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Italy arrests three men suspected of torturing migrants in Libya
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- Published on Tuesday, 17 September 2019 13:18
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Italian prosecutors on Monday ordered the arrest of three people suspected of torturing migrants in a detention centre in north-west Libya.
Prosecutors collected…
Son of Egypt's Morsi dies of heart attack at 25: lawyer
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- Published on Friday, 06 September 2019 10:54
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The youngest son of deceased ex-president Mohammed Morsi himself died on Wednesday night of a heart attack in Cairo, a family lawyer said.
Abdallah Morsi, 25, suffered the fatal cardiac arrest while at the wheel of his car, Abdel Moneim Abdel Maqsoud told AFP.
"A friend who was with him was able to stop the car and take him to hospital", said the…
Algerian PM Bedoui to resign, paving way for vote -sources
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- Published on Wednesday, 11 September 2019 10:37
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Algerian Prime Minister Noureddine Bedoui will resign soon to facilitate the holding of elections this year that the army sees as the only way to end a standoff over months of protests, two senior sources told Reuters on Tuesday.
Bedoui’s departure is a major demand of protesters, who in April forced long-time president Abdelaziz Bouteflika to…
Tunisia says killed jihadists were al-Qaeda leaders
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- Published on Wednesday, 04 September 2019 11:00
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Three suspected jihadists killed in a gun battle with Tunisian forces were wanted Algerian leaders of al-Qaeda, Tunisia's interior ministry said on Tuesday, a day after the shootout.
The Tunisian national guard said one its officers was also killed when fighting broke out Monday during a joint search operation with the army in the mountainous…