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Over 2,000 civilians’ bodies recovered in western Mosul: Officer

Over 2,000 civilians’ bodies recovered in western Mosul: Officer

Iraqi authorities exhume a mass grave in Tikrit. Mosul (IraqiNews.com) More than 2,000 bodies of civilians were recovered since liberation of Mosul city, an Iraqi officer said on Friday. “Rescue teams of Nineveh’s civil defense department have recovered more than 2,100 bodies of civilians from under the destroyed houses in the western side of Mosul, […]

Council of Europe warns Italy over crowded jails

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Council of Europe warns Italy over crowded jails

  File photo of a cell in a Rome jail. Photo: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP The Council of Europe criticized Italy on Friday for overcrowding in the country’s jails. The Council’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) said that many of Italy’s prisons were “still operating above capacity”, and denounced multiple cases of ill treatment. Prisoners […]

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UN: 270,000 Rohingya fled to Bangladesh in two weeks

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UN: 270,000 Rohingya fled to Bangladesh in two weeks

Another UN official says more than 1,000 people, mostly Rohingya Muslims, may have been killed. More than 1,000 people may already have been killed in Myanmar, according to a UN official [Suzauddin Rubel/AFP/Getty Images] The number of Rohingya Muslims fleeing to Bangladesh in the last two weeks to escape the violence in Myanmar has shot up to about 270,000, a spokeswoman […]

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Earthquake Off Mexico Kills Dozens, Sparks Tsunami Warning

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Earthquake Off Mexico Kills Dozens, Sparks Tsunami Warning

The most powerful earthquake to hit Mexico in a century struck off the country’s southern coast early Friday, killing at least 26 people and prompting warnings it could trigger tsunami waves up to 10 feet high. The quake just before 1 a.m. ET was stronger than the 1985 tremor that killed more than 5,000 people […]

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‘Helping sense of unease’: Japan runs anti-missile drills over N. Korea launches (VIDEO)

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‘Helping sense of unease’: Japan runs anti-missile drills over N. Korea launches (VIDEO)

FILE PHOTO Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) © Issei Kato / Reuters For the second time in its history, Japan has carried out a series of anti-missile drills at a US airbase in the northern Tohoku region, as tensions mount with North Korea’s missile and nuclear weapons program. A crew of thirty set up a Patriot […]

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Diplomat given 72 hours to leave as Mexico condemns missile launches

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Diplomat given 72 hours to leave as Mexico condemns missile launches

The North Korean ambassador and President Peña Nieto when relations were more cordial. Mexico has expelled the North Korean ambassador in response to that country’s recent nuclear tests. The government declared in a statement that ambassador Kim Hyong Gil was persona non grata and gave him 72 hours to leave the country. It said the […]

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