(CNN)In the most direct public warning to Moscow and Damascus to date, the new US commander of American troops in Iraq and Syria is vowing to defend US special operations forces in northern Syria if regime warplanes and artillery again attack in areas where troops are located. "We've informed the Russians where we're at ...Gen.StephenTownsend told CNN in a telephone interview Saturday from his Baghdad headquarters ... Read More. RELATED ... ....
Iraq has hanged 36 men convicted over the killing of up to 1,700 military recruits at a former US base in 2014 ... IS militants released photos and video documenting the massacre in 2014 ... ....
The rock concert did not begin with a rock song. Instead, it started with flag-waving fans breaking into a national anthem, "O Canada.". The impromptu tribute by an emotional sold-out crowd that included Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau began what was expected to be the final Saturday performance by the Tragically Hip, a group known as Canada'sBand, and lead singer and songwriter Gord Downie, dubbed Canada's unofficial poet laureate ... ___....
Ankara. At least 30 people were killed and dozens more wounded late Saturday in an attack possibly carried out by a suicide bomber on a wedding party in the Turkish city of Gaziantep near the Syrian border, officials said. The explosion is the latest attack to have rocked the key NATO member in a horrific year that has seen a string of strikes blamed on Kurdish and Islamist militants as well as a bloody July 15 botched coup ... He added ... ....
Philippine PresidentRodrigo Duterte railed against the United Nations on Sunday after it called for an end to the wave of killings unleashed by his war on drugs, saying he might leave the organization and invite China and others to form a new one. Two U.N. human rights experts last week urged Manila to stop the extra-judicial executions and killings that have escalated since Duterte won the presidency on a promise to wipe out drugs....
The MNSD is headed by former Prime MinisterSeyni Oumarou, who came in third in this year’s presidential vote ... Before it's here, it's on the Bloomberg Terminal ... ....
By Kofi Adu Domfeh. On the final day of the climate talks in Bonn, Germany, leaders of key negotiating blocs joined in call for global action on renewable energy and energy efficiency at COP22 in Marrakech later this year ... Mr. Mpanu-Mpanu said that "the Marrakech COP will be an action and implementation COP ... Mpanu Mpanu. AmbassadorSeyniNafo, Chair of the African Group, said "Africa has taken a lead on renewable energy ... ....
As Paris climate change agreement is signed in New York, developing country negotiators highlight gulf between ambition and funding. Global development is supported by. Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation...Related. Laos counts the cost of climate change ... JohnVidal ... “Mobilising trillions of dollars of climate finance, not hundreds of billions, is the new business as usual,” said SeyniNafo, chair of the African group of 54 countries ... ....
16 April 1974. Army takes over ‘to ensure future success’. PresidentHamani Diori of Niger, the poor and drought-hit desert nation of West Africa, was overthrown by his army in a sudden coup yesterday ... The broadcast said that ColonelSeyni Kountie [Kountché], the recently appointed Chief of Staff, has taken over, suspended the Constitution, dissolved Parliament, and suppressed all political parties ... ....
(Source. Newcastle UnitedFootballCompanyLtd). By Tom Easterby - Newcastle United Club Reporter. Two Magpies players faced each other on Friday when Holland played France at the Amsterdam ArenA... Mitrovic will be hoping to pick up his 19th cap for his country when they face Estonia in another friendly in Tallinn on Tuesday ... But the January signing could play against the same opposition tomorrow at the Stade Général Seyni Kountché ... (noodl....
By Boureima Hama. Niger's PresidentMahamadou Issoufou, seeking a second term in office, is nicknamed the "Lion" for his political prowess and capacity to pounce at the right time. By Issouf Sanogo (AFP/File) ... - Issoufou, 'The Lion' - ... Amadou cut his political teeth during the iron-fisted rule of president SeiniKountche (1974-1987) and after the advent of multi-party politics in the 1990s became prime minister in 1995 ... ....
Dan Joseph, Nicolas Pinault ...Niger's electoral commission said Issoufou had about 37 percent of the vote. Opposition candidate Hama Amadou was in second place with 22 percent, followed by Seyni Oumarou with 14 percent ... ....
VOA News... The vote count, released Tuesday by Niger's electoral commission, showed Issoufou winning about 40 percent of the vote, trailed by opposition candidates Hama Amadou and Seyni Oumarou with 29 and 12 percent, respectively ... ....
DAKAR (Reuters) - Opposition parties in Niger on Tuesday rejected initial results from Sunday's presidential election that showed incumbent Mahamadou Issoufou in the lead, calling them fraudulent ...Seyni Oumarou, leader of the opposition, got 12 percent and Cisse less than two percent....