UN to vote on Sahel force after Franco-US deal

The UN Security Council will vote on Wednesday on a draft resolution that would pave the way for the deployment of a five-nation African military force to fight jihadists in the Sahel region.

Clashes erupt in C. Africa a day after peace deal

Intense fighting in the Central African Republic killed at least 40 people on Tuesday and injured dozens more, dashing hopes for stability in the strife-torn country the day after the signing of a ceasefire deal.

Republican holds lead in Georgia race seen as Trump referendum

Early results trickled in for Tuesday's closely-watched election in Georgia, the most expensive congressional race ever, with the Republican narrowly leading a contest that Democrats have painted as a referendum on Donald Trump's scandal-plagued presidency.

 

France to review terror watchlist over Paris attacker’s guns

France's interior minister ordered on Tuesday a review of registered gun owners who are also on the country's extremist watchlist after one of them rammed a car laden with weapons and gas canisters into a police van on Paris's Champs-Elysees.

 

’Portugal weeps’ as deadly forest fire rages

More than 1,000 firefighters were on Monday battling to get control of a massive forest fire that swept through central Portugal at the weekend, as the nation mourned the 64 killed in the flames.

Trump decries ’witch hunt’ but lawyer insists no probe

One of Donald Trump's lawyers insisted on Sunday that the president was not under criminal investigation as part of the sweeping probe into Russia's alleged meddling in American elections, despite the US leader's tweets angrily calling the whole saga a "distraction".

U.N. nuke talks resume amid hopes for ban treaty

U.N. negotiations toward the first global treaty banning atomic weapons resumed Thursday despite a boycott by nuclear powers including the United States, as well as countries it is sworn to protect with its arsenal.

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