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Peace talks must include Kyiv

LONDON, Aug 10 (BBC): European allies have rallied behind Ukraine in a renewed surge of support, insisting that any peace talks with Russia must include Kyiv.A joint statement issued by the leaders of the UK, France, Italy, Germany, Poland, Finland and the European Commission came ahead of US President Donald...

Blast at Hezbollah site in Lebanon kills six soldiers

BEIRUT, Aug 10 (AFP): The Lebanese army said a blast at a weapons depot near the Israeli border killed six soldiers on Saturday, with a military source saying the troops were removing munitions from a Hezbollah facility.Under the truce that ended last year's war between Israel and Hezbollah, Lebanese troops...

Wildfire forces clousure of Mount Vesuvius

ROME, Aug 10 (AFP): Italian firefighters on Sunday tackled a wildfire on the flanks of Mount Vesuvius, with all hiking routes up the volcano near Naples closed to tourists.The national fire service said it had 12 teams on the ground and six Canadair planes fighting the blaze, which has torn...

Thousands rally in Tel Aviv against Netanyahu's new Gaza plan

TEL AVIV, Aug 10 (Reuters/AFP): Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Tel Aviv on Saturday night to oppose Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to escalate the nearly two-year Gaza war, demanding an immediate end to the campaign and for the release of the hostages.A day earlier, the prime...

'Challenging day' for firefighters battling huge blaze in France

FONTJONCOUSE, Aug 10 (AFP): Firefighters have contained a massive wildfire in southern France but local officials warned on Sunday that scorching heat and dry conditions could reignite the blaze, as parts of the Mediterranean region face a heatwave.The fire has ravaged a vast area of France's southern Aude department at...

Chad court jails former PM, opposition leader for 20 yrs

N'DJAMENA, Aug 10 (AFP): A court in Chad jailed former prime minister and opposition leader Succes Masra for 20 years Saturday, convicting him of hate speech, xenophobia and having incited a massacre.The court in N'Djamena jailed Masra, one of President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno's fiercest critics, for his role in...

Over 600 pilgrims hospitalised due to chlorine gas leak in Iraq

KARBALA, Aug 10 (AFP): More than 600 pilgrims in Iraq were briefly hospitalised with respiratory problems after inhaling chlorine as the result of a leak at a water treatment station, authorities said Sunday.The incident took place overnight on the route between the two Shiite holy cities of Najaf and Karbala,...

50mn to receive typhoid vaccine in September

A total of 50 million children and adolescents in Bangladesh will be vaccinated against typhoid in September, for which registration has already begun, reports bdnews24.com.The vaccine will be given free of charge to those aged between nine months and 16 years.Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) Manager Abul Fazal Md Shahabuddin...