MANAGUA, (APP/AFP) – A strong 6.1 magnitude earthquake and at least four major aftershocks shook northwestern Nicaragua on Thursday night, triggering panic among residents and damaging some homes, officials said. There were no immediate reports of casualties. The quake struck at 9:25 pm (0325 GMT), centered 17 kilometers (10.5 miles) east of Puerto Morazan near […]
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6.1 magnitude quake, aftershocks shake northwest Nicaragua
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Militant Kurdish group TAK claims Istanbul bombing
ISTANBUL, (APP/AFP) – Militant Kurdish group the Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (TAK) on Friday claimed a car bombing in the centre of Istanbul earlier this week that killed seven police and four civilians. The TAK — seen as a splinter group of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) — reaffirmed a warning in this regard.
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Clinton trolls Trump on Twitter: ‘Delete your account’
WASHINGTON, (APP/AFP) – “Delete your account.” Hillary Clinton’s snarky tweet Thursday to her White House rival Donald Trump was among the funniest of the campaign. Almost as funny as it was awkward. The message by the 68-year-old former secretary of state — actually written by a young staffer, a Clinton aide told AFP — was […]
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Hindu monastery worker hacked to death in Bangladesh
DHAKA, (APP/AFP) – Unidentified assailants hacked a 62-year-old Hindu monastery worker to death in Bangladesh on Friday, police said, the latest in a series of such attacks on religious minorities in the mainly Muslim country. The latest murder came as Bangladeshi police announced a special week-long crackdown on militants as they ramp up their efforts […]
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Israel bars all Palestinians after Tel Aviv attack: army
JERUSALEM, (APP/AFP) – The Israeli army said Friday that it was temporarily barring all Palestinians from entering Israel, stepping up already tough restrictions announced after Palestinian gunmen shot dead four Israelis in Tel Aviv. “In accordance with government directives and the ongoing situation assessment, as of today crossing from the Gaza Strip and Judaea and […]
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Car bomb hits Turkey police station in Kurdish southeast
ANKARA, (APP/AFP) – A car bomb ripped through a police station on Wednesday in Turkey’s mainly Kurdish southeast, injuring several people a day after 11 people were killed in an attack in Istanbul, state-run Anatolia news agency said. A bomb attack hit a police station in the town of Midyat, said Anatolia, which blamed “terrorists” […]