30 migrants found dead as refugee boats arrive in Italy

ROME: The deaths of 30 boat migrants sparked anger and frustration in Italy on Monday, as critics accused the government of failing to deal with an immigration crisis which has seen over 5,000 people rescued in the last 24 hours. Rescuers had found...

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Russian sailors in France for warship training

SAINT-NAZAIRE, France: A Russian naval ship carrying 400 sailors has docked at a French harbor to start weeks of training aboard a warship France is selling to Russia despite widespread criticism from its allies.The warship is part of a 1.2-billion-euro...

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Heavy rebel infighting near Iraq: Syria activists

BEIRUT: Syrian activists say heavy clashes are underway between several rebel factions and an al-Qaida breakaway group over control of a border crossing with Iraq.The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says Monday's fighting between rebel...

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Israel strikes Gaza militant sites

JERUSALEM: The Israeli military said that it has carried out air strikes on rocket launchers and militant sites in the Gaza Strip, following rocket fire from Gaza into Israel.The military said it targeted nine sites in Gaza early on Sunday, including...

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ISIS crucifies 9 men in Syria's Aleppo: NGO

BEIRUT: A jihadist group in Syria has publicly executed and crucified nine men, eight of them rebels fighting both President Bashar al-Assad's regime and the jihadists, a monitor said on Sunday.The report comes amid fierce clashes on the outskirts of...

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Pope leads long Vatican Mass after health setbacks

VATICAN CITY: Looking tired but relaxed, Pope Francis has led his first major public ceremony after a spate of cancelled appointments for health problems.Francis appeared to hold up well Sunday during the more than 90-minute Mass in St Peter's Basilica...

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Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova sign accord with EU

BRUSSELS: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said that the signing of an association accord with the EU on Friday marked a "historic day" that offered his ex-Soviet country a fresh start after years of political instability.The accord, which will seal...

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Iraqi militants executed 160 captives: Report

LONDON: Analysis of photographs and satellite images of mass graves by Human Rights Watch has confirmed that militants in Iraq massacred at least 160 captives in the northern city of Tikrit.HRW said that between 160 and 190 men were killed in at least...

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3 facts about Ukraine’s accord with EU

BRUSSELS: After months of upheaval, Ukraine signed a broad political and trade accord with the European Union on Friday, making a historic shift away from Russia and closer to the West.The signing is a victory for pro-EU Ukrainians who drove Russian-backed...

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US says Russia has 'hours' to ease Ukraine crisis

PARIS: The United States warned Russia on Thursday it had only "hours" to prove it was helping disarm Ukrainian insurgents whose separatist drive has reopened a Cold War-style chasm in East-West ties.US Secretary of State John Kerry's warning came a...

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P5+1 making 'excessive demands' in N-talks: Iran

TEHRAN: Iran has offered "rational proposals" in nuclear negotiations but "excessive demands" of the P5+1 world powers are likely to prevent agreement by the July 20 deadline, Tehran's foreign minister said on Thursday.The five permanent members of the...

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Pakistan army pounds main Taliban town

ISLAMABAD: After days of targeted air strikes on Taliban militants in Pakistan's tribal region of North Waziristan, ground troops moved into Miranshah town on Thursday as tanks and artillery pounded hideouts in the city.The military has started clearing...

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Comedy on Kim Jong-un an ‘act of terror’: N Korea

SEOUL: On Wednesday, North Korea denounced a new Hollywood comedy about an assassination bid on leader Kim Jong-un as a "wanton act of terror" and warned of a "merciless response" unless the US authorities banned the film."The Interview" stars Seth Rogen...

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Russian chain delivers pizza by drone

MOSCOW: Flying pizza! A Russian pizza chain claims to have successfully carried out the first commercial delivery of pizzas via a drone.DoDo Pizza's first unmanned delivery was made over the weekend in the northern Russian city Syktyvkar. The drone completed...

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Al-Qaida merges with ISIS at Syria-Iraq border town

BEIRUT: Al-Qaida's Syrian offshoot on Wednesday made an oath of loyalty to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant at a key town on the Iraqi border, a monitor said.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the merger is significant because it opens...

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Putin 'scraps' threat of force in Ukraine

MOSCOW: Russian news agencies say President Vladimir Putin has asked parliament to cancel a resolution sanctioning the use of military force in Ukraine.Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday that Putin wrote to the head of Russia's upper house of parliament asking...

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Egypt's Sisi 'won't act' in Al Jazeera case

CAIRO: President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Tuesday Egypt's authorities "will not interfere in judicial matters" a day after three Al-Jazeera journalists were jailed for between seven and 10 years.The United States is leading calls for Sisi to pardon...

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Slain Monaco heiress's daughter arrested: Report

MARSEILLE: French police investigating the shooting of a 77-year-old heiress from one of Monaco's richest families have arrested around 20 people, including her daughter and son-in-law, sources close to the probe said on Monday.The heiress, Helene Pastor,...

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'Kenya hits al-Shabaab bases in Somalia, 80 killed'

MOGADISHU: Kenyan fighter jets have attacked two bases belonging to Islamist al-Shabaab insurgents in Somalia and killed at least 80 militants, African Union peacekeepers there said on Monday.The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), whose soldiers...

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Syrian rebels sending children into war: Report

BEIRUT: Militant Islamist groups in Syria are recruiting children as young as 15 and sending them into battle after promising them a free education, a Human Rights Watch report said on Monday.The report said that the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant...

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Sudan to release woman on death row for apostasy

KHARTOUM: A Sudanese court on Monday ordered the release of a 27-year-old woman who was sentenced to death last month for converting from Islam to Christianity, the state news agency said.The case of Meriam Ibrahim, who is married to a Christian American,...

