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Retired admirals’ midnight declaration sparks debate in Turkey
A strongly worded statement from 103 retired admirals in Turkey about a government project has sparked debate, with some seeing it as an implicit coup threat and others as an exercise in free speech.
The admirals used their declaration…
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12 dead and 4 missing in the sinking of a fishing boat in eastern China
12 people were killed and 4 others are still missing, after a fishing boat sank in east China's Zhejiang Province Sunday morning, local authorities announced.
The provincial maritime search and rescue center said that it received a…
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Threatening her to the Hague court .. The head of the Russian Duma calls on the government of…
The head of the Russian State Duma, Vyacheslav Volodin, called on the Ukrainian leadership to stop escalating the situation in the Donbas region in southeastern Ukraine, and to immediately return to full compliance with the Minsk…
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Taiwan minister accepts responsibility for train crash as questions mount
Taiwan’s transport minister said on Sunday he would not shirk his responsibility for a deadly train crash even as his resignation offer was rejected amid growing questions over safety lapses that could have contributed to the disaster.…
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London church slams police for ‘brutally’ exceeding powers after officers shut down Good Friday…
A Catholic church has hit out at police for "brutally" exceeding their powers after officers shut down its Good Friday service in London.
The Metropolitan Police was called to a report of crowds of people queuing outside Christ the King…
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More than 220 African migrants kidnapped by Houthis in Sanaa
More than 220 African refugees have been kidnapped from outside UN offices in Sanaa during the past few hours and taken to an unknown destination.
Of the migrants who were kidnapped, 55 were women, Al Arabiya, quoting local sources,…
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Turkey’s opposition lawmaker Gergerlioglu hospitalized after arrest mistreatment
A prominent lawmaker from pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), Omer Faruk Gergerlioglu, was in hospital early on Saturday, a day after police arrested him in his house. He was subsequently transferred to prison.
Video footage…
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Pro-Kremlin media scramble to dismiss Navalny health complaints
Pro-Kremlin media on Friday launched an offensive against jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny aiming to disprove his complaints of mistreatment and lack of medical attention at his penal colony.
On Wednesday, 44-year-old Navalny…
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Protests grow in Italy over the wiretapping of journalists
Italian journalists and lawmakers on Friday protested the wiretapping of reporters’ phone calls during investigations into Libya-based migrant trafficking and humanitarian rescue groups.
Italian daily Domani reported that among the…
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Al-Shabab militants attack two Somali National Army bases
Al-Shabab militants attacked two military bases belonging to the Somali National Army early on Saturday morning, witnesses and the militants said.
Al-Shabab, which is linked to Al-Qaeda, is made up of Islamist militants who have waged…
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