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Boston rages against Trumps DACA decision People in the US city of Boston, Massachusetts, have staged a massive gathering to protests President Donald Trump’s decision to end legal protections for undocumented immigrant children that enter the US illegally.
Hundreds of angry protesters marched to the John F. Kennedy Federal Building on... |
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Kuwait to expel North Korea ambassador, four diplomats: report Kuwait has decided to expel North Koreas ambassador to the country and four other diplomats, sources have indicated based on intelligence reports.
A Kuwaiti official based in the Persian Gulf region said on Sunday that Pyongyangs top envoy to Kuwait and four diplomats stationed in Kuwait City would... |
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Iran, Pakistan army chiefs urge Muslim world action to end Rohingya plight The military chiefs of Iran and Pakistan have called on the Muslim world to take more concrete actions to end the violence against the persecuted Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar’s Rakhine state.
In a telephone conversation on Sunday, Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad... |
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Turkeys Erdogan, Iraqs Abadi to discuss planned Kurdistan referendum Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that he will discuss with the Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi a controversial plan in the Arab country’s autonomous Kurdistan region for holding a referendum of independence on September 25.
"We will have a meeting with Mr Abadi in the United... |
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Leader of Iran: Iran will respond to any wrong move on JCPOA Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has warned that Iran will stand on its "honorable and dignified positions" regarding its nuclear accord with the P5+1 group of countries, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), and... |
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St. Louis braces for more protests over killer cops acquittal Protests have turned violent in the US city of St. Louis after police confronted demonstrators who were out in the streets against the acquittal of a white former police officer in the shooting death of black man several years ago.
Protests, mostly peaceful, began early Friday when Judge Timothy... |
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Germany seeks to restrict economic ties with Turkey: Merkel Chancellor Angela Merkel says Berlin plans to restrict its business with Ankara in an attempt to pressure the Turkish government to release German citizens imprisoned in the country over political reasons.
"We will have to further cut back our joint economic cooperation with Turkey and scrutinize projects,"... |
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Chinas US envoy urges Washington to halt threats on N Korea, China trade Chinas ambassador to the US has urged Washington to stop threatening North Korea over its weapons program, saying the Americans should make efforts to help resume dialog over the crisis on the Korean Peninsula instead of putting pressure on Beijing over the issue.
"They should refrain from issuing... |
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Police in Catalonia hunt for hidden ballot boxes Armed police in Spain have raided several print works and newspaper offices in Catalonia in recent days in a hunt for voting papers, ballot boxes and leaflets to be used in an Oct. 1 independence referendum which Madrid vehemently opposes.
The searches are part of a concerted effort by the government... |
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US wont be satisfied unless Syrias Assad leaves power: US official US Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Nikki Haley has repeated Washingtons opposition to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, saying that the US will not be "satisfied" as long as the Syrian leader is in power.
"Well, I think were not going to be satisfied until we see a solid and stable Syria, and... |
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Egypt Court Upholds Morsis 25-Year Prison Sentence in Qatar Spy Case An Egyptian court has upheld a life sentence for ousted Muslim Brotherhood president Mohamed Morsi on charges of harming national security by leaking secret state documents to Qatar while he was in office.
Morsi, Egypts first democratically elected after the countrys 2011 revolution, was overthrown... |
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Syria Says De-Escalation Zone Pacts Dont Legitimize Turkish Presence Syria says that de-escalation zone agreements reached in Astana-6 meeting do not legitimize the existence of any Turkish force on the Syrian territories.
" Based on the Syrian governments commitment to positively interact with any initiative that would solve the crisis in Syria, stop the shedding of... |
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Russia, Iran, Turkey agree on Idlib safe zones Russia, Iran, and Turkey, which together act as guarantor states in peace talks for Syria, have agreed on the details of a "de-escalation zone" in the Arab countrys western Idlib province during resolution talks in the Kazakh capital of Astana.
In a joint statement after two days of talks in Kazakhstan,... |
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Saudi Regime Continues Crackdown, Citizens Call for Protests Saudi activists have called for peaceful protests in the kingdom on Friday while the regime in Riyadh continues with its crackdown of dissident clerics.
The protests, dubbed the 15 September Movement, are set to take place on Friday after people gather in mosques around the country for the weekly... |
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Turkey censures Belgium over court ruling on PKK Turkey has censured an "unacceptable" decision by a court in Belgium not to prosecute the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) for terrorist activities, accusing the European country of being a "weak link" in the battle against terrorism.
