Thousands of protesters gathered Friday in the center of the Algerian capital chanting slogans against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s re-election bid, AFP journalists said. Waving Algeria’s green-white-red flag, waves of men and women converged on the city’s landmark Grand Post Office square, as youths staged a peaceful march.
The Russian Black Sea Fleet’s naval ships together with the vessels of the Turkish Naval Forces have conducted a passing exercise to improve interoperability in possible mine danger areas, Black Sea Fleet spokesman Capt. 2nd Rank Alexei Rulyov said on Friday. “The crews of two vessels of the Novorossiysk naval ...