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Save the Children suspends operations in Afghanistan

JALALABAD, Afghanistan, Jan 24 (AFP): Save the Children suspended its operations across Afghanistan on Wednesday as Islamic State militants continued to terrorise staff trapped inside an office in the country's east, in the latest attack on a foreign charity.More than seven hours after gunmen blasted their way into the British...

Twin car bombs kill 34 in Libya

BENGHAZI, Libya, Jan 24 (AFP): Twin car bombs outside a mosque frequented by jihadist opponents in Libya's second city Benghazi killed at least 34 people and wounded 87, hospital sources said on Wednesday.The attack after evening prayers on Tuesday underlined the continued chaos in Libya, which has been wracked by...

Rampage in India against 'Padmaavat'

AHMEDABAD, India, Jan 24 (AFP): Hundreds of protesters went on a rampage vandalising malls and torching vehicles in the Indian city of Ahmedabad in a bid to stop the release of a controversial Bollywood film scheduled for Thursday.Violence against "Padmaavat", a film about a mythical Hindu queen, started late Tuesday...

EU urges China to release Swedish book publisher

BEIJING, Jan 24 (AFP): The European Union's ambassador to China urged Beijing on Wednesday immediately to release a book publisher after the Swedish citizen was snatched for a second time, while accompanied by Swedish diplomats.The case of Hong Kong-based Gui Minhai, 53, has sparked a diplomatic row between Stockholm and...

Venezuela calls early election

CARACAS, Jan 24 (AFP): Venezuela will hold a presidential election by the end of April, the ruling Constituent Assembly said Tuesday, pulling forward a vote in which President Nicolas Maduro hopes to triumph over a divided opposition and win a second term. The 55-year-old Maduro, a towering mustachioed former bus...

US 'muddying' waters over Syria gas attack probe: Russia

MOSCOW, Jan 24 (AFP): The Kremlin on Wednesday accused Washington of trying to complicate international efforts to probe the use of chemical weapons in Syria and rejected accusations it was responsible for recent attacks. The comments came after US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Russia bore responsibility for recently...

Uganda president hails Trump for 'shithole' remark

KAMPALA, Jan 24 (AFP): Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday hailed Donald Trump for speaking "frankly" to Africans, after the US president unleashed a storm by reportedly describing African nations as "shithole countries." "I love Trump because he speaks to Africans frankly. I don't know if he was misquoted or...

US school shooting leaves two dead

WASHINGTON, Jan 24 (AFP): A teenage boy opened fire with a handgun at a Kentucky high school early Tuesday, killing two fellow students and wounding more than a dozen people in the latest mass shooting to hit the United States. The unnamed 15-year-old student, now in custody, is alleged to...

Indonesian troops show off snake-handling skills

JAKARTA, Jan 24 (Reuters): US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis saw Indonesian troops drink snake blood, roll in glass, break bricks with their heads, walk on fire, and more, in a rare military demonstration on Wednesday meant to show the unique skills of Indonesia's military.Pentagon chiefs are accustomed to seeing foreign...

News in Brief --(25-01-2018)

Paris terror attack trial begins PARIS, Jan 24: The first trial stemming from the November 2015 Paris terror attacks opens Wednesday when Jawad Bendaoud appears in court, charged with harbouring two of the jihadists in the aftermath of the carnage. Bendaoud, 31, became a national laughing stock after a television...