On Thursday, a Belgian appeals court rejected an objection... |
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Biden says Trump undermines Americas standing in the world Former US Vice President Joe Biden has censured President Donald Trump’s leadership, accusing his administration of misunderstanding and misrepresenting the American values.
In an op-ed published by The New York Times on Thursday, Biden delivered a stinging rebuke of Trump’s recent... |
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Qatar ready to sit at table to resolve Persian Gulf dispute Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani says Doha is ready to negotiate with the emirate’s fellow Arab states to find a solution to the diplomatic row in the Persian Gulf region.
"As you know we have had a siege of more than 100 days against Qatar," Al Thani said at a joint press... |
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Facebook must own up to its role in spreading fake news: Clinton Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has accused Facebook of spreading fake news, adding that she will make the online social media and networking service to "own up" to its role in this regard.
Clinton said in an interview with MSNBC on Friday that Facebook had published thousands... |
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Spain passes measures to control Catalonia finances The Spanish government on Friday passed measures to increase control over how Catalonia spends its money in an effort to stop the regional administration from using state cash to pay for an illegal independence referendum.
The wealthy northeastern region launched its official campaign for an independence... |
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North Koreas latest missile test draws global condemnations China and Russia have condemned a new missile launch by North Korea as international pressure mounts on Pyongyang over its ongoing missile and nuclear tests.
North Korea fired a ballistic missile over Japan and into the Pacific on Friday. The missile flew over Hokkaido in the north and landed in the... |
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Human Rights Watch censures Saudis coordinated crackdown on dissent Human Rights Watch has decried Saudi Arabia’s "coordinated crackdown on dissent" against a backdrop of arresting scores of opponents, including prominent clerics, in the kingdom.
According to multiple unidentified sources and tweets by rights organizations, journalists and others, Saudi... |
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Man arrested after attacking police in Paris A man has been arrested in the French capital of Paris after attacking a soldier with a knife, police say.
The knife-wielding man attacked a soldier outside Chatelet subway station at about 6:30 am (04:30 GMT) on Friday.
No injuries were caused, and the soldier quickly subdued the assailant.
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Tillerson urges more pressure on North Korea US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has discussed the need to increase diplomatic pressure on North Korea with UK Prime Minister Theresa May in London, where the Iran nuclear deal was also raised.
The top US diplomat "never misses an opportunity in bilateral, multilateral settings to raise North Korea... |
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Iran a partner in Syrian victory: Assads letter to Ayatollah Khamenei Syrian President Bashar Assad has sent a letter to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, thanking him and congratulating the Iranian nation on recent advances in Dayr al-Zawr.
"In the beginning, I would like to congratulate in the warmest terms Your Excellency... |
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North Korea developing nuclear capability to deter US aggression: Analyst North Korea is developing a nuclear capability in order to deter the United States which is threatening to attack the country, an American author and investigative journalist in Philadelphia says.
Dave Lindorff, a columnist for Counter Punch and a contributor to Business Week and other news organizations,... |
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Ansarullah missiles can reach anywhere in UAE: Houthi The leader of Yemen’s Ansarullah movement, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, says the neighboring United Arab Emirates (UAE) is no more a safe country as missiles manufactured by the Yemeni group can now hit anywhere in the Arab country.
Addressing his supporters via a televised speech... |
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US House votes to block aircraft sales to Iran The US House of Representatives has voted in favor of new measures that block sales of commercial aircraft to Iran, ignoring some lawmakers warnings that the hostile move would undermine the 2015 nuclear agreement between the Islamic Republic and the six world powers.
The lawmakers held a voice vote... |
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CIA says will not release the porn collection of Osama bin Laden The United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officials have said the porn collection of former Al-Qaeda network leader Osama bin Laden will not be released to the public.
The CIA director Mike Pompeo has told the media in US that the files containing explicit material will not see the light of... |
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Trump reducing number of refugees to 50,000, lowest since 1980 The administration of US President Donald Trump is considering lowering the number of refugees admitted to the US to less than 50,000 over the next year, the lowest refugee quota since 1980.
The Trump administration is in discussions to reduce the number of refugee admissions to as low as 15,000, The... |
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Erdogan remains defiant as NATO allies criticize S-400 deal with Russia Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has dismissed criticism from his NATO allies over his countrys purchase of Russias strategic S-400 missile defense systems, saying Ankara would not "wait for" the Western military alliance to help Ankara with security affairs.
"They went crazy because we made... |
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