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TURKEY – QATAR – Why Turkey is backing Qatar in Gulf diplomatic crisis

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday that he backs Qatar’s dismissal of the ultimatum sent by Saudi Arabia and its allies. The 13 conditions to end the diplomatic and trade boycott of Qatar go “too far”, Erdogan told reporters after morning prayers at an Istanbul mosque. He asserted that the demands are “against international

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Middle East

Bennett backs probe of leftist NGO activist who claimed he beat Palestinian

Education minister says Breaking the Silence spokesman admitted publicly to committing crime, so a trial is justified By Stuart Winer Education Minister and Jewish Home party leader, Naftali Bennett, leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, June 19, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) Education Minister Naftali Bennett on Sunday gave his full backing to a police probe

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Middle East

4,000 evacuated from London tower blocks over fire safety fears

London (dpa) – About 4,000 people from some 650 flats were evacuated overnight in north London to allow for urgent fire safety work to be done on the buildings, a local council said Saturday. The four high-rises that were evacuated are located in the borough of Camden’s Chalcots Estate, where inspectors determined the exterior cladding

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U.S. Coalition Killed 472 Civilians Last Month in Syria

The U.S.-led coalition’s strikes against the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) in two Syrian provinces killed 472 civilians in the last month, according to a monitor. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a U.K.-based monitoring group that has an extensive network of contacts on the ground in Syria, said the toll was more than

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Someone reported Queen Elizabeth II to the police when they spotted her doing this

While Queen Elizabeth II was traveling to Westminster this week for the State Opening of Parliament, someone happened to notice that she wasn’t wearing a seat belt as she rode by in her car, and they called the police over it. “999 call received reporting that the Queen isn’t wearing a seatbelt,” the West Yorkshire

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Saudi Arabia says it foiled attack targeting Islam’s holiest mosque

Riyadh (dpa) – Saudi security forces late Friday said they had foiled a “imminent terrorist plot” targeting the Grand Mosque that houses Islam’s holiest site in the city of Mecca. The attack against the Grand Mosque was being planned by three terrorist groups: two based in Mecca and a third in the nearby city of

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Middle East

Trump Admits Russia Meddled in Election

President Donald Trump appeared to confirm Russia’s involvement in the 2016 election while suggesting the Obama administration knew of Russian interference long before voters took to the polls. Other than calling the FBI and special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russia’s ties to certain members of his campaign a “total scam” and a “witch hunt,”

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International, USA

Norway Threatens To Pull Aid For Brazil Over Amazon Deforestation

Norway threatened to cut-off its billion dollar financial assistance to Brazil if it did not put serious effort into curbing the deforestation in the Amazon rainforest, it was reported Thursday. It came just ahead of a Friday meeting in Oslo between leaders of both countries. The oil producing country has been providing Brazil $1.1 billion

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