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The multilateral system that Donald Trump has dismantled was not, as he believes, a trap laid by weaker states to fleece a credulous superpower   COMMENT | STEPHEN HOLMES | After declaring Iran’s military “gone”, US President Donald Trump appealed to Britain, France, Japan, and South Korea – as well as …

Algiers, Algeria | AFP | Algerians were gathering Friday for the first mass protests since the resignation of ailing president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, in a key test of whether the momentum for reform can be maintained. Activists took to social media calling for “joyful demonstrations” to “peacefully bring down a dictatorial regime”. …

Washington, United States | AFP | Donald Trump boasted he made things up in a conversation with Canada’s prime minister, insisting the US ran a trade deficit with its neighbor despite having “no idea” if the claim were true, the Washington Post reported. The US president recalled the exchange with …