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Extra troops and police have been deployed to Negombo and a curfew is in effect
World
06.08.2024
Christian-Muslim clashes rock Easter attacks town in Sri Lanka
The USS Abraham Lincoln has previously been deployed to the Gulf, including during the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq
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06.08.2024
US sends naval strike group to Middle East in 'message' to Iran
The plane skidded off the runway while landing at the naval air station during a thunderstorm
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06.08.2024
Thrust reverser 'not working' on Florida plane that crashed in river
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Peter O'Neill could face a vote on his eight-year premiership following a string of high-profile political defections
World
06.08.2024
Papua New Guinea PM plays down leadership challenge
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Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah -- one of the world's wealthiest men, who has been on the throne over five decades -- announced plans for the sharia penal code in 2013
World 06.08.2024
Brunei won't enforce gay sex death penalty after backlash
The US is deploying the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group and a bomber task force to the US Central Command region, National Security Advisor John Bolton said
World 06.08.2024
US sends naval strike group to Middle East in 'message' to Iran
President Cyril Ramaphosa hopes to halt the decline in popularity of his African National Congress
World 06.08.2024
Under new leader, ANC faces frustrated S.African voters
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has a broad appeal outside the African National Congress even if he has enemies inside it
World 06.08.2024
Three party leaders battle it out in S.Africa election
Former France Telecom chief executive Didier Lombard will appear at the Paris Tribunal during a four-day trial starting on Monday
World 06.08.2024
France Telecom goes on trial over wave of suicides
Iran's rial has lost more than 57 percent of its value against the US dollar on the black market since President Donald Trump pulled out of the nuclear accord
World 06.08.2024
A year after US nuclear pullout, Iran grapples with sanctions
The recent discovery of gigantic gas fields in the eastern Mediterranean has prompted competing claims by the internationally recognised Greek Cypriot government and Turkey, which occupies the northern third of the island
World 06.08.2024
US urges Turkey against drilling off Cyprus
Francois Pelou, pictured in 1970, was a close eyewitness to the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas in 1963
World 06.08.2024
French war reporter who witnessed Lee Harvey Oswald shooting dies aged 94
President Mohammadu Buhari has a history of ill-health
World 06.08.2024
Buhari returns to Nigeria after London visit: office
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