SKY NEWS A wildfire is burning just outside of Athens with hundreds of firefighters trying to bring the blaze under control. More than 400 firefighters, 110 fire engines and a large number of volunteers are fighting the blaze, which broke out around 3pm local time on Sunday about 22 miles from the Greek capital. Fifteen […]
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Days earlier, four deputy bank governors were forced out after internal revolt. Bangladesh’s chief justice and central bank governor have resigned, officials said on Saturday, as student protests that forced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to flee have widened to target more officials appointed during her time in office. Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan resigned, the Law
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AT LEAST 150 civilians from Myanmar’s Muslim Rohingya minority may have been killed this week in an artillery and drone attack in the western state of Rakhine carried out, survivors say, by a major force in the resistance to military rule. The Arakan Army, the military wing of the state’s Rakhine ethnic group, denied responsibility
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Hundreds of Gazans fled the northern neighbourhoods of Khan Yunis on Sunday after Israel issued fresh evacuation orders ahead of a new operation. Early in the morning the army dropped leaflets and sent mobile phone messages telling residents to leave the Al-Jalaa area of Khan Yunis, which was already considered a humanitarian safe zone. The
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Manchester United have already spent around £95m on two signings, although have suffered a major injury blow to one of the new arrivals. Leny Yoro will not be available to make his competitive debut until October after suffering a fracture to his metatarsal in last week’s friendly with Arsenal. Rasmus Hojlund’s hamstring issue means he will
KYIV, Ukraine — Days after Ukraine began a surprise military incursion into Russia’s Kursk border region, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy broke the government’s silence on it late Saturday by indirectly acknowledging ongoing military actions to “push the war out into the aggressor’s territory” in his nightly address. Ukraine’s incursion into Russia continued for a sixth day Sunday. It’s the largest such attack since the Moscow launched
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Rwandan President Paul Kagame has been inaugurated for another five years after winning a July poll with over 99% of votes. He has ruled the country with an iron fist since after the 1994 genocide. Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has been sworn in once more as the country’s leader in a ceremony in Kigali on Sunday
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Tunisia’s electoral commission said it had accepted the candidacies of incumbent Kais Saied, Zouhair Magzhaoui, and Ayachi Zammel for the 6 October election. Farouk Bou Asker is the head of Tunisia’s electoral commission [HASNA/AFP/Getty] Tunisia’s electoral commission said on Saturday it had preliminarily accepted only three presidential candidates, including incumbent Kais Saied, amid widespread criticism of
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19 Bodies Recovered From Bayelsa Boat Mishap Ipigansi Ogoniba, Chairman Of The Maritime Workers Union Of The State Confirmed The Recovery Of The Bodies And Detailed The Ongoing Efforts To Account For All Victims Of The Bayelsa Boat Mishap. The ill-fated cargo boat, which was carrying traders—predominantly women—and their merchandise, departed from the Ezetu I
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