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Trump vows to 'take' Cuba

HAVANA/WASHINGTON, Mar 17 (AFP): US President Donald Trump vowed Monday to "take" Cuba as the communist island plunged into darkness under a total power blackout linked to a crippling oil embargo imposed by Washington.After nearly seven decades defying the United States, Havana's communist authorities are under massive pressure from a...

UN rights report raises concerns of 'ethnic cleansing'

GENEVA, Mar 17 (AP): The U.N. human rights chief's office expressed concerns about possible "ethnic cleansing" in a new report on Tuesday, saying that Israel has accelerated the expansion of settlements in large parts of the occupied West Bank and the forced displacement of more than 36,000 Palestinians.The report from...

China calls for restraint after Pak strikes in Kabul

BEIJING, March 17 (AFP): China called for "calm and restraint" between Pakistan and Afghanistan on Tuesday, after an air strike on a drug rehabilitation centre in Kabul killed at least 400 people.Afghanistan accused Pakistan on Tuesday of hitting a treatment centre for drug addicts in its capital, though Islamabad denied...

Iran's new supreme leader rejects de-escalation proposals

TEHRAN, March 17 (Reuters): Iran's new supreme leader has rejected de-escalation proposals conveyed to Tehran by intermediaries, demanding Israel and the United States first be "brought to their knees", a senior Iranian official said on Tuesday.Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei had held his first foreign policy session since being named supreme leader,...

100,000 flee South Sudan offensive into Ethiopia, says UNICEF

JUBA, Mar 17 (AFP): An order by South Sudan's army to evacuate the opposition-held town of Akobo earlier this month pushed an estimated 100,000 people to flee across the border into Ethiopia, UNICEF said Tuesday.Akobo in the eastern state of Jonglei is the latest flashpoint as fighting between the government...

UK rushes to contain deadly meningitis outbreak

LONDON, Mar 17 (AFP): Over 10 people were hospitalised in the UK and students urged to take preventative antibiotics Tuesday as health officials rushed to treat a deadly meningitis outbreak linked to a nightclub.The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has reported two dead from the outbreak in Kent in southeastern...

Magnitude 5.8 Earthquake hits off Cuba

HAVANA, Mar 17 (AFP): A 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Cuba early Tuesday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said.The quake hit at a depth of 11.6 kilometers (7.2 miles) about 49 kilometers south-southwest of Cuba's easternmost municipality of Maisi at 12:28 am (0428 GMT), according to the...