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Israel removes key sites from Jerusalem’s old city mapAl Jazeera, JerusalemIn groups of twos, threes and families, visitors shuffled towards the ticket booth at the...
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Raids on Syria market kill 21, hundreds flee IS bastion
AFP, Beirut :Air strikes on a market in Syria’s Al-Qaeda-held city of Idlib killed at least 21 civilians Sunday, as hundreds fled a besieged Islamic...
UN rights boss deplores detention of migrants in Europe
Reuters, Geneva :The United Nations human rights boss on Monday decried a “worrying rise” in detention of migrants in so-called “hotspots” in Greece and Italy...
US Muslim leaders condemn Orlando attack, slam extremists
AFP, Washington :The head of a prominent US Muslim advocacy group has strongly condemned the nightclub massacre in Florida, calling members of the Islamic State...
US, Russia cutting nuke arsenals, but modernisation on: Study
AFP, Stockholm :The world’s biggest nuclear powers, the US and Russia, are slowly reducing their nuclear arsenals but are modernising their capacities, the Stockholm International...
Shock and grief after US deadliest shooting
Agencies, Orlando :Vigils have been held across the United States after the deadliest mass shooting in its history targeted a gay nightclub in the state...
CIA head says secret 9/11 report not evidence of Saudi complicity
Reuters, Dubai :CIA chief John Brennan said on Sunday he expects 28 classified pages of a US congressional report into the September 11, 2001 attacks...
UK to face a lost decade if it voted to leave EU: Cameron
AFP, London :Prime Minister David Cameron warned Sunday that Britain would face a “lost decade” if it voted to leave the European Union as Brexit...
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1,300 migrants rescued by Italy’s coast guardReuters, Milan Italy’s coast guard said on Saturday it had picked up at sea 1,348 migrants in 11 rescue...
China claims `large differences` over India`s inclusion in nuke club NSG
Reuters. Beijing :China said on Sunday that more talks were needed to build a consensus on which countries can join the main group controlling access...
Modi notches upper-house gains, eyes Uttar Pradesh battle
Reuters, Allahabad :Prime Minister Narendra Modi has notched up gains in elections to India’s upper house of parliament, and is seeking to drive home the...
Turkey admits no visa-free EU travel deal by July 1
AFP, The Hague :Turkey’s Europe minister has admitted there is no chance of completing a deal on visa-free travel to the EU by the July...