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US orders 200,000 'special protection' Salvadorans to leave
Associated Press, Published on 09/01/2018
» WASHINGTON: The Trump administration is ending special protections for Salvadoran immigrants, forcing nearly 200,000 to leave the country or face deportation, officials said Monday.
Syria's death toll in Idlib car bomb rises to at least 25
Associated Press, Published on 08/01/2018
» BEIRUT: A Syrian monitoring group and paramedics in the northwestern city of Idlib say the death toll from a massive car bombing there the previous evening has risen to at least 25. Also, nearly 100 people were wounded.
Media group: 81 reporters died, threats soared in 2017
Associated Press, Published on 31/12/2017
» BRUSSELS: At least 81 reporters were killed doing their jobs this year, while violence and harassment against media staff has skyrocketed, the world's biggest journalists' organisation says.
Somalia IS chapter urges holiday attacks
Associated Press, Published on 26/12/2017
» JOHANNESBURG: A group that monitors extremist organizations says the Islamic State group has posted what is thought to be the first video from IS-affiliated fighters in Somalia.
Pope laments 'winds of war' blowing around the world
Associated Press, Published on 25/12/2017
» VATICAN CITY: Lamenting "the winds of war" blowing around the world, Pope Francis in his traditional Christmas message on Monday called for a two-state solution to find peace in the Middle East and prayed that confrontation can be overcome on the Korean Peninsula.
US 'Big Story of 2017' - with 9 runners-up
Associated Press, Published on 22/12/2017
» NEW YORK: The wave of sexual misconduct allegations that toppled Hollywood power brokers, politicians, media icons and many others was the top news story of 2017, according to The Associated Press' annual poll of US editors and news directors.
'Vast undercount': 9,000 civilians dead in final IS battle
Associated Press, Published on 21/12/2017
» MOSUL, Iraq: The price Mosul's residents paid in blood to see their city freed from Islamic State rule was between 9,000 and 11,000 dead, a civilian casualty rate nearly 10 times higher than what has been previously reported.
9,000-plus died in battle with Islamic State for Mosul
Associated Press, Published on 20/12/2017
» MOSUL, Iraq: The price Mosul's residents paid in blood to see their city freed was between 9,000 and 11,000 dead, a civilian casualty rate nearly 10 times higher than what has been previously reported. The number killed in the 9-month battle to liberate the city from the Islamic State marauders has not been acknowledged by the US-led coalition, the Iraqi government or the self-styled caliphate.
US Supreme Court allows enforcement of Trump travel ban
Associated Press, Published on 05/12/2017
» WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to fully enforce a ban on travel to the United States by residents of six mostly Muslim countries.
Trump's anti-Muslim retweets draw fire
Associated Press, Published on 30/11/2017
» WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump retweeted inflammatory videos from a fringe British political group Wednesday that purported to show violence being committed by Muslims, drawing quick condemnation from civil rights groups as well as a spokesman for British Prime Minister Theresa May.