PresidentEmmanuel Macron announced that France will end its military presence in Niger and pull its ambassador out of the country after its democratically elected president was deposed in a coup ... France had stationed thousands of troops in the Sahel region at the request of African leaders to fight jihadist groups ... Credit. AP ... Credit. AP ... .
Even China’s population of 1.4 billion would not be enough to fill all the empty apartments littered across the country, a former official said on Saturday, in a rare public critique of the country’s crisis-hit property market ... .
Armenia has urged the United Nations to send a mission to ensure the safety of ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh after the territory was seized back by Azerbaijan, which promised to respect minority rights ... "But today we are at the brink of another failure," he said in a speech to the UN General Assembly ... US calls for protections ... .
Kalveri, Shishumar and Sindhugosh class of Indian Navy patrolling in Indian Ocean... It is understood that the heavyweight indigenous torpedo and AIP are currently being tested in France for operational validation ... It also has four Yuan class diesel-electric submarines to join this year ... But there is more to this ... ....
Russia's Foreign MinisterSergey Lavrov on Saturday launched a blistering attack on the West at the UN General Assembly, accusing it of hypocrisy, not abiding by international treaties and being an “empire of lies” ... “The rest of the planet is sick of it,” he said ... Read More ... ....
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Israel offered its congratulations to Saudi Arabia on the kingdom's national day Saturday as the two countries move closer towards a possible normalisation of ties ... We send our sincere congratulations to the King, Government and people of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 on the occasion of the ninety-third National Day ... ....
GregLawson, 63, had been living in the Mexican state of Oaxaca under a stolen identity, authorities said. He was arrested and extradited this week ... .
Ethiopia said Saturday that it has begun a second round of negotiations with Egypt and Sudan over a controversial mega-dam built by Addis Ababa on the Nile, the source of long-running tensions between the three nations ... "Ethiopia is committed to reaching a negotiated and amicable solution through the ongoing trilateral process." ... ....
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine on Saturday morning launched another missile attack on Sevastopol in occupied Crimea, a Russian-installed official said, a day after an attack on the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet left a serviceman missing and the main building smoldering ... Mikhail Razvozhayev wrote on the messaging app Telegram ... News .
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