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The Ukrainian navy said Russia on Sunday opened fire on and seized three of its ships off the Black Sea coast of Crimea, sparking alarm among Kiev’s Western allies and raising fears of military escalation. The unprecedented incident occurred in the

Former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn, arrested last Monday on suspicion of financial misdoing, has denied the allegations against him, Japanese public broadcaster NHK said on Sunday. Ghosn, who has not spoken publicly, has told investigators that he had no intention of

Warplanes struck opposition territory in northwestern Syria on Sunday for the first time since Turkey and Russia agreed to create a buffer zone in the province of Idlib in September, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The U.K.-based monitoring group

Twenty-nine people died and more than 60 are feared drowned after a pleasure boat sank on Lake Victoria, Ugandan police said Sunday. The vessel carrying close to a hundred revellers sank during bad weather on Saturday in the latest deadly incident

Morocco’s navy on Saturday found the bodies of 15 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa on board a boat stranded at sea for days and rescued 53 survivors, a military source said. Coastguards recovered “15 lifeless corpses” from the vessel in the Mediterranean

The 4th meeting of Turkey-Qatar High Strategic Committee is set to be held in Istanbul on Nov. 26, an official statement said. According to a statement from Turkey’s presidential press office, the meeting will be jointly presided over by President Recep

French police fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse violent demonstrators in Paris on Saturday, as thousands gathered in the capital and beyond and staged road blockades to vent anger against rising fuel taxes. Thousands of police were deployed nationwide

The announcement was made by his successor, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who said on Saturday that the former leader has been receiving treatment in Singapore for the past two months. “He is now old. Of course, he now is unable to walk but whatever