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The Taliban are lying, France’s foreign minister says

PARIS, (Reuters) – The Taliban are lying and France will not have any relationship with its newly-formed government, Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said late yesterday before heading for talks in Qatar today to discuss future evacuations from Afghanistan.

Najib Mikati

Lebanon agrees new government to tackle economic collapse

BEIRUT, (Reuters) – Lebanese leaders agreed a new government led by Sunni Muslim tycoon Najib Mikati yesterday after a year of feuding over cabinet seats that has exacerbated a devastating economic collapse, opening the way to a resumption of talks with the IMF.

Small Canada party expels official for throwing gravel at Canada PM Trudeau

OTTAWA (Reuters) – The small right-wing People’s Party of Canada (PPC) expelled one of its local officials on Thursday over allegations he threw gravel at Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau earlier this week, a party spokesman said                                                                                                                                                                                 Trudeau was hit by a handful of gravel on Monday, television images showed, while campaigning in London, Ontario, ahead of the Sept.

Fire kills 41 in overcrowded Indonesia prison block

TANGERANG, Indonesia, (Reuters) – A fire killed 41 inmates in an overcrowded prison block in Indonesia’s Banten province today, a government minister said, injuring scores more in a blaze that police said may have been caused by an electrical fault.

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