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Turkish, Kurdish forces battle for Syrian border town

CEYLANPINAR, Oct 15 (Agencies): Turkish artillery is pounding suspected Syrian Kurdish positions near a town in northeast Syria as Turkey's military incursion enters its seventh day. An Associated Press journalist on Tuesday reported heavy bombardment of targets in the countryside of Ras al Ayn, days after Turkey announced that it...

Mass raids target opposition chief in Russia

MOSCOW, Oct 15 (AFP): Russian investigators raided opposition offices across the country on Tuesday, in the latest move to increase pressure on chief government critic Alexei Navalny and his allies.The raids, which investigators said were linked to suspicions of financial crimes, followed similar mass searches last month and came less...

Ecuador lifts curfew after deal with protesters

QUITO, Oct 15 (Xinhua): The curfew on Ecuador's capital Quito was lifted on Monday after an agreement reached between the government and indigenous leaders on Sunday put an end to more than 10 days of turbulent protests. The Defense Ministry said residents were free to move about again, and life...

Young Tunisians behind Saied’s poll victory

TUNIS, Oct 15 (AFP): Behind the landslide victory of conservative political outsider Kais Saied in a runoff presidential vote were millions of young voters, who describe him as a leader worthy of their trust as Tunisia's democracy takes root.According to a poll by the Sigma polling institute, around 90 percent...

New Delhi bans use of diesel generators

NEW DELHI, Oct 15 (AFP): New Delhi banned the use of diesel generators on Tuesday as pollution levels in the Indian capital exceeded safe limits by more than four times.Every winter, New Delhi is enveloped in a noxious blanket of smog of car fumes, industrial emissions and smoke from stubble...

Libya deports over 100 illegal immigrants

TRIPOLI, Oct 15 (Xinhua): Libya's Immigration Control Department in the eastern city of Benghazi on Monday announced the deportation of more than 100 illegal immigrants to Egypt and Nigeria. The department said that 98 immigrants of Egyptian nationality were deported from Benghazi to Egypt, and 13 Nigerian immigrants to their...

Wreckage found of missing DRCongo plane

KANANGA, Oct 15 (AFP): Search teams have found wreckage from a government cargo plane that went missing last week in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a senior aid worker said Tuesday.The wreck of the Antonov 72 was found in Sankuru province in the centre of the country, Crispin Mukadi from...

One dies after being flung from funfair ride in France

SAINT-TIENNE, Oct 15 (AFP): A woman died and another was seriously hurt when they were flung from a chair swing ride at an annual funfair in central France, emergency services said on Tuesday.The pair had been more than 10 metres (about 33 feet) up in the air, in one of...

News in Brief -(16-10-2019)

Whistleblower's identity should be revealed: TrumpNEW YORK, Oct 15: US President Donald Trump on Monday insisted that the US intelligence official who filed a whistleblower's complaint that focused on Trump's call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy must be unmasked. Trump also said that the whistleblower should testify in Congress. Democrats...