Tue 05 September 2023: Heavy fighting with militants in northern Burkina Faso resulted in the deaths of 37 volunteer fighters and 17 soldiers, according to the army. In the west African nation that has been battling hardline Islamists for years, it is the biggest strike in months. Since 2015, Burkina Faso has been engaged in […]
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Tue 05 September 2023: Saudi Arabia and Russia, on Tuesday, said they would extend voluntary oil cuts to the end of the year, despite a rally in the oil market and analyst expectations of tight supply in the fourth quarter, Reuters reports. Oil prices rose sharply following the news, with Brent rising above $90 a barrel for the […]
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Tue 05 September 2023: A cross-party delegation of Australian lawmakers will head to the US later this month to urge Washington to abandon its demand for the extradition of WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, Anadolu Agency reports. The delegation includes Barnaby Joyce, Tony Zappia and independent lawmaker, Monique Ryan. Ryan told the broadcaster, ABC, they feel “really, really strongly […]
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Tue 05 September 2023: French schools sent dozens of girls home for refusing to remove their abayas — a Muslim over-garment — on the first day of the school year, a government minister has said. Defying a ban on the Muslim dress, nearly 300 girls showed up wearing the abaya, Gabriel Attal told the BFM […]
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People in masks walk through a crowded street in Rome, Italy. Tue 05 September 2023: New coronavirus variants have raised concern across the world amid a rise in cases in the United States and parts of Europe. The BA.2.86 variant, nicknamed “Pirola”, is a newly designated, highly mutating variant of Omicron which triggered the surge in cases. […]
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Tue 05 September 2023: Cuban officials are seeking to “neutralize and dismantle” a human trafficking ring that has coerced Cuban people to fight for Russia in the conflict in Ukraine, according to the country’s foreign ministry. Few information were provided in the statement issued by Cuba’s foreign ministry on Monday, although it was highlighted that […]
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Tue 05 September 2023: Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi has appointed a commission of inquiry — led by Justice Sisi Khampepe — into the Usindiso Building fire in Johannesburg, which claimed the lives of at least 76 people and left scores others injured and homeless. Justice Khampepe will be joined on the commission by Advocate Thulani […]
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Tue 05 September 2023: Over 1.8 million people are expected to flee war-torn Sudan and $1 billion are needed to meet their needs, the UN refugee agency said on Monday, Anadolu Agency reports. The UNHCR and 64 humanitarian and national civil society organisations appealed for $1 billion “to provide essential aid and protection to over 1.8 million […]
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Mon 04 September 2023: The third-largest city in Sweden experienced clashes after an anti-Muslim protester set fire to a copy of the Quran, according to police. Police in Malmo said they were pelted with rocks and dozens of cars were set on fire, including in an underground garage, and described the events that started Sunday […]
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Mon 04 September 2023: Talks in Sochi between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan have finished after three hours, according to a report by Russian state news agency TASS. Earlier, Kremlin spokesperson Dimitry Peskov said that no documents are expected to be signed at the end of the talks. At the start […]
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