BUENOS AIRES, (APP/AFP): US President Barack Obama’s decision to visit Argentina in March shows the country is mending its diplomatic ties after years of tension, Argentine President Mauricio Macri told AFP on Monday. “It signifies a recognition of a change that has taken place in Argentina, towards good relations with the world, relations which must […]
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Obama visit shows Argentina mending ties: Macri to AFP
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Grenade attack in Bujumbura market kills one
NAIROBI, (APP/AFP) – At least one person was killed and seven others hurt when a grenade was hurled into a market in Burundi’s capital on Monday, the latest in a string of similar attacks, the city’s mayor said. “Armed criminals on motorcycles threw a grenade in the Kwa Siyoni market. One person was killed on […]
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Syria shrine attack was deadliest in war with 120 dead: monitor
BEIRUT, (APP/AFP) – A string of bomb attacks on Sunday near a shrine south of Damascus killed 120 people, in the deadliest attack since Syria’s war erupted in 2011, a monitor said. At least 90 civilians were among those killed when suicide attacks claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group ripped through the area of […]
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US secretly agreed N Korea talks before nuke test: report
WASHINGTON, (APP/AFP) – The US government secretly agreed to talks with North Korea aimed at formally ending the Korean War just days before Pyongyang conducted a nuclear test, The Wall Street Journal reported. The talks were offered despite a longstanding condition that North Korea first move to cut its nuclear arsenal. Instead the nuclear weapons […]
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Two Iran ex-presidents urge voters to back pro-Rouhani bloc
TEHRAN, (APP/AFP) – Iran’s former president Mohammad Khatami and his predecessor have urged voters to back reformists and moderates in Friday elections, saying a big turnout is needed to stop hardline conservatives. Khatami, who is subject to a domestic media ban because of his support for defeated reformist leaders in a disputed 2009 presidential election, […]
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Filipino torture victims vow to derail Marcos campaign
MANILA, (APP/AFP) – Angry victims of the late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos vowed on Monday to derail his son’s vice-presidential bid as they demanded long-delayed retribution. Hundreds who endured torture and imprisonment during Marcos’ two-decade reign gathered in Manila chanting “No More Marcos! Marcos Dictator!” as they announced plans to dog Ferdinand Marcos Jnr’s electoral […]