JUBA, South Sudan – Two aid agencies have evacuated their international staff from a part of war-torn South Sudan fearing violence. Doctors Without Borders and the International Committee of the Red Cross both said Saturday that they withdrew their international staff from the rebel-held town of Leer in the south …
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PARIS – A Paris court has convicted a 60-year-old Frenchman and sentenced him to eight years in prison for belonging to al-Qaida’s North African affiliate and taking part in armed actions in northern Mali. Gilles Le Guen, a former Breton merchant marine officer who converted to Islam 30 years ago, …
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BEIJING – A schoolteacher who gained permission to have an additional child in one city has been ordered to have an abortion because the province where she is teaching has different rules. The case illustrates how different areas have different family planning regulations and how unyielding China’s birth limits continue …
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ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s interior minister on Wednesday announced a breakthrough in the case of last week’s Karachi bus attack that killed 47 minority Shiite Muslims, saying police have arrested the suspected mastermind and several gunmen involved in the assault. Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan’s announcement in Islamabad came just hours after …
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands – The Dutch government is seeking to introduce a limited ban on “face-covering clothing,” in what is widely interpreted as a new attempt to outlaw burqas, the head-to-toe Islamic robe worn by only a few hundred women in this nation of 17 million. Prime Minister Mark Rutte …
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TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s semi-official ISNA news agency says the Foreign Ministry has summoned Saudi Arabia’s envoy over an airstrike near Tehran’s embassy in Yemen. It says Iran warned the Saudi charge d’affaires late Monday against any violations of the diplomatic immunity of embassy staff and facilities. Iran supports Shiite …
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NASSAU, Bahamas – Bahamian authorities are investigating the deaths of two crew members on separate cruise ships that were in the islands’ waters. Police have disclosed few specifics, saying only that they are “actively investigating these incidents to determine the exact cause of death.” A statement from the Royal Bahamas …
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Photo evidence shows that Hamas terrorists are using weapons manufactured in North Korea in its war against Israel, South Korea’s spy agency said Monday. South Korea’s National Intelligence Service released a photo showing a disassembled F-7 rocket-propelled grenade launcher that the spy agency says has Korean characters engraved inside the …
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A Telegram channel used by more than 3,000 teachers for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in Gaza was found replete with posts celebrating Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel, praising the terrorists who raped and murdered civilians as “heroes.” The Telegram channel is intended for UNRWA teachers …
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PARIS – The Paris prosecutor’s office has received documents linked to a military investigation of alleged sexual abuse by French soldiers against children in Central African Republic. Prosecutor’s office spokeswoman Agnes Thibault-Lecuivre said Wednesday that the documents were received a day earlier. Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian ordered the documents …
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