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Gaza fighting rages on as truce hopes fade

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories, May 12 (AFP): Israel and Gaza militants traded heavy fire Friday as hopes faded of securing a truce to end days of fighting that have killed dozens, all but one of them Palestinian.The violence has been met with international calls for de-escalation, with the European Union...

Erdogan rallies his base ahead of tomorrow's vote

ISTANBUL, May 12 (AFP): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan readied Friday to meet his hardcore supporters in the final countdown to the toughest election challenge of his two-decade rule.Erdogan has been campaigning round the clock as he nears momentous polls Sunday that put his Islamic style of rule in the...

Sudan war drags on despite humanitarian pledge

KHARTOUM, May 12 (AFP): Warplanes roared overhead as explosions rocked Khartoum on Friday, just hours after Sudan's warring parties signed a commitment to respect humanitarian principles in their spiralling conflict, without a truce in sight.Nearly one month after the outbreak of the fighting that has killed more than 750 people...

South Africans fret over US arms-to-Russia charge

JOHANNESBURG, May 12 (AFP): South Africans were left angry and baffled on Friday after the US accused their country of secretly shipping arms to Russia, a charge that triggered both a government rebuke but also the announcement of an inquiry.US ambassador Reuben Brigety on Thursday said Washington was confident weapons...

Russia says it repelled Ukrainian attack on eastern front

MOSCOW, May 12 (AFP): Russia said Friday it had repelled Ukrainian attacks along a 95-kilometre (60-mile) stretch of the eastern front near the town of Bakhmut, as an anticipated Ukrainian offensive looms.The announcement of the apparent large-scale Ukrainian push on Moscow-occupied territory came as Ukraine claimed significant gains in Bakhmut...

Policemen fire teargas shells

Policemen fire teargas shells to disperse Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party activists and supporters of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan trying to reach the Islamabad High Court during Khan's hearing on Friday. Imran Khan was granted two weeks of bail by Islamabad High Court on the day in a graft...