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Source: Twitter and YouTube blocked in Turkey after court decision
April 6, 2015
Source: Twitter and YouTube blocked in Turkey after court decision
Access to Twitter (TWTR.N) and video-sharing website YouTube (GOOGL.O) were blocked in Turkey on Monday following a court decision based…
SANA news agency: ISIS blows up Assyrian church on Easter Sunday
April 6, 2015
SANA news agency: ISIS blows up Assyrian church on Easter Sunday
Islamic State extremists blew up an 80-year-old church in Syria's northeastern province of Hassaka on Easter Sunday, Syrian state news…
Czech president bans US ambassador from Prague Castle
April 6, 2015
Czech president bans US ambassador from Prague Castle
President Milos Zeman has "closed the door" of Prague Castle to the US ambassador following comments perceived as critical of…
Pakistan says Saudi asked for warplanes, warships and soldiers
April 6, 2015
Pakistan says Saudi asked for warplanes, warships and soldiers
Saudi Arabia has asked Pakistan for military aircraft, warships and soldiers, Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Asif said on Monday, at…
Greece promises to ‘meet all obligations’ in debt repayment
April 6, 2015
Greece promises to ‘meet all obligations’ in debt repayment
Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said on Sunday Greece “intends to meet all obligations to all its creditors, ad infinitum”…
Military source: Kenya bombed al-Shabab camps in Somalia on Sunday
April 6, 2015
Military source: Kenya bombed al-Shabab camps in Somalia on Sunday
The Kenyan air force bombed two al Shabaab camps in Somalia on Sunday, a Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) source said,…
Netanyahu seeks better deal on Iran; Obama says it is best hope on nuclear issue
April 6, 2015
Netanyahu seeks better deal on Iran; Obama says it is best hope on nuclear issue
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the United States on Sunday to seek a better deal to curb Iran's nuclear…
Poll: Conservatives and Labour still neck and neck ahead of election
April 5, 2015
Poll: Conservatives and Labour still neck and neck ahead of election
British Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives are still running neck and neck with the main opposition Labour Party ahead of…
Suicide bomber kills four near Libya’s Misrata, air strikes hit Tripoli outskirts
April 5, 2015
Suicide bomber kills four near Libya’s Misrata, air strikes hit Tripoli outskirts
At least four people were killed and more than 20 wounded by a suicide bomb attack on a security checkpoint…
Kenya says son of a government official was among gunmen in Garissa attack
April 5, 2015
Kenya says son of a government official was among gunmen in Garissa attack
The son of a Kenyan government official was one of the masked gunmen who killed nearly 150 at a university…