#BREAKING Assad says Western criticism of Syria vote has 'zero value'
#BREAKING Syria's Bashar al-Assad said Western criticism of presidential polls has "zero value" as he cast his ballot in a Damascus suburb Wednesday, an AFP journalist reported
📸 Bashar al-Assad talks to the media after casting his vote at a polling station in Douma
VIDEO: Syrians cast their ballots at a polling stations in Damascus as voting began across Syria for an election where few doubt that President Bashar al-Assad will extend his grip on power for a fourth term
#UPDATE Syria's Bashar al-Assad said Western criticism of Wednesday's presidential election has "zero value" as he cast his ballot in a Damascus suburb u.afp.com/UhZb
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'Please save him!': Anguish of jailed Belarus journalist's parents.
From their new home in Poland, the parents of Roman Protasevich have been in anguish since his Ryanair flight was forced to land in Belarus, leading to his arrest
#BREAKING Mali strongman Assimi Goita says elections will take place in 2022
#UPDATE Political turmoil in #Mali deepened on Tuesday as the country's interim vice president #AssimiGoita pushed out transitional leaders tasked with steering the return to civilian rule after a coup last August, as he promised elections in 2022 u.afp.com/UnVJ
#BREAKING France condemns Mali 'coup', demands president, PM freed: foreign minister
#BREAKING Up to 2,500 homes destroyed in DR Congo volcano eruption: aid official
#UPDATE Powerful aftershocks from the Mount #Nyiragongo volcano rocked the eastern DR Congo city of #Goma on Tuesday as the death toll from the disaster climbed to 32 and thousands were feared homeless u.afp.com/Unrf#GomaVolcano
#BREAKING Cracks up to several hundred metres long, roughly two feet wide in places appear in Goma, DR Congo as aftershocks from nearby volcano shake the area: AFP journalist
#BREAKING Australia to close Kabul embassy as US troops withdraw: PM
#UPDATE Australia will close its embassy in Afghanistan this week, Prime Minister Morrison says, underscoring fears about the "increasingly uncertain security environment" in Kabul as foreign troops withdraw.
The embassy will re-open "once circumstances permit"
VIDEO: Afghan forces push back Taliban offensive near provincial capital.
Afghan forces clash with Taliban fighters in the capital of Laghman Province, about 120 kilometres (75 miles) from Kabul