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Greece to purchase new planes, frigates amid Turkey tensions

ATHENS, Sept 13 (AP): Greece's prime minister outlined plans Saturday to upgrade the country's defense capabilities, including purchasing new fighter planes, frigates, helicopters and weapons systems amid heightened tensions with Turkey over rights to resources in the eastern Mediterranean.In an annual state of the economy speech, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis...

Local polls test Putin party's grip on power

MOSCOW, Sept 13 (BBC): Voters across Russia are casting their ballots in dozens of local elections that are seen as a big test for the ruling pro-Kremlin United Russia party.Nearly 160,000 candidates are vying for seats in local parliaments. Governors are also being elected in many regions.The polls come only...

Australia defends raids as spat with China escalates

SYDNEY, Sept 13 (Reuters): Australia's Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton on Sunday defended the government's right to intelligence raids to prevent foreign interference, after China condemned searches on the homes of its journalists working in Australia.Dutton declined to directly confirm that the Chinese journalists were questioned by Australia's intelligence agency...

Lebanese protesters clash with army

BEIRUT, Sept 13 (AP): Lebanese soldiers on Saturday fired rubber bullets and live rounds in the air to disperse hundreds of protesters trying to march to the presidential palace during an anti-government demonstration.Tension is high in Lebanon following last month's devastating explosion at Beirut's port that killed nearly 200 people,...

Death toll rises in US wildfires

NEW YORK, Sept 13 (BBC): More than 30 people have been killed by wildfires that are sweeping through US West Coast states, officials say.Dozens of people are missing in Oregon alone, with one emergency official saying the state should be preparing for a "mass fatality incident".Fires have been raging in...

Mali junta agrees to 18-month transition govt

BAMAKO, Sept 13 (AP): Mali's military junta, which staged a coup last month, agreed Saturday to an 18-month transition government led by a military or civilian leader that would pave the way to elections.Three days of consultations with leaders of political and civil society groups laid out a charter for...

Erdogan warns Macron over E Med dispute

ISTANBUL, Sept 13 (Xinhua): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday warned French counterpart Emmanuel Macron over the latter's opposition to Turkey's maritime activities in the Eastern Mediterranean."Don't mess with Turkey and Turkish nation," Erdogan was quoted by the official Anadolu Agency as telling Macron in a speech to a...

One civilian dies, 4 hurt in Indian firing, says Pak army

ISLAMABAD, Sept 13 (Xinhua): Pakistani army said on Sunday that one civilian was killed and four others were injured in Indian forces' indiscriminate firing along the Line of Control (LoC) in the disputed Kashmir region.An army statement said the Indian troops committed "unprovoked ceasefire violations along the LoC, targeting civil...

Landslides in Nepal leave nine dead

KATHMANDU, Sept 13 (Xinhua): At least nine people died and 22 went missing in two separate landslides at three settlements in Barhabise Municipality of central Sindhupalchowk district, Nepal in the early morning on Sunday, a senior official at the local administration said."Nine dead bodies have been recovered from the landslides...

Saudi-led coalition air raid Houthi military sites

SANAA, Sept 13 (Xinhua): Yemen's Houthi militia said on Sunday that the Saudi-led coalition in the country launched airstrikes on its military positions in Sanaa for the second straight day.The militia's al-Masirah TV reported about 14 airstrikes at dawn on Sunday on several military sites in and around the Yemeni...