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By Feroz Sultani and Kay Johnson KUNDUZ, Afghanistan/KABUL (Reuters) – The Afghan government has enlisted hundreds of militia fighters controlled by local commanders to battle Taliban militants near the northern city of Kunduz, officials said, underlining how the armed forces are struggling to tackle the insurgency alone. The recruitment of unofficial armed groups in Kunduz is on a larger scale than previous attempts by the government and NATO forces to
Colombia’s FARC guerrillas said Friday they are suspending their six-month-old unilateral ceasefire over a government air strike that killed 26 rebels. “FARC suspend unilateral ceasefire,” said a blog post by the rebel delegation at peace talks to end the five-decade conflict. It accused President Juan Manuel Santos’s government of forcing it to end the ceasefire with the air strike and ground attack Thursday in the western Cauca region and other
Colombia’s FARC guerrillas said Friday they are suspending their six-month-old unilateral ceasefire over a government air strike that killed 26 rebels. “FARC suspend unilateral ceasefire,” said a blog post by the rebel delegation at peace talks to end the five-decade conflict. It accused President Juan Manuel Santos’s government of forcing it to end the ceasefire with the air strike and ground attack Thursday in the western Cauca region and other
Up to nine civilians, including an aid worker for a European charity, were killed after rebels withdrew from a village they had seized in northern Mali, armed loyalist and anti-government groups said on Friday. The west African nation’s main Tuareg-led rebel alliance, the Coordination of Movements of Azawad (CMA), said in a statement overnight that “the Malian army conducted the summary and public executions of nine people in the town
Up to nine civilians, including an aid worker for a European charity, were killed after rebels withdrew from a village they had seized in northern Mali, armed loyalist and anti-government groups said on Friday. The west African nation’s main Tuareg-led rebel alliance, the Coordination of Movements of Azawad (CMA), said in a statement overnight that “the Malian army conducted the summary and public executions of nine people in the town
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Presidential candidate Andrzej Duda is a new face in Polish politics, but he may herald a return to an older era when his right-wing party held power.
Critical eyes have uncovered that Plains All American Pipeline, which operates the pipeline that ruptured in Santa Barbara earlier this week, has a history of safety violations.
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s largest rebel group on Friday called off a unilateral cease-fire in reaction to a military raid on a guerrilla camp that killed 26 of its fighters, further straining negotiations to end a half-century-old conflict.
Daron Dylon Wint is accused in the slayings of a wealthy family and their housekeeper.
A suicide attacker detonated a bomb at a Shiite mosque in Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia on Friday, killing and wounding several people in an assault that threatens to fan sectarian tensions. The bomber struck during the main weekly prayers in Eastern Province, where assailants linked to the Sunni extremist Islamic State group (IS) killed seven members of the minority Shiite community in November. The interior ministry said a suicide bomber detonated
