M23 SAYS HUNDREDS OF BURUNDI SOLDIERS CAPTURED IN LATEST CONGO OFFENSIVE. (PHOTO).

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 M23 says hundreds of Burundi soldiers captured in latest Congo offensive The Rwanda-backed M23 group has captured hundreds of Burundian soldiers during its latest offensive in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a rebel official said, as clashes continued despite a warning from the Trump administration. Last week M23 entered the strategic town of Uvira near the border with Burundi, less than a week after the presidents of Congo and Rwanda met in Washington with U.S. President Donald Trump and affirmed their commitment to a peace deal known as the Washington Accords. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Saturday that Rwanda's actions in eastern Congo violated the Washington Accords and vowed to "take action to ensure promises made to the President are kept". Rwanda denies supporting M23 and has blamed Congolese and Burundian forces for the renewed fighting. A United Nations group of experts report published in July said Rwanda exercised command and control over t...

IRANIAN ACTIVIST WHO WAS ARRESTED LAST WEEK,HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM ITALIAN PRISON.{READ}.


                                According to Reuters,Mehdi Khosravi,an Iranian activist arrested last week in Italy,said today friday he had been released from jail,following an appeal to the Italian government by the son of the deposed shah.Reza Pahlavi,55,whose late father was toppled by the 1979 Islamic Revolution,said in a letter to Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Monday that Khosravi risked torture and execution if Italy extradited him as Tehran has demanded.Pahlavi posted the letter om his Twitter account.Khosravi,37 told Italian newspaper La Repubblica he had been let out of jail in Lecco,northern Italy,five days after police arrested him on an international warrant for alleged corruption.''These are false and ridiculous accusations to which I will not even respond''.Khosravi,who sayys he fled Iran after getting in trouble with authorities for writing about ''democracy,rights and freedom'' on his blog.Khosravi has lived as a political refugee in Britain since 2010.In his comments to the newspaper,asked why he was arrested in Italy,given that he had travelled freely in France,Germany and Spain.The Italian interior ministry had no immediate comment.

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