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Argentina player Diego Maradona (c) takes on the Belguim defence during the 1982 FIFA World Cup match between Argentina and Belgium at the Nou Camp stadium on June 13, 1982 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by Steve Powell/Allsport/Getty Images)
ALBERTO FERNANDEZ

Football legend Maradona dies

The Argentinian icon died at his home on Wednesday, two weeks after having surgery on a blood clot in his brain

  • Luke Feltham
2 min read
A woman holds up a sign that reads “(Argentine President Mauricio) Macri, resign!” as she takes part in a demonstration against the government’s economic measures in Buenos Aires, Argentina September 6 2018. (Marcos Brindicci/Reuters)
AFP

Argentina ex-president Macri accused of spying on 400 journalists

The complaint states that the background checks on journalists were “neither ordered nor authorised by any magistrate”

  • Agence France Presse
3 min read
ABDEL BASIT ELSENOUSI

Sudan summons US envoy over Darfur comments

Sudan summoned the top United States diplomat in Khartoum saying he had interfered in the internal affairs of the country and rejected US criticism of the appointment of Musa…

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read