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Norway grants asylum to torture-fearing Turkish officers

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Norway grants asylum to torture-fearing Turkish officers

A Turkish Airlines aircraft leaving from Oslo’s Gardemoen Airport. File photo: Vidar Ruud / NTB scanpix Turkish military personnel have ignored orders to return home following last year’s attempted coup and have now been granted asylum in Norway, saying they fear torture should they return home. Four officers, as well as a military attaché, have […]

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IS burn western Mosul women who refused to slaughter co-civilians

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IS burn western Mosul women who refused to slaughter co-civilians

MISIS executed a youth in Hawija by firing squad. Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) Islamic State militants have burned three women who refused to slaughter fellow residents who had tried to flee areas held by the group in Mosul, eyewitnesses said. Shafaaq news website quoted the witnesses saying that the group had sentenced a group of civilians to […]

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U.S. Senators From Both Parties Sponsor Bill Tightening Iran Sanctions

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U.S. Senators From Both Parties Sponsor Bill Tightening Iran Sanctions

VU.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corke  U.S. senators from both major political parties introduced legislation on March 23 to tighten sanctions on Iran over its ballistic missile launches and other non-nuclear military activities. Authored by leaders of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and co-sponsored by seven senators each from the Republican and Democratic […]

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Iran ‘harassed’ US aircraft carrier in Strait of Hormuz

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Iran ‘harassed’ US aircraft carrier in Strait of Hormuz

The USS George HW Bush aircraft carrier transits the Strait of Hormuz on March 21, 2017. Laura Mackenzie / The National ABOARD THE USS GEORGE HW BUSH // A US aircraft carrier was “harassed” and “threatened” by armed Revolutionary Guard vessels while passing through the Strait of Hormuz this week, as the ship’s captain said […]

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US general: Russia may be supplying Taliban fighters

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US general: Russia may be supplying Taliban fighters

Russia is ‘perhaps’ aiding the Taliban in fighting against US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, US general alleges. Taliban officials have said Russian involvement does not extend beyond “moral and political support” [Reuters: File] The top US general in Europe said on Thursday he has seen growing Russian influence on the Afghan Taliban, and raised […]

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Report says China’s sharing economy to grow 40% annually

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Report says China’s sharing economy to grow 40% annually

A group of bikers riding ofo bicycles pass by Chang’an Avenue, Beijing, on March 10, 2017. [Photo/China Daily] China’s sharing economy will maintain a high 40 percent annual growth rate in the coming years, according to estimates in a report released by the State Information Center. The report, released by the center’s sharing economy research […]

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Austria doubles cash offer for migrants to leave country

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Austria doubles cash offer for migrants to leave country

Austria doubles cash offer for migrants to leave country Migrants run towards the Austrian border from Hegyeshalom, Hungary © Leonhard Foeger / Reuters   As part of a campaign to speed up the repatriation of around 50,000 asylum seekers, Vienna said it would double the amount of money paid to migrants who voluntarily return home. […]

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Turkey to review its political relations with EU: Erdoğan

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Turkey to review its political relations with EU: Erdoğan

AA Photo Turkey will continue its economic relations with the European Union but will review all political and administrative ties, including the migrant deal, after the upcoming referendum on April 16, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Thursday. In an interview with broadcaster CNN Turk, Erdoğan said European countries were allowing events for those campaigning […]

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London attack: The victims

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London attack: The victims

Image copyrightPA/FACEBOOK Image caption(From left) PC Keith Palmer, Kurt Cochran and Aysha Frade all died in the attack Three people were killed, along with the assailant, in Wednesday’s attack in Westminster, close to the Houses of Parliament. About 40 people from 11 different countries were injured, of whom 29 needed hospital treatment and seven remain […]

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Summary latest london attack

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Summary latest london attack

Killed PC was ‘brave and courageous’, family say MPc Palmer, who worked with the Metropolitan Police for 15 years, was last night named as the officer who was murdered as he tried to stop the attacker entering Westminster around 2.30pm on Wednesday CREDIT: METROPOLITAN POLICE PC Keith Palmer, who was killed yesterday, was a “friend […]

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