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Former Chad dictator to face trial on September 7

Former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre was forcibly brought to a court in Senegal on Tuesday, where judges adjourned his trial until September 7 to let appointed lawyers prepare his defence. Prison guards brought Habre, dressed in a white robe and turban, into the special court in the capital Dakar, an …

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India pledges support for Iraq in fight against IS

India strongly supports Iraq’s territorial integrity and its government’s efforts to “overcome the current crisis”, President Pranab Mukherjee said amid a war that country is engaged in against ISIS terror group. In a message to his counterpart Fuad Masum on the eve of National Day of Iraq, Mukherjee said India …

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Modi, Sharif discuss bilateral relations

Describing last week’s meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif as an “important step forward”, the US has urged the two countries to create “constituencies for peace.” The Modi-Sharif meeting on the sidelines of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting in Ufa, Russia “marked an important step …

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