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France accused Iran of arbitrarily detaining several French citizens and holding them hostage and demanded their release, in a statement on Tuesday. The French Foreign Ministry demanded the immediate and unconditional release of two French tourists detained in Iran two years ago on espionage charges. They have been held there ever since. Paris also called for the release of two other French citizens detained by Tehran. "France condemns this state hostage policy and the constant blackmail by the Iranian authorities," the French ministry said. "France condemns the Islamic Republic's abhorrent pr...
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Washington (AFP) - US President Joe Biden, seeking to push a Gaza ceasefire, on Monday warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against invading Rafah as Israel defiantly issued evacuation orders and carried out intense air strikes on the crowded Gaza city. The United States said it was reviewing a response from Hamas, which said it has accepted a deal to halt seven months of war and free hostages, with CIA Director Bill Burns in the region to negotiate through Arab allies. Biden told Netanyahu in April that invading Rafah would be a "mistake," and Secretary of State Antony Blinken told him la...
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Washington (AFP) - An American soldier was detained in Russia last week on charges of "criminal misconduct," the US Army said Monday. The soldier -- whose name was not released -- adds to the number of Americans held in Russia at a time of deep tensions with Washington over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. "On May 2, 2024, Russian authorities in Vladivostok, Russia, detained an American soldier on charges of criminal misconduct," US Army spokeswoman Cynthia Smith said. Russia notified the US State Department, which is "providing appropriate consular support to the soldier in Russia," and the Army...
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Washington (AFP) - US President Joe Biden will host Jordan's King Abdullah II next week, the White House said Friday, as negotiations continue in the Middle East for a ceasefire in Gaza. The meeting will be "private" and will be followed by a readout, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters, without giving a date for the encounter. The meeting comes against the backdrop of talks for a deal to release hostages and secure a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza after nearly seven months of war. The talks, which come after months of efforts by mediators Egypt, Qatar and...
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Following the sensational murder of a Canadian Sikh leader, Canadian police have detained members of a suspected hit squad, according to a media report. The men are believed to have been involved in various roles in the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in June last year in Surrey on Canada's west coast, Canadian public broadcaster CBC reported on Friday, citing investigators. The group, which is said to have been commissioned by the Indian government, is also believed to be linked to three other deaths, including the shooting of an 11-year-old boy in the city of Edmonton. The men were detained o...
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On Wednesday, ten countries celebrated 20 years in the European Union. Poland had found its place "among friends, among allies, in Europe, at home: This is what generations of Poles have fought for," said Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski in a ceremony at the Polish-German border, on the bridge over the Oder river that joins the cities of Słubice and Frankfurt an der Oder. May 1, 2004 was the largest single expansion in the history of the EU. Of the ten countries that joined that day, eight had emerged from behind the Iron Curtain in the wake of the upheavals of 1989: Poland, the Czech...
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On Wednesday, ten countries celebrated 20 years in the European Union. Poland had found its place "among friends, among allies, in Europe, at home: This is what generations of Poles have fought for," said Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski in a ceremony at the Polish-German border, on the bridge over the Oder river that joins the cities of Słubice and Frankfurt an der Oder. May 1, 2004 was the largest single expansion in the history of the EU. Of the ten countries that joined that day, eight had emerged from behind the Iron Curtain in the wake of the upheavals of 1989: Poland, the Czech...
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On Wednesday, ten countries celebrated 20 years in the European Union. Poland had found its place "among friends, among allies, in Europe, at home: This is what generations of Poles have fought for," said Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski in a ceremony at the Polish-German border, on the bridge over the Oder river that joins the cities of Słubice and Frankfurt an der Oder. May 1, 2004 was the largest single expansion in the history of the EU. Of the ten countries that joined that day, eight had emerged from behind the Iron Curtain in the wake of the upheavals of 1989: Poland, the Czech...
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Abidjan (AFP) - The United States is still talking with Niger about the withdrawal of 1,000 American military personnel, and decisions will be announced in the coming weeks, the US Africom commander said on Monday. There were "still discussions ... between the US and Niger, the governing body there in Niger," General Michael Langley told a press conference. "Decisions will be made public in the coming weeks," the Africa Command chief said in the Ivory Coast city of Abidjan. Niger's military junta, which seized power last July, announced in March it was ending a military cooperation agreement ...
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Istanbul (AFP) - A rare meeting between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his US counterpart Joe Biden at the White House has been postponed, a Turkish official said Friday, amid tensions over the Gaza war. The talks, previously scheduled for May 9, would be the first White House meeting between the two leaders, who last met on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Lithuania in July. "The visit planned for May 9 was postponed because of a change in Erdogan's programme," the official told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity. "A new date will be decided" after an exchange between the ...
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