AFGHANISTAN: Presidential election delayed by three months
Next year’s presidential election in Afghanistan has been postponed by three months, election authority sources say. It was initially due in April. A
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CONGO: Three opposition areas excluded from presidential election
Voters in three Congolese cities known as opposition strongholds will be excluded from presidential elections on security and health grounds, official
ITALY: Mount Etna: New 4.8-magnitude earthquake hits Sicily
A 4.8-magnitude earthquake has hit Sicily near Europe’s most active volcano, Mount Etna, injuring at least 28 people, Italian officials say. Ten peopl
FRANCE: Judges drop probe into 1994 Rwanda attack
French judges have dropped a long-running investigation into the shooting down of a plane carrying the former Rwandan president Juvenal Habyarimana. H
JAPAN: Whale hunting: Commercial whaling to restart in July
Japan says it is to restart commercial whaling in July in a move that is likely to draw international criticism. It said it would withdraw from the In