NAIROBI, Kenya – Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto says the government has given the United Nations High Commission for Refugees three months to close a refugee camp and send the 400,000 Somalis living there back to their country. The Kenyan government says the Dadaab refugee camp in eastern Kenya has …
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ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s interior minister says security forces have arrested a key suspect in the slaying of a prominent Pakistani politician who was stabbed to death in broad daylight in London in 2010. The slain politician, Imran Farooq, was a senior leader of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, one of Pakistan’s …
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TEHRAN, Iran – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is harshly criticizing Saudi Arabia, warning that the Saudi royal family in Riyadh will harvest the hatred it is sowing in Yemen through its airstrike campaign. Since March 26, the Saudi-led coalition has been attacking Shiite rebels known as Houthis and allied fighters …
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UNITED NATIONS – New Zealand says it has been working on a U.N. Security Council resolution aimed at restarting peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. New Zealand’s U.N. Ambassador Jim McLay said Tuesday it’s time for the U.N.’s most powerful body “to use its moral and legal authority” to …
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DHAKA, Bangladesh – A TV report says that two people were killed and more than 100 injured in Bangladesh in an earthquake that originated in Nepal. Somoy TV station reported that one man was killed in the capital Dhaka and another in the northwestern district of Pabna on Saturday when …
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TEHRAN, Iran – Iran has scrapped the country’s wealthiest citizens off a list of people receiving monthly cash handouts in a small step toward easing the burden on the budget and freeing up more government funds, an official said Wednesday. The move, which will free up about $3 million a …
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PARIS – French authorities are investigating claims that a southern town tracks how many Muslim children attend its schools, which would be illegal and run counter to France’s secular view of itself. The claims by the extreme right mayor of Beziers drew attention at the highest levels, reflecting heightened tensions …
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BERLIN – Germany’s defense minister says a senior official supported an arms manufacturer’s bid to get the country’s military intelligence service to probe leaks concerning the alleged shortcomings of its assault rifle — a weapon that she has since ordered replaced. Ursula von der Leyen’s statement Thursday comes amid opposition …
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UNITED NATIONS – Diplomats say experts have found traces of deadly nerve agents used to make chemical weapons at a site in Syria where they were not supposed to be. The discovery of traces of sarin and VX have renewed fears that Syria did not disclose all aspects of its …
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BERLIN – A German train driver’s union says it’s ending its strike early after it agreed with the country’s largest rail operator to take a labor dispute to arbitration. The GDL union and rail operator Deutsche Bahn said jointly Thursday they’d agreed to a three week period starting next week …
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