UNITED NATIONS – Western nations and Russia are dueling over whether the U.N. Security Council should call the Srebrenica massacre during the Bosnian war a genocide in a resolution commemorating the 20th anniversary of Europe’s worst mass killing since World War II. Britain has circulated a draft U.N. Security Council …
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BAGHDAD – Iraqi officials say bombings in Baghdad and in a town south of the Iraqi capital have killed eight people. Police officials say a bombing Friday near shops in the town of Madain, just south of Baghdad, left three people dead and wounded eight. Also in Madain, a bomb …
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KABUL, Afghanistan – An official says a bomb blast at a police checkpoint in the southern city of Kandahar has killed two civilians, one policeman and wounded 13 others. Samim Khpolwak, the spokesman for the provincial governor, said the blast Sunday evening came from a bomb strapped to a motorcycle. …
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JERUSALEM – The Palestinians have summoned their ambassador to Chile over a speech in which the diplomat cited from a notorious anti-Semitic text. The Foreign Ministry in the West Bank said Thursday that Ambassador Imad Nabil Ghadaa will have to “clarify” his remarks at a conference in Santiago, Chile in …
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ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s state television says a court has granted bail to a top model Ayaan Ali, who has been held since March after being caught trying to fly to Dubai with half a million dollars in cash stashed in her luggage. Pakistani Television says the Lahore High Court granted …
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BEIJING – Wan Li, a Chinese politician known for his reform policies, died Wednesday at the age of 99, state media said. The state-run digital publication The Paper, citing Wang’s son, said he died in Beijing. State broadcaster CCTV also reported Wang’s death. Wan was the chairman of the National …
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ANKARA, Turkey – A prominent Turkish journalist has been fired by his newspaper over a tweet which suggested that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was responsible for a suicide bombing this week that killed 32 people. The blast has been blamed on militants associated with the Islamic State group. In a …
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BELGRADE, Serbia – Serbian police say that an Afghan national has been killed in a fight involving migrants near the border with Hungary. A statement said that the fight early Monday was between two groups of migrants. It says two people were injured. Serbia lies on the so-called Balkan route …
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HARARE, Zimbabwe – Zimbabwean wildlife authorities say two men will appear in court for allegedly killing a well-known lion, whose death is seen as a blow to Zimbabwe’s tourism. The Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Authority and the Safari Operators Association said Tuesday that a professional hunter and a farm …
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JERUSALEM – A leading international watchdog says the Israeli military may have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity during last summer’s Gaza war when it carried out four days of intense bombardment in retaliation for an attack by Hamas militants in which an Israeli soldier was captured. Amnesty International’s …
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