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Saadi Gaddafi, son of former Libya dictator Muammar Gaddafi, released from prison
The Observer 06 Sep 2021
Authorities in Libya have released Saadi Gaddafi, a son of the former leader Muammar Gaddafi who was ousted and killed during a 2011 uprising. Prime minister-designate Abdul Hamid Dbeibah said in a tweet early on Monday that Gaddafi, 48, had been released in compliance with a previous court order ... Read more ... TopicsLibyaMuammar Gaddafinews ... .
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Taliban claims complete control of Afghanistan’s Panjshir
Al Jazeera 06 Sep 2021
The Taliban has taken complete control of Panjshir province, the last area in Afghanistan held by resistance forces, says the group’s spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid. Pictures on social media on Monday showed Taliban members standing in front of the gate of the Panjshir provincial governor’s compound ... But initial contact did not lead to a breakthrough.
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Taiwan says 19 Chinese warplanes entered air defence zone
BBC News 06 Sep 2021
Taiwan has said a large incursion of Chinese military jets flew into its air defence zone on Sunday. The defence ministry said 19 aircraft including fighters and nuclear-capable bombers entered its so-called air defence identification zone (ADIZ) ... China has not yet officially commented ... China and Taiwan. The basics ... .
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Biden moves to declassify documents about Sept. 11 attacks
Lehigh Valley 04 Sep 2021
President Joe Biden on Friday directed the declassification of certain documents related to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, a supportive gesture to victims’ families who have long sought the records in hopes of implicating the Saudi government ... First responders, survivors, and family member of the victims of the Sept ... FROM 2020 ... By ERIC TUCKER ... .
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UN to deliver ‘impartial, independent humanitarian assistance’ to Afghanistan
Anadolu Agency 06 Sep 2021
The UN has reiterated its commitment to deliver “impartial and independent” humanitarian assistance to war-torn Afghanistan. Martin Griffiths, UN’s undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, met with the Taliban leadership in Kabul on Sunday, the UN and the Taliban said in separate statements.
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Guinean soldiers claim to have seized power in coup attempt
The Observer 05 Sep 2021
An elite national army unit has announced it has seized power in Guinea and deposed the country’s president, Alpha Condé, in an attempted coup, after heavy gunfire was heard near the presidential palace in the capital, Conakry, on Sunday morning ... “We are taking our destiny in our own hands.” ... Photograph. AFP/Getty Images ... Photograph. AFP/Getty Images ... .
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Resistance Leader's Nephew Killed In Anti-Taliban Stronghold: Report
NDTV 06 Sep 2021
The Afghan national resistance front on Monday informed that another senior member of their group, General Abdul Wudod Zara has been killed during the standoff between rebel forces and the Taliban ... .
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Former US army sniper kills four, including baby, in Florida
Al Jazeera 06 Sep 2021
A former sniper in the US military killed four people, including a woman and her three-month-old baby boy in her arms, before surrendering to police in central Florida ... Riley, who had no connection to the victims, engaged in an intense shoot-out with police before giving up ... Riley also told sheriff’s deputies he was high on methamphetamine ... .
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More than 230 medical journals publish joint editorial calling for emergency action to limit global warming
The Independent 06 Sep 2021photo: AP / Rafiq Maqbool
Afghanistan: Resistance leader says open to peace talks with Taliban
Graphic 06 Sep 2021
The leader of the Afghan resistance group waging an intense battle against the Taliban in the Panjshir Valley has said he is open to enter peace talks. Ahmad Massoud said he supported a plan, put forward by religious clerics, for a negotiated settlement, and called on the Taliban to end their offensive ... Credit. The BBC. .
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Close to home: how US far-right terror flourished in post-9/11 focus on Islam
The Guardian 06 Sep 2021
The US government acted quickly after 9/11 to prevent further attacks by Islamic extremists in the US ... .
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Israeli police launch manhunt after 6 prisoners break out
ABC News 06 Sep 2021
Israeli police say they are searching for six Palestinian prisoners who escaped from a high-security facility in northern Israel ... .
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Wave of missile, drone attacks on Saudi Arabia foiled
Gulf News 05 Sep 2021
Dubai. A ballistic missile attack aimed at Saudi Arabia’s oil-rich eastern region was intercepted on Saturday, the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Al Houthi militia in Yemen said in a statement carried by Saudi state media ... The coalition blamed the attack on the Iran-aligned Al Houthi forces ... .
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Several soldiers killed in southwestern Pakistan suicide bombing
Al Jazeera 05 Sep 2021
A suicide bomber has detonated his explosives near a security checkpoint in restive southwestern Pakistan, killing at least three paramilitary personnel and wounding 15 others ... A suicide bomber on a motorcycle packed with 6kg of explosives rammed one of the vehicles in a convoy, Akram said ... Attacks continue ... .
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Greece faces criticism a year after migrant camp fires
Straits Times 06 Sep 2021
ATHENS (AFP) - One year after fire ripped through the notorious Moria migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, the authorities say they have tackled the critical overcrowding and brought order to the chaos ... Then late on Sept 8, 2020, the first of two fires broke out, as pandemic-stoked tensions soared ... No one died in the two-day blaze ... ....
