BEIRUT, (APP/AFP) – A US-led coalition has carried out at least 150 air strikes on the Islamic State group to back an offensive near the jihadists’ northern Syria stronghold, a monitor said Friday. The coalition, as well as US special operations forces, is supporting the Syrian Democratic Forces as they advance in the northern province […]
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IS hit by 150 US-led air strikes near Syria’s Raqa: monitor
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Israeli minister quits ‘extremist government’
JERUSALEM, (APP/AFP) – Israeli environment minister Avi Gabbay announced his resignation on Friday, saying the appointment of a hardline nationalist as defence minister had created an “extremist government”. Gabbay said that he was “unable to swallow” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to take the defence portfolio from former general Moshe Yaalon and hand it to […]
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Sixth man charged over Australia’s ‘tinnie terror’ plan
SYDNEY, (APP/AFP) – A sixth man was charged Friday in connection to Australia’s so-called “tinnie terror” case in which a group of young men allegedly hoped to travel overseas on a small boat to join jihadists. Australian Federal Police said a 25-year-old Melbourne man was charged on suspicion of preparing to enter a foreign country […]
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Japanese swoon over Canada’s ‘hunky PM’ Trudeau
ISE-SHIMA, Japan, (APP/AFP) – From the country that gave the world “Bieber Fever”, Canada’s “other Justin” — heartthrob Prime Minister Justin Trudeau — has made quite a splash on his visit to Japan for the G7 summit. Japanese media and his growing legions of female fans have been swooning over the 44-year-old PM, who celebrated […]
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Key dates in the nuclear arms race
HIROSHIMA, Japan, (APP/AFP) – Here is a timeline of the development of nuclear weapons, as US President Barack Obama pays a historic visit to the Japanese city of Hiroshima on Friday. Hiroshima and Nagasaki are the only two cities to suffer an atomic bombing, by US planes in August 1945. – June 1942: The United […]
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Two tourists killed, two missing in Thai speed boat accident
BANGKOK, (APP/AFP) – Two foreign tourists were killed and two others are missing after a packed speed boat capsized off the popular Thai holiday island of Koh Samui, an official said Friday. The boat, which was carrying 32 tourists plus four crew, flipped over Thursday afternoon after it was slammed by a wave near a […]