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Iraqi protesters denounce twin 'occupiers' US and Iran
IKARBALA: Iraqi students take part in ongoing anti-government demonstrations in the central Iraqi city of Karbala, yesterday. - AFP DIWANIYAH: Iraqi protesters flooded the streets yesterday to denounce both Iran and the US as "occupiers", angry that fears of war between the rivals was derailing their anti-government movement. For three months, youth-dominated rallies in the capital and Shiite-majority south have condemned Iraq's ruling class as...
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Indian govt seeks to woo Bollywood stars as citizenship law protests rage on
MUMBAI: The Indian government invited numerous Bollywood stars and film industry personalities to a private gathering yesterday in an effort to garner support for a new citizenship law that has triggered weeks of sometimes violent protests nationwide. At least 25 people have been killed so far in clashes with the police during five weeks of protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), which eases the path for non-Muslims in the...
EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / (FILES) In this file photo taken on June 26, 2016 Somali soldiers and people stand and look at the bodies of three suspected fighters of the radical Islamist al-Shabab group lying in the road outside The Nasahablood Hotel in Mogadishu, a day after an attack in which at least 11 people were killed. - In the past decade 2010-2019 Somali Islamist group Al-Shabaab has lost territory, suffered defections and faced increased US air strikes, but analysts say the group is as strong a threat as ever, flourishing under a weak government. Despite years of expensive efforts to combat the group, Al-Shabaab managed once again to detonate a vehicle packed with explosives in Mogadishu, massacring 81 people on Saturday in one of the deadliest attacks of the decade. (Photo by Mohamed Abdiwahab / AFP)
Somali jihadists attack Kenya military base
MOGADISHU: In this file photo, Somali soldiers and people stand and look at the bodies of three suspected fighters of the radical Islamist Al-Shabab group lying on the road outside The Nasahablood Hotel in Mogadishu. Jihadists from Somalia's Al-Shabaab group yesterday stormed a military base used by US forces in Kenya's coastal Lamu region, destroying several aircraft and military vehicles.-AFP NAIROBI: Jihadists from Somalia's Al-Shabaab group...