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Uganda: Besigye charged with treason

Col Kizza Besigye has formally been charged with treason at Nakawa Chief Magistrate court and remanded back to Luzira prison. Besigye appeared in a court session that lasted only about 10 minutes, 30 minutes earlier than the scheduled 9am session. The session led by Nakawa Chief Magistrate James Eremye was[…]

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Desperate Mosul residents flee to Syria

More than 3,000 desperate Iraqi Sunni refugees have arrived in the al-Hawl refugee camp on the Syria side of the border in the past week as the fight against the Islamic State (IS) in Iraq gathers pace. Fresh advances were reported on Wednesday in the western Iraqi city of Rutba[…]

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Morocco outraged over US human rights report

The Moroccan Interior Ministry has expressed outrage at the US State Department’s report on human rights in its country, which it says is based on unreliable sources and contains outright “lies.” The North African US ally warns it is “prepared to go to the end” to defend its record. The[…]

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Saudi warns of ‘Plan B’ for Syria

While the world powers that gathered in Vienna on Tuesday to discuss the Syrian peace process stressed that all parties to the conflict should make peace a priority, Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister warned that time may be coming for “Plan B” in Syria. “It was made clear that Bashar al-Assad[…]

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150 die in Sri Lankan mudslides – Red Cross

More than 150 people are feared dead after they were buried under two landslides in central Sri Lanka, disaster officials said on Wednesday. Rescue workers recovered 19 bodies after the landslides caused by days of heavy rains, government officials said. About 350 people were plucked to safety during rescue operations[…]

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Saudi cabinet: No pilgrims barred

Saudi Arabia’s Cabinet of Ministers Monday reaffirmed its committed to ensuring Muslims from around the world can perform the pilgrimage. The Saudi Press Agency reported that the kingdom ‘welcomes and is honored in serving pilgrims, Umrah performers and visitors of all nationalities and it does not prevent any Muslim from[…]

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Hong Kong on alert as independence calls grow

Authorities worried about increasingly strident calls for Hong Kong independence are taking no chances ahead of a rare visit from one of China’s top ranking officials, shutting down swathes of the city and reportedly gluing down pavers to quell the prospect of violent protests. Mainland Chinese media have cited the[…]

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