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Former UN chief Kofi Annan dies Annan served as UN Secretary General from 1997 to 2006 and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2001

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Former UN chief Kofi Annan dies Annan served as UN Secretary General from 1997 to 2006 and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2001

[The Associated Press]  Former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has died at a hospital in the Swiss capital, Bern, after a brief illness.     The 80-year-old served as the seventh UN chief for almost 10 years from 1997 to 2006 and was awarded a Nobel Prize in 2001, which he shared with the UN. A […]

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Sweden grapples with neo-Nazis in election campaign

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Sweden grapples with neo-Nazis in election campaign

The NMR march in Ludvika on May 1st. Photo: Ulf Palm/TT Sweden’s authorities have long struggled with how to handle marches by the neo-Nazi Nordic Resistance Movement (NMR). Now the openly racist and anti-Semitic group is campaigning in the general election for the first time. The Administrative Court in Gothenburg ruled on Thursday that the […]

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‘We are not going to take it sitting down’: Trump on detention of US pastor in Turkey

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‘We are not going to take it sitting down’: Trump on detention of US pastor in Turkey

FILE PHOTO. © Reuters US President Donald Trump has vowed to take new steps to free an American pastor detained in Turkey, stating that “we haven’t seen the last of it.” Pastor Andrew Brunson has been held by Ankara since 2016. “They should have given him back a long time ago, and Turkey has in […]

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People evacuated from rooftops as Kerala floods kill 164

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People evacuated from rooftops as Kerala floods kill 164

Rescuers shift the stranded people to 1,200 state-run camps where more than 150,000 people already have taken shelter.   Rescue workers have used helicopters and boats to evacuate hundreds of people stranded on their roofs following unprecedented flooding in India’s Kerala state where more than 160 people have died, officials said. Heavy rains over the past eight days […]

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German doctor stabbed to death at practice

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German doctor stabbed to death at practice

Police have identified the suspect as a 26-year-old man from Somalia. The city of Offenburg only has 60,000 people, but is regarded as a crime hotspot.     A doctor was stabbed to death in his own practice on Thursday in a seemingly unprovoked attack in the south-western German city of Offenburg. A 26-year-old man […]

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Islamic State militants killed, as Iraqi jets carry out airstrike in Syria

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Islamic State militants killed, as Iraqi jets carry out airstrike in Syria

Representational photo.     Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi fighter jets have shelled an Islamic State task force in Syria, the Interior Ministry’s Security Media Center said, adding that the militants were planning for an operation using explosive belts inside Iraq over the coming few days. In a statement on Thursday, the center said, “based on instructions […]

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German plane makes emergency landing following bomb threat

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German plane makes emergency landing following bomb threat

A Condor airbus takes off in Berlin. Photo: DPA A German passenger jet was forced to make an emergency landing on Thursday following a bomb threat which a passenger reportedly found written on a receipt. The airline from Condor, Germany’s second largest airline, touched down on the Greek island of Crete on Thursday. The plane, […]

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12 former top intelligence officials criticize Trump for pulling security clearance By Elana Schor

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12 former top intelligence officials criticize Trump for pulling security clearance By Elana Schor

The bipartisan group of former intelligence officials described President Donald Trump’s decision as an “inappropriate and deeply regrettable” message to others about the consequences of airing political views in public. | Andrew Harnik/AP Photo A dozen former top intelligence officials, representing previous Republican and Democratic administrations, issued a letter late Thursday supporting former CIA Director […]

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Chinese bombers ‘training to strike US targets in the Pacific’, Pentagon report says

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Chinese bombers ‘training to strike US targets in the Pacific’, Pentagon report says

A Chinese H-6K bomber patrols the islands and reefs in the South China Sea. Photo / AP Chinese bombers are likely training for strikes against US and allied targets in the Pacific, according to a new Pentagon report that also details how Beijing is transforming its ground forces to “fight and win.”     The […]

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Former Yazidi slave girl flees Germany after being confronted by her ISIS captor-turned refugee

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Former Yazidi slave girl flees Germany after being confronted by her ISIS captor-turned refugee

Kurdayetî / Facebook A Yazidi teenager enslaved by Islamic State who sought asylum in Germany has moved back to Iraq after being confronted by her former ISIS captor, who had registered as a refugee in Stuttgart. Ashwaq Ta’lo said that she was stopped by Abu Humam – a Syrian ISIS guard who had purchased her […]

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