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Polish minister says US ties worthless: Report

WARSAW, Poland: A Polish magazine on Sunday said that it has obtained recordings of a conversation in which foreign minister Radek Sikorski says that the country's strong alliance with the US "isn't worth anything" and is "even harmful because it creates...

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Kerry in Cairo for talks with Egypt's new president

CAIRO: US secretary of state John Kerry arrived in Cairo on Sunday for talks with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi over Egypt's crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood and the threat which the conflict in Iraq poses to the Middle East.Kerry is the highest-ranking...

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Lanka police hit back after media flak over deadly riots

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan police announced they were tightening security in the capital on Sunday after local media, in a rare show of unity, condemned them for failing to control Buddhist extremists behind deadly anti-Muslim riots.Police spokesman Ajith Rohana...

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Pak woman raped, hanged from tree

LAHORE: A 21-year-old woman was raped and hanged from a tree in Pakistan, police said, in a case bearing a chilling resemblance to a spate of similar attacks that sparked outrage in neighbouring India.The woman's boyfriend of six months, named by police...

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Egypt confirms over 180 Islamist death sentences

CAIRO: An Egyptian court on Saturday confirmed the death sentences of more than 180 alleged Islamists, including the top leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, lawyers said.Lawyers say the ruling can be overturned on appeal. It was not immediately clear how...

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Israel steps up West Bank search for missing teens

RAMALLAH (West Bank): Israel sent more troops to the occupied West Bank on Saturday to search for three missing teenagers it says were kidnapped by Palestinian Islamist group Hamas.The military said it arrested 10 Palestinians on Saturday and that some...

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Israeli troops kill Palestinian, wound 3 in search

RAMALLAH (West Bank): Israeli troops opened fire at Palestinian stone throwers today during West Bank arrest raids linked to a search for three missing Israeli teens, killing a 15-year-old Palestinian and seriously wounding three, officials said.Today's...

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Ukraine president issues peace plan

KIEV: Ukraine's new Western-backed president on Friday released a sweeping peace plan for curbing a pro-Russian uprising in the separatist east that is threatening the ex-Soviet country's survival.The publication of the 14-point initiative followed two...

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Suicide bomb attack in Lebanon

BEIRUT: A suicide bomber killed one person and wounded 37 in an attack at a security checkpoint in Lebanon on Friday that narrowly missed a top security official who said he had been told Islamist militants wanted to assassinate him.The explosion occurred...

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Ex-Jerusalem mayor jailed over corruption

JERUSALEM: An Israeli court sentenced former Jerusalem mayor Uri Lupolianski to six years in prison on Thursday for his part in a corruption scandal involving ex-premier Ehud Olmert.The sentence was handed down at Tel Aviv district court, media reports...

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Obama not passive on Iraq: Kerry

WASHINGTON: Secretary of state John Kerry brushed aside criticism of Obama administration's Middle East policy on Thursday, taking exception to assertions that Washington has been doing too passive in the face of surging terrorism in the region.Kerry...

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Spain's new king aims to inspire his people

MADRID: Taking the Spanish throne on Thursday, King Felipe VI sought to inspire his beleaguered countrymen amid troubled economic times and lift patriotic spirits a day after the national team's humbling exit from the World Cup."We are a great nation....

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Iraq sacks top security officers

BAGHDAD: Iraq's prime minister fired several top security commanders in a major shake-up Tuesday as fighting approached Baghdad in a militant onslaught that the UN warned risked breaking the country up.Washington deployed some 275 military personnel...

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Iran will protect Iraq shrines: President

TEHRAN: President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that Iran would do whatever it takes to protect revered Shiite Muslim holy sites in Iraq against Sunni militants fighting the Baghdad government."Dear Karbala, Dear Najaf, Dear Kadhimiyah and Dear Samarra,...

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Kenya arrests ‘several’ after coast massacres: Police

NAIROBI: Kenyan police have arrested "several" suspects in connection with twin massacres on the coast in which at least 60 people were killed, the police chief said on Wednesday."We have arrested several suspects in connection to Mpeketoni incident...

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Egyptian PM Mehleb's new govt sworn in

CAIRO: Egypt's Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb was sworn in on Tuesday at the head of a new government that retained key economic and security ministers but created a new investment post to attract funds to an economy racked by years of political turmoil.Mehleb,...

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US hikes surveillance on Pakistan border

WASHINGTON: The top US military commander in Afghanistan says the US has increased its surveillance over the Afghan-Pakistan border, as Pakistan pounds a militant stronghold with airstrikes. So far officials haven't seen militants fleeing the latest...

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Sharif tells Karzai to stop fleeing militants

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34 die in militant attack on Kenya town: Red Cross

NAIROBI, Kenya : Somali militants wielding automatic weapons attacked a small Kenyan coastal town, assaulting the police station, setting two hotels on fire, and spraying bullets into the street. At least 34 people were killed, officials said Monday.Kenya's...

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48 killed in terror attack on Kenya town: Police

NAIROBI: Dozens of Somali extremists wielding automatic weapons attacked a small Kenyan coastal town for hours, assaulting the police station, setting two hotels on fire, and spraying bullets into the street. At least 48 people were killed, officials...

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Saudi Arabia says rejects foreign intervention in Iraq

DUBAI: Saudi Arabia said on Monday it rejected foreign interference in Iraq, after Islamist militants seized broad swathes of the country.In a cabinet statement published on the official news agency SPA, Riyadh blamed the unfolding crisis on years of...

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Tony Blair says Iraq crisis not his fault

LONDON: Former British prime minister Tony Blair said on Sunday it was "profoundly wrong" to think that the 2003 Anglo-US invasion of Iraq helped stoke the current crisis and urged the West to take targeted military action there.In comments likely to...

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