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Stay or go? Parents agonise as shells fall on Ukraine's Bakhmut
Stay or go? Parents agonise as shells fall on Ukraine's Bakhmut
World
by  AFP

Four-year-old Tanya started in her mother's arms, eyes wide open, as the boom of artillery fire echoed around the battered frontline Ukrainian town of Bakhmut. But most of those refusing to leave Bakhmut share a common story: too poor, too sick, too old to start over in a new place.

August signing of Chad peace plan expected in Qatar: sources
August signing of Chad peace plan expected in Qatar: sources
World
by  AFP

Qatar seeks to hold a ministerial summit in early August to seal an accord between Chad's military government and opposition rebels on a national peace dialogue, negotiators said Sunday. "Qatar would like to get an accord settled this week so they can hold an international meeting soon," said one negotiator.

Hundreds camp at Iraqi parliament for second day
Hundreds camp at Iraqi parliament for second day
World
by  AFP

Hundreds of followers of powerful Iraqi Shiite preacher Moqtada Sadr camped at the country's parliament Sunday for a second day, protesting against corruption and political mismanagement. The politicians currently in parliament have brought us nothing," said one of the protesters, Abdelwahab al-Jaafari, 45, a day labourer with nine children.

Japanese national detained in Myanmar
Japanese national detained in Myanmar
World
by  AFP

A Japanese man has been detained in Myanmar's commercial capital Yangon, an official at Japan's embassy confirmed Sunday, the latest foreigner ensnared in the junta-ruled nation. "I can confirm a Japanese national was detained yesterday in Yangon," an official at the Japanese embassy told AFP Sunday, requesting anonymity.