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BANJUL. — The Gambian government has announced that the former British colony is pulling out of the Commonwealth with immediate effect, saying it would “never be a member of any neo-colonial institution”.
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DAMASCUS. — Experts tasked with implementing a UN resolution ordering the destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal began work yesterday, as the world body demanded access to civilians trapped by the conflict.
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HONG KONG – From Chinese bloggers to European central bankers, the world is watching the US government shutdown with a mixture of bewilderment and growing nervousness that any debt default could hit struggling economies.
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TRIPOLI – The Russian embassy in Tripoli, Libya, came under fire yesterday and there were attempts to get into Russia’s diplomatic compound, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement. One of the attackers was killed.
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Gambia’s government announced on Wednesday it is withdrawing from the Commonwealth – a bloc of 54 nations made up largely of former British colonies – saying it “will never be a member of any neo-colonial institution”. The West African nation of Gambia announced its withdrawal from the Commonwealth on Wednesday, branding the organisation a “neo-colonial […]
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DUBAI. – Iran’s parliament strongly endorsed President Hassan Rouhani’s diplomatic bid to dispel mistrust at the United Nations last week during a visit which ended with an historic phone call with President Barack Obama, Iranian media said. The backing from the
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WASHINGTON. – Two days in, Congress is no closer to resolving the first government shutdown in 17 years. President Obama was calling the top four congressional leaders down to the White House for a meeting yesterday afternoon. A White House official said the
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THE HAGUE. – The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant against a Kenyan journalist for “corruptly influencing or attempting to corruptly influence ICC witnesses”. ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said the Kenyan Government had received the warrant
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NAIROBI. – Several bodies have been recovered from the wreckage of Kenya’s Westgate Mall following a brutal attack by Islamist gunmen, police said yesterday, as searches continued for clues and more victims. As many as nine bodies have been retrieved from the
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CARACAS. – The United States ordered the expulsion of three Venezuelan diplomats on Tuesday in response to Venezuela’s September 30 decision to boot three US officials out of the South American country. The State Department said it was expelling Venezuelan charge
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MOSCOW. – Russian investigators yesterday formally charged two of 30 Greenpeace campaigners detained for two months over an open-sea protest against Arctic oil drilling with piracy, an activist said. “The first two activists have been charged with piracy,” Mikhail Kreindlin, a
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NAIROBI. – Kenyan lawmakers investigating alleged security failings during the deadly assault on Nairobi’s Westgate mall by Islamist gunmen were due to meet yesterday, as leaders gathered to commemorate the 67 killed.
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PARIS. – Officers with France’s DCRI domestic intelligence agency yesterday arrested a Paris woman suspected of possible links to Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
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NAIROBI. — “White widow” Samantha Lewthwaite paid a convicted fraudster US$2 000 for fake documents including passports for her children.
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BAMAKO. – Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita will cut short a visit to France amid renewed fighting between insurgents and the military in the African nation.