Tag : fnc/world

Tag: fnc/world

Sudanese president orders probe of recent protests

FILE - In this July 9, 2018 file photo, Sudan's President Omar Bashir attends a ceremony for Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey. An umbrella of independent professional unions on Sunday, Dec. 30,...

Mexican president proposes ‘free zone’ to attract investment, reduce migration to US

In a bid to reduce migration to the U.S. and attract investment, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has proposed the creation of economic “free zones” along the U.S.-Mexico border. The Tax Incentive Decree for the Northern Border Regio...

Afghan special forces fight IS; Taliban kill 15 policemen

KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan special forces launched a new offensive against the Islamic State group in eastern Nangarhar province, killing 27 militants, officials said Tuesday. Meanwhile, Taliban attacks in northern Afghanistan killed 15 members of...

ICC sentences ex-Congo VP to 1 year for witness tampering

Judges at the International Criminal Court on Monday re-imposed a one-year prison sentence and 300,000-euro ($350,000) fine on a former Congolese vice president for interfering with witnesses at his war crimes trial.

South Sudan ex-military chief forms new opposition party

JOHANNESBURG – South Sudan's former military chief of staff Paul Malong is launching a new opposition party to challenge what he says is the corrupt government and to take part in the country's upcoming peace talks at the end April in neighboring E...

Suspected rebels kill 6 in Congo's Virunga National Park

KINSHASA, Congo – The Virunga National Park in Congo says suspected rebels have attacked and killed five park rangers and a driver in the central part of the vast park. The statement from the park said Monday that a sixth ranger was wounded in th...