apr 07 (BBC/AP): Two Israeli women have been killed and another seriously injured in a shooting attack in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli military and medics say.The women were in a car that crashed after being shot at near the settlement of Hamra, in the Jordan Valley....

3,300 UN Afghan staff stay home over Taliban ban on women

UNITED NATIONS, Apr 07 (AP): The United Nations said the 3,330 Afghan men and women it employs stayed home for a second day Thursday to protest the Taliban's ban on U.N. female staff working in the country as it continued to press for the decision to be reversed.The U.N. Security...

Pilot lands plane with poisonous cobra on his back

JOHANNESBURG, Apr 07 (AFP): A South African pilot who made an emergency landing after a venomous snake crawled into his seat was praised by the authorities Friday for "displaying impeccable bravery".Rudolf Erasmus was flying a small private aircraft with four passengers from Bloemfontein to Pretoria earlier this week, when he...