WORLD - The African Mirror

Nov

25

2023

By PADRAIC HALPIN, GRAHAM FAHY and CONOR HUMPHRIES

Irish police make 34 arrests after Dublin rioting

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IRISH police said they had made 34 arrests for rioting in Dublin overnight and that more protests could follow after the stabbing of five people including three young children triggered violence rarely seen before in the capital. Police guarded looted stores and firefighters cooled down smouldering vehicles in the heart of Dublin's city centre early on Friday after hours of riots which Police Commissioner Drew Harris said he expected to lead to many more arrests. "Those involved brought shame on Dublin, brought shame on Ireland and brought shame on their families and themselves," Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar told a news conference.…

Nov

24

2023

By ANDREW MILLS and BASSAM MASOUD

Israel and Hamas to start four-day truce on Friday -Qatar mediators

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ISRAEL and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas will start a four-day truce on Friday morning with a first group of 13 Israeli women and child hostages released later that day, mediators in Qatar said. The agreement - the first in a brutal, near seven-week-old war - would begin at 7 a.m. local time (0500 GMT) and involve a comprehensive ceasefire in north and south Gaza, Qatar's foreign ministry said. Additional aid would start flowing into Gaza and the first hostages including elderly women would be freed at 4 p.m., with the total number rising to 50 over the four days, ministry…

Nov

24

2023

By The African Mirror

Ukrainian strike kills Russian actress performing in Ukraine, theatre says

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A Russian actress has been killed in a Ukrainian attack while performing to Russian troops in a Russian-controlled area of eastern Ukraine, according to her theatre. The Russian theatre where actress Polina Menshikh, 40, worked said she had been killed while performing on stage in the Donbas region. Reuters could not verify details of the incident but military officials on both sides confirmed there had been a Ukrainian attack in the area on November 19. A Russian military investigator quoted by Russian state television said a school and cultural centre had been hit by HIMARS missiles in a village in the Donetsk…

Nov

24

2023

By DAWN CHMIELEWSKI and STEVE GORMAN

Actor Jamie Foxx accused of sexual abuse in New York lawsuit

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OSCAR-WINNING actor Jamie Foxx was accused of sexual assault in a lawsuit filed in New York City that alleges he groped a woman at a rooftop bar and restaurant in Manhattan in August 2015. The plaintiff, identified in the complaint only as Jane Doe, said the assault occurred in a secluded corner of the Catch NYC rooftop lounge after she and a friend had approached the film star and had their pictures taken with him. Foxx's representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the lawsuit, which seeks unspecified damages. The lawsuit said Foxx began groping the…

Nov

23

2023

By YOSRI ALJAMAL

Palestinian ex-prisoner hopes his son will also be freed in Israel swap

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FOR Yusif Abu Maria, the looming Gaza hostage deal is especially personal. Not only is his son on a list of candidates of imprisoned Palestinians to be freed by Israel: But it would be a replay of Abu Maria's own release from jail almost 20 years ago. The Qatari- and Egyptian-mediated agreement approved by Israel in the early hours of Wednesday will pause the war between Israel and Hamas militants for a few days, enabling the entry of more humanitarian aid to the ravaged Gaza Strip. In the lull, Hamas will free 50 children and women who were among some 240 people…

Nov

23

2023

By ANGELO AMANTE

Italy says migrant pact with Albania isn’t comparable to UK-Rwanda plan

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AN Italian plan to build migrant camps in Albania cannot be compared to Britain's bid to send irregular asylum seekers to Rwanda, Italy's foreign minister said, adding the way requests would be handled would fully protect refugees' rights. Earlier this month, the right-wing government led by Giorgia Meloni announced the plan, as its latest effort to deter surging migrant departures from Africa and ease pressure on centres across the country. Italy will build two reception and detention camps in Albania which will host a maximum of 3,000 migrants at any one time, marking the first-ever deal involving a non-EU country accepting…

Nov

23

2023

By ASIF SHAHZAD

Pakistan’s top court accepts Imran Khan’s plea for bail

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PAKISTAN'S Supreme Court accepted a bail application from detained former Prime Minister Imran Khan, his lawyer said, a day after another court declared illegal his trial on charges of leaking state secrets. The former cricket star is fighting various legal battles in the hope of securing release from jail and leading his party in a campaign for a Feb. 8 general election, which his arch-rival, another former prime minister, is hoping to win. The 71-year-old was jailed on Aug. 5 for three years jail for unlawfully selling state gifts during his tenure as prime minister from 2018 to 2022. His…

Nov

22

2023

By NIDAL AL-MUGHRABI and EMILY ROSE

Netanyahu, Hamas leader indicate deal on Gaza truce and hostages is close

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THE leader of Hamas said that a truce deal with Israel was close and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he hoped for good news soon about hostages, the most optimistic signals so far of a deal to pause the war in Gaza and free captives. Hamas officials were "close to reaching a truce agreement" with Israel and the group had delivered its response to Qatari mediators, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said in a statement sent to Reuters by his aide. Netanyahu said: "We are making progress. I don't think it's worth saying too much, not at even this moment, but…

Nov

22

2023

By SAURABH SHARMA

First images show workers trapped in Indian tunnel for nine days, drilling resumes

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THE first images emerged of 41 men trapped for more than a week in a highway tunnel in the Indian Himalayas, showing them standing in the confined space and communicating with rescue workers as drilling resumed to pull them to safety. The men have been stuck in the 4.5-km (3-mile) tunnel in Uttarakhand state since it caved in early on Nov. 12 and are safe, authorities said, with access to light, oxygen, food, water and medicines. They have not said what caused the tunnel to collapse, but the region is prone to landslides, earthquakes and floods. Efforts to bring out the 41…

Nov

22

2023

By The African Mirror

Spain politician shooting: Three detained in anti-terror probe

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SPANISH police detained three people as part of an anti-terror investigation into the shooting of the former head of Spain's conservative People's Party in Catalonia on a busy Madrid street 12 days ago. One of the suspects was arrested in the southern port city of Malaga and the other two in Granada, a police source told Reuters, confirming early reports from news website El Confidencial and radio station Cadena SER. Two of them were Spanish men and the third arrested was a British woman, the source said. Police are looking into whether they have links with foreign countries. Alejo Vidal-Quadras was shot…