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Author Archives: BCC

Sudan police fire tear gas on protest after prayers

Author:  AFP ID:  1549026467614490200 Fri, 2019-02-01 13:02 KHARTOUM: Sudanese police fired tear gas on Friday at worshippers leaving a mosque in the metropolis chanting “freedom, freedom” in an anti-government protest after the main weekly Muslim prayers, witnesses said. Worshippers have … read more

Facebook removes more accounts tied to Iran

Thu, 2019-01-31 22:48 Facebook Inc. said on Thursday it removed pages, groups and accounts tied to Iran for using and coordinating fake accounts. These accounts targeted people across the world, although more heavily in the Middle East and South Asia, … read more

UN envoy ‘deeply concerned’ about Yemen hostilities

Author:  Thu, 2019-01-31 19:30 LONDON: The United Nation’s Yemen envoy warned Thursday that he was deeply concerened about “recent hostilities” in Yemen where a precarious regional truce is under increasing pressure. Martin Griffiths did not specify which hostilities, but the Yemeni government … read more