BERLIN, (APP/AFP) – At least two people died and several more were injured in the south of Germany after torrential storms caused severe flooding, with a third person also feared dead, authorities said on Monday. In Schwaebisch Gmuend near the city of Stuttgart, a volunteer firefighter died on Sunday trying to rescue a man trapped […]
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Two dead in Germany floods
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Trump gets warm welcome at veterans biker rally
WASHINGTON, (APP/AFP): White House hopeful Donald Trump received a warm welcome Sunday as he addressed a motorcycle rally that attracted many military veterans to the US capital Sunday. “I will protect every bit of the Second Amendment” right to bear arms, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee told several thousand people gathered in front of the […]
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Chief Syrian opposition peace negotiator resigns
BEIRUT, (APP/AFP) – The Syrian opposition’s chief negotiator in stalled UN-brokered peace talks, Mohammed Alloush, announced his resignation Sunday over the failure of the Geneva negotiations and the continued shelling of rebel-held areas by President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. “The three rounds of talks were unsuccessful because of the stubbornness of the regime and its continued […]
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Sanctions gone, Iran kicks off EU trade drive in Poland
WARSAW, (APP/AFP) – Iran’s foreign minister kicked off an EU trade drive in Poland on Sunday, in one of Tehran’s first moves to drum up business with the West after the lifting of sanctions earlier this year. Javad Zarif is also expected to travel to EU members Finland, Sweden before winding up his trip in […]
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I.Coast’s ex-first lady prepares for second trial
ABIDJAN, (APP/AFP): Ivory Coast’s former first lady Simone Gbagbo will be tried for crimes against humanity starting Tuesday, having already been jailed for 20 years for her part in 2010’s post-electoral violence. The wife of former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo is currently being held in Abidjan after being convicted of “attacking state authority” over her […]
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Malaysia accepts 68 Syrian refugees
KUALA LUMPUR,(APP/AFP): Malaysia on Saturday received 68 Syrian refugees including 31 children out of a total of 3,000 it hopes to allow into the predominantly Muslim country with hundreds more expected soon. Last December, the Southeast Asian country accepted the first batch of 11 Syrian migrants who had relatives in Malaysia. Deputy Prime Minister Zahid […]