France’s president told relatives on the 60th anniversary of the 1961 protest by Algerians that ‘crimes’ were committed.
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Australia’s Melbourne set to end world’s longest lockdowns
When Melbourne’s lockdown ends this week, it will have been under six lockdowns totalling 262 days since March 2020.
Relatives bury victims a day after a bomb blast during Friday prayers at a mosque in Kandahar. [EPA]
Men gather for the burial of victims at a Kandahar graveyard. [Javed Tanveer/AFP]
Friday's attack was the deadliest to strike Afghanistan since the dramatic US exit from the country. [Javed Tanveer/AFP]
Relatives prepare to lower the body of a victim into a grave during the burial in Kandahar. [Javed Tanveer/AFP]
Men cover the graves of victims with soil at the graveyard in Kandahar. At least 47 people were killed in the attack, according to government officials. [Javed Tanveer/AFP]
Relatives attend the funeral of the victims a day after a bomb blast during Friday prayers. [EPA]
At least 70 people were wounded after the explosion went off inside the mosque in Afghanistan’s southern city of Kandahar. [Javed Tanveer/AFP]
A victim who was injured in the suicide bombing rests inside a hospital in Kandahar. [Javed Tanveer/AFP]
Afghan men sit in a courtyard inside the mosque in Kandahar on October 15, 2021, after the suicide bomb attack during Friday prayers. [Javed Tanveer/AFP]
Afghans gather in the courtyard of the mosque in Kandahar on October 15, 2021, after a suicide bomb attack. [Javed Tanveer/AFP]
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Neglect of Palestinians in Israel fuels killing spree
The Palestinian community in Israel has fallen victim to a murder rate two times higher than Jewish areas.
Iran’s ex-central bank chief and officials sentenced to prison
Judiciary said the officials’ illegal distribution scheme hurt Iran’s economy at a time of hardship under US pressure.
FESPACO 2021: African film lovers come together in Ouagadougou
Pan-African festival opens in Burkina Faso’s capital months after being delayed by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Tens of thousands demonstrate in Rome against fascism
Protest comes a week after extreme right-wing supporters broke into the headquarters of Italy’s labour confederation.
Turkey’s Erdogan praises Merkel for ‘taking responsibility’
In farewell visit to Turkey, outgoing chancellor says security and independence of both countries depend on each other.
Russia exceeds 1,000 daily COVID deaths for first time
An official tally also showed 33,208 new infections, a high for fatalities and cases for the third day in a row.
