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Germany adopts Armenian ‘genocide’ resolution AFP, Berlin German lawmakers passed a resolution Thursday recognising the World War I massacre of Armenians by Ottoman forces as genocide,...
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Kurdish-led force advances on Syria’s Manbij
Agencies, Syria :Kurdish-led forces have launched an offensive to capture the Syrian town of Manbij, a suspected supply route for the Islamic State of Iraq...
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S Arabia sentences 14 to death for terrorism Reuters, RiyadhSaudi Arabia sentenced 14 people to death for terrorism on Wednesday after they were convicted of...
US warns of possible terror attack in Europe
Reuters, Washington :The United States warned its citizens on Tuesday of possible summer terrorist attacks in Europe, saying targets could include the European soccer championship...
US-backed fighters open new front against IS in Syria
AFP, Beirut :US-backed Kurdish and Arab fighters have opened a new front against the Islamic State group in northern Syria, thrusting into a strategic jihadist...
UN warns 20,000 children are trapped in Falluja
AP, Baghdad :The U.N. children’s fund on Wednesday issued a stark warning to Iraqi troops and Islamic State militants in the battle for Fallujah to...
Switzerland opens world’s longest and deepest rail tunnel
BBC Online :The world’s longest and deepest rail tunnel has officially opened in Switzerland, after almost two decades of construction work.The 57km (35-mile) twin-bore Gotthard...
Xi urges calm, restraint in talks with NKorean envoy
AP, Beijing :Chinese President Xi Jinping urged all parties to disputes on the Korean Peninsula to maintain calm and restraint in a meeting Wednesday with...
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Suu Kyi to lead new effort on restive Rakhine State’Reuters, Yangon Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi will lead a new effort to bring peace and...
North Korea second mid-range missile test fails, says South
AFP, Seoul :North Korea apparently failed with an attempted missile launch Tuesday, the latest in a series of setbacks for a ballistic weapons programme that...
‘Drowned migrant baby photo wake-up call for EU’
AFP, Germany :A photo of a dead migrant baby pulled from the Mediterranean was published by a charity hoping to force European leaders to grant...
French President digs in as rail strike looms
President Francois Hollande of France has insisted that a controversial labour reform will not be withdrawn as strike action looms on the railways.“The text assures...