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UK opposition promises closer EU ties on migration
AFP, Published on 14/09/2023
» LONDON - The head of Britain's main opposition party promised on Thursday to put people smuggling on a par with terrorism and forge closer intelligence ties with Europe if elected to government.
8 dead in shooting in Serbia, day after school massacre that killed 9
New York Times, Published on 05/05/2023
» Eight people were killed and 13 others wounded late Thursday near Belgrade, Serbia, in the nation’s second mass shooting in as many days, according to Serbian news media.
In times of crisis, Lebanese squabble over clock change
AFP, Published on 26/03/2023
» BEIRUT - Wracked by a crippling economic meltdown and political deadlock, Lebanon on Sunday added a seemingly odd question to its growing list of woes: "What time is it?"
Citizen spies foil Putin's grand plan
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 15/01/2023
» On a foggy morning a few months ago, Valentyn Dmytrovych Yermolenko, an ageing Ukrainian fisherman with a bad back and horrible knees, puttered down a narrow channel off the Dnieper River, his inflatable dinghy cutting through the mist.
The cost of failure: What’s at stake if Brexit talks fail
Published on 11/12/2020
» LONDON: Negotiations between the UK and European Union over a post-Brexit trade deal are reaching a tense climax, with Sunday looming as the do-or-die deadline.
IS attack on Kabul University kills 22
AFP, Published on 03/11/2020
» KABUL - At least 22 people were killed when attackers stormed one of Afghanistan's main universities on Monday, detonating a suicide bomb and spraying classrooms with bullets in a brazen hours-long assault claimed by Islamic State group.
Saudi warplanes strike Houthis as alliances shift in Yemen war
Reuters, Published on 04/12/2017
» SANAA: Saudi-led coalition warplanes struck at Houthi militia positions in Yemen's capital Sanaa for a second day on Monday in support of ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh, a former Houthi ally who has now renounced his alliance with the Iranian-backed group.
Texas gunman 'angry over row with mother-in-law'
Published on 07/11/2017
» SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas: The gunman who opened fire in a small Texas church, killing 26 people during Sunday services, had sent threatening text messages to his mother-in-law before the attack, which appeared to stem from a domestic situation, authorities said Monday.
Foreigners herded to death in Bangladesh cafe horror
AFP, Published on 02/07/2016
» DHAKA - As diners relaxed for their evening meal on one of the last days of Ramadan, the gunmen burst into the restaurant before separating foreigners from locals so they could launch their killing spree.
Man shoots dead 5, injures 20 in Serbian cafe
AFP, Published on 02/07/2016
» BELGRADE - A man shot dead five people, including his wife, and injured another 20 in a cafe in northern Serbia early on Saturday, police said.