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October 21, 2019 8:49 AM

EU calls for ceasefire in Afghanistan

European Union officials have called for a ceasefire in Afghanistan, as US Defense Secretary Mark Esper arrived in Kabul yesterday. US President Donald Trump last month declared talks with the insurgents "dead" after a Taliban attack killed a US so...

October 20, 2019 8:51 PM

US forces withdraw from key base in northern Syria

<span style="color: #222222;">US forces today withdrew from a key base in northern Syria, two days before the end of a US-brokered truce to stem a Turkish attack on Kurdish forces in the region.<br />'' </span><br />...

October 20, 2019 8:48 PM

Four killed in protest over Facebook post in Bangladesh

<span style="color: #222222;">Four people were killed today in clashes with police that erupted after a derogatory post on Facebook in Borhanuddin Upazila of Bhola district in Bangladesh. Over 50 people are reported to be injured in the clashes.</s...

October 20, 2019 8:24 PM

Lebanese continue protests for fourth day

<span style="color: #222222;">Tens of thousands of Lebanese took to the streets for a fourth day today to protest political stasis and corruption, as the government was rocked by the resignation of a coalition partner.<br />'' <br /&...

October 20, 2019 7:53 PM

Kurdish fighters clash with Turkish-backed forces in Syria

<span style="color: #222222;">Kurdish-led fighters and Turkish-backed forces clashed sporadically today in northeastern Syria amid efforts to work out a Kurdish evacuation from a besieged border town, the first pull-back under the terms of a US-brokered cease-fire.&am...

October 20, 2019 6:51 PM

Brussels officials press upon Brexit deal ratification

<span style="color: #222222;">Brussels officials today pressed on with plans to ratify the Brexit deal as European leaders considered Prime Minister Boris Johnson's reluctant request for a Brexit delay.<br />''</span><...

October 20, 2019 5:21 PM

Twenty dead in DR Congo bus accident

<span style="color: #222222;">In DR Congo, twenty people were killed early today when a packed bus came off the road on a highway west of the capital Kinshasa and burst into flames.<br />''</span><br />'' &...

October 20, 2019 1:42 PM

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson writes to EU for Brexit delay

In Britain, After the UK Parliament forced him, Prime Minister Boris Johnson sent three letters to the European Union to request another Brexit delay. Meanwhile, Johnson refused to sign the letter, which was a photocopy of a draft set out in UK law.<br />'' <br /&g...

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