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New Zealand passes gun law reform following Christchurch attacks - 04/10/2019

Wellington (dpa) - New Zealand’s parliament Wednesday passed new gun laws that will ban military-style semi-automatic weapons. Ahead of the vote Ardern told parliament about a briefing she had...

Saudi tourist drowns in Nile River in Uganda after taking selfie - 04/10/2019

Kampala - The body of a tourist from Saudi Arabia who drowned in the River Nile in Uganda after falling in while taking a selfie has been retrieved, police said on Wednesday.   The man fell into...

European court condemns house arrest of Russian dissident Navalny - 04/09/2019

Paris - By Pol O Gradaigh and Peter Spinella, - Russian authorities breached the rights of prominent dissident Alexei Navalny by keeping him under house arrest for most of 2014, the European Court of...

Algeria names interim president after Bouteflika's resignation - 04/09/2019

Algiers - By Fatma Hamdi, - Algeria's parliament on Tuesday named Abdelkader Bensalah as the country's new interim president after long-serving leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigned.   Bouteflika...

Two protesters killed on day four of Sudan anti-government sit-in - 04/09/2019

Khartoum – At least two demonstrators were killed as tens of thousands of Sudanese began their fourth day of a mass sit-in to protest the rule of President Omar al-Bashir, a medical organization said...

Netanyahu votes in Jerusalem: 'With God's help Israel will win' - 04/09/2019

Tel Aviv (dpa) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has cast his vote in Tuesday's general election along with his wife Sara at a polling station in Jerusalem. "With God's help the state of Israel...

Britain's May to discuss Brexit with Merkel, Macron on Tuesday - 04/08/2019

Berlin - By Rupper Mayr and Pol O Gradaigh, - British Prime Minister Theresa May is to fly to Berlin and Paris on Tuesday as she scrambles to find a way out of the impasse stopping her country from...

Novichok survivor meets Russian ambassador in London - 04/07/2019

London (dpa) - Moscow could not be behind last year's nerve agent attack in the British city of Salisbury because not all of the victims died, the Russian ambassador has told one survivor according...

UN agency warns that Venezuela border closure threatens lives - 04/05/2019

Bogota - By Sinikka Tarvainen, – Aid organizations on Friday expressed concern over the 1.5-month partial closure of the Venezuelan-Colombian border, warning that it was fuelling illegal migration...

Jordan summons Syrian charge d'affaires to protest citizens' arrest - 04/04/2019

Amman – Jordan's Foreign Ministry has summoned the Syrian charge d’affaires in Amman on Thursday to demand that Damascus releases all Jordanians detained since a shared border crossing was re-opened...
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