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Myanmar junta jails former British envoy for one year
Myanmar junta jails former British envoy for one year
World
by  AFP

Myanmar's ruling military jailed on Friday a former British ambassador and her husband for a year each for breaching immigration rules, a junta spokesman said. Since carrying out a coup last year, Myanmar's military has carried out a bloody clampdown on dissent and battled forces opposed to the takeover.

Top cleric killed by mosque blast in Afghanistan's Herat
Top cleric killed by mosque blast in Afghanistan's Herat
World
by  AFP

A huge bomb blast at one of the biggest mosques in western Afghanistan Friday killed its influential imam, who called earlier this year for those who commit "the smallest act" against the government to be beheaded. In July, during a religious gathering in Kabul, he called for those who commit "the smallest act against our Islamic government" to be beheaded.

Greenpeace drops boulders on UK seabed to curb bottom-trawling fishing
Greenpeace drops boulders on UK seabed to curb bottom-trawling fishing
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Greenpeace UK said Friday it had dropped 18 large boulders on the seabed in a marine conservation zone off the coast of southwest England to prevent "destructive" industrial fishing. "We are placing large limestone boulders on the seabed to create a protective underwater barrier which will put the area off limits to destructive fishing," Anna Diski, UK oceans campaigner, told AFP on board.

Trial opens in France over 2016 Nice truck massacre
Trial opens in France over 2016 Nice truck massacre
World
by  AFP

Eight suspects go on trial Monday over the July 2016 attack in the Mediterranean city of Nice where a radical Islamist killed 86 people by driving a truck into thousands of locals and tourists celebrating France's national day.