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DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) — At least fifteen people have been killed and 70 injured, many critically, in a huge fire triggered by a boiler explosion at a Bangladeshi packaging factory, officials said Saturday. “The death toll has risen to 15 and at least 70 people have been injured,” Parvez Mia, a doctor at the Tongi state-run hospital, told AFP. “Most of them had burn injuries. We sent the critically injured victims to the hospitals in Dhaka,” […]
(AFP) Fifteen years after the September 11 attacks, US anti-terror officials say the country is hardened against such well-developed plots but remains as vulnerable as ever to small and especially home-grown attacks. Stéphane Koguc Peter Shard / AFP Videographics / AFP
by Jennie MATTHEW New York, United States(AFP) — New York marks the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks more resilient, wealthier and more diverse than ever, yet that terrible day is forever seared into its DNA. The Al-Qaeda hijackings of September 11, 2001 — the first foreign attack on the US mainland in nearly two centuries — ruptured a sense of safety and plunged the West into wars still being fought today. More than 2,750 […]
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) – by Carole LANDRY with Jung Ha-Won in Seoul World powers expressed outrage Friday after North Korea claimed it had successfully tested a nuclear warhead that could be mounted on a missile, prompting urgent UN talks and calls for new sanctions. South Korea, the United States, Japan, Russia and China all condemned the blast at the Punggye-ri nuclear site, the North’s fifth and most powerful yet at 10 kilotons. At the […]
PARIS, France (AFP) – Seven people are in custody in France after intelligence services foiled a plot to use a car laden with gas cylinders to carry out an attack in Paris. Anti-terrorism prosecutor Francois Molins said the would-be attackers were guided by the Islamic State group in Syria. French President Francois Hollande said the terror cell behind the plot had been “destroyed”. Here is what we know so far: Car spotted A worker at […]
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) – by Rouba El Husseini The commander of Syria’s largest rebel coalition has been killed in an air strike near Aleppo, in what analysts say is the biggest blow to the alliance since its formation. The strike on a meeting of leaders of the Army of Conquest came after a major defeat for the rebels, which saw them once again besieged inside Aleppo after a pro-government advance this week. Former Al-Qaeda affiliate […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – by Michael Mathes The US House of Representatives passed legislation Friday that would allow relatives of victims of the 9/11 attacks to sue Saudi Arabia for compensation — a move the White House has threatened to veto. The Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act was approved in the House by unanimous voice vote some four months after its Senate passage — and only two days before the 15th anniversary of […]
TORI, Benin (AFP) – At least two people were killed and scores more suffered severe burns after an explosion at a rubbish dump outside Cotonou in Benin, police told AFP on Friday. The blast happened on Thursday evening, with the fire erupting in Tori Avame, around 40 kilometres (25 miles) from the country’s commercial hub. “We recorded a total of two dead and 61 injured as a result of this tragedy that occurred in this […]
Volkswagen engineer indicted in US emissions case NEW YORK, United States (AFP) – A Volkswagen engineer is expected to help the US pursue its criminal case against the German automaker after pleading guilty Friday to helping create the illegal emissions-cheating device installed on VW diesel cars. James Liang, 62, agreed to cooperate with US prosecutors developing a criminal case against Volkswagen, after he was indicted in Detroit federal court for his role developing the emissions “defeat […]
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) – Dutch police closed a probe Friday into a fatal crash involving a Tesla, accepting the US electric car firm’s findings that the Model S sedan was not on auto-pilot when it smashed into a tree. Tesla said the driver — who was killed in the accident — was in control of the car which crashed at high speed near the central Dutch town of Baarn on Wednesday. Police spokeswoman Thalia […]
KIEV, Ukraine (AFP) – by Olga SHYLENKO Ukraine on Friday reported its first combat death since a new ceasefire with pro-Russian rebels went into effect on September 1 before the new school year. The announcement delivered a worrying signal that one of the most enduring in a series of truces risked collapsing just as tensions between Moscow and Kiev are scaling new hights. “In the past day, as a result of military activities, one of […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) – Indonesia and the Philippines on Friday pledged to ensure security on the high seas after a surge of kidnappings by Islamist militants in the strife-torn southern Philippines. At least 25 Indonesian sailors and a handful of Malaysians have been abducted this year travelling in the Sulu Sea between Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. Philippine Islamist extremist outfit Abu Sayyaf, notorious for carrying out kidnappings-for-ransom, has been blamed for the abductions. Those […]
