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The Pope calls for combating organized crime: The mafia is exploiting the Corona pandemic for more…
Pope Francis called for the fight against organized crime groups, such as the Mafia, around the world, warning that criminals are taking advantage of the Covid-19 pandemic to gain more wealth.
In a sermon delivered at noon on Sunday, in…
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6 border guards were killed in an explosion in western Afghanistan
Six Afghan border guards were killed as a result of a mine explosion on a road in Herat Province, western Afghanistan, according to the local TV channel "Taloo News".
The channel reported that the explosion occurred on the Herat-Troandi…
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Thai police use tear gas, rubber bullets to break up protest
Scores of people were injured and arrested in the Thai capital after police used water cannons, tear gas and rubber bullets Saturday night to break up a rally by pro-democracy protesters calling for the release of detained activists,…
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Lebanese women mourn on Mother’s Day amid currency crisis and political stalemate
Women took to the streets on Saturday afternoon on the eve of Mother’s Day, despite warnings from doctors about the risk of the coronavirus spreading.
Mothers’ anger at the current situation, which has prompted a generation of young…
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Anger over Turkish withdrawal from violence against women treaty
presidential decree withdrawing Turkey from a major treaty protecting women from gender-based violence has caused uproar among rights groups.
The Council of Europe accord, forged in Istanbul and signed by Turkey in 2011, pledged to…
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A 7.2-magnitude earthquake in northern Japan causes a tsunami …
The Japanese Radio and Television Corporation said that an earthquake occurred in the north of the country today, Saturday, and hit areas devastated by the 2011 earthquake, adding that it caused a tsunami of a meter high.
The authority…
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Turkey’s president fires central bank governor by decree
Turkey’s president has fired the central bank governor, who in his four months in office had won the praise of investors for hiking interest rates and promising tighter monetary policies.
In a decree published in the Official Gazette…
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Ten Iranian nationals charged with evading US sanctions
US prosecutors charged 10 Iranian nationals on Friday over an alleged long-running scheme to dodge US sanctions on Tehran by disguising $300 million in transactions, including the purchase of two oil tankers.
The eight men and two women…
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International pressure on Myanmar generals grows as two more killed in gunfire
Opponents of Myanmar’s coup planned more protests on Saturday as international pressure on the military junta to halt its repression of pro-democracy supporters increased, with Asian neighbors joining Western countries in condemning lethal…
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Turkey pulls out of landmark treaty protecting women from violence
Turkey has pulled out of the world’s first binding treaty to prevent and combat violence against women by presidential decree, in the latest victory for conservatives in President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party.
The 2011 Istanbul…
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