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Yong Peng, Malaysia (AFP): At least four people have died and nearly 41,000 evacuated in Malaysia after floodwaters caused by “unusual” torrential rains lasting days swept through several states, officials said Saturday. Local reports and social media posts showed images of flooded roads, submerged cars, waterlogged homes and rows ...
Jakarta, Indonesia (AFP): Residents searched through the remains of their charred homes Saturday after a fuel storage depot fire in Jakarta left at least 17 people dead, including two children. After Friday night’s blaze at state energy firm Pertamina’s Plumpang depot in north Jakarta, Indonesian officials called for an audit of &#...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AA) – At least 12 people were killed Friday after a pipeline explosion and fire raged near an illegal oil refinery in Nigeria’s Delta region, according to police. Police spokeswoman Grace Iringe-Koko said the explosion occurred when people involved in bunkering activities attempted to steal crude from a pipeline...
ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye on Friday condemned the “heinous terrorist attack” which killed a former officer of the Iraqi Turkmen Front’s Security Department in Kirkuk, northern Iraq. “We are deeply saddened to learn that Ahmet Tahir, a former officer of the Iraqi Turkmen Front’s Security Department, lost his life...
ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye has rejected a new US State Department report on terrorism, saying it “deliberately distorts” Ankara’s fight against Kurdish and other “terrorist” groups. “The 2021 Country Report on Terrorism deliberately distorts the fight against terrorist organizations that pose a direct threa...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Constitutional Court on Thursday repealed a controversial immovable property law in the Republika Srpska (RS) entity. The court’s decision came after the High Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina announced Monday that he had suspended the law a day before it was expected to...
KARA (AA) — Türkiye’s president has said that over 214,000 buildings had collapsed or were heavily damaged by last month’s devastating earthquakes in the country’s south. “At this moment, we’ve determined 608,000 independent sections in 214,000 buildings that have collapsed or are severely damaged and will be demo...
Kabul, Afghanistan (AFP): Mahbouba Seraj is a rare dissenting voice in Afghanistan, but the veteran activist has begun to doubt whether the world is listening when she speaks out against the Taliban government’s abuses. Risking retribution from her country’s rulers, Seraj has argued tirelessly against the dramatic spike in restrict...
Tunis, Tunisia (AFP): Natasha has nothing to return to in her native Sierra Leone, and nowhere to go but a grim camp in Tunisia’s capital since President Kais Saied announced a crackdown on migrants. “Please help us,” she said, tears in her eyes, standing outside an International Organization for Migration (IOM) office in a T...
Abuja, Nigeria (AFP): Labour Party candidate Peter Obi has announced that he would challenge the outcome of Nigeria’s fiercely fought presidential elections after official results awarded victory to the ruling party’s champion, Bola Tinubu. “We will explore all legal and peaceful options to reclaim our mandate. We won the ele...
