ROME, (APP/AFP): An operation to salvage a sunken migrant boat packed with corpses was suspended on Friday due to bad weather, the Italian navy said. The boat’s sinking last April left as many as 800 people dead in the worst maritime tragedy in the Mediterranean since World War II. Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has […]
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Italy suspends salvage of migrant disaster boat
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‘Evidence’ Russia behind cyber attacks in Germany: secret service
BERLIN, (APP/AFP) – Germany’s domestic secret service said Friday it had evidence that Russia was behind a series of cyber attacks, including one that targeted the German parliament last year. “One of the most active and aggressive campaigns is the ‘Sofacy/APT 28’ campaign,” said the BfV agency, adding that it “sees evidence of Russian state […]
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Solar Impulse 2 lands in Oklahoma on record-breaking flight
LOS ANGELES, (APP/AFP) – The Solar Impulse 2 plane touched down in Tulsa, in the south-central US state of Oklahoma late Thursday, ending the latest stage of its record-breaking quest to circle the globe without consuming a drop of fuel. The experimental solar-powered aircraft, aimed at promoting clean energy technologies and piloted by Swiss adventurer […]
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Australian security worker dies at embassy in Iraq
SYDNEY, (APP/AFP) – An Australian security contractor working at the nation’s embassy in Iraq has died in a “tragic incident”, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said Friday, with reports that he was shot. “I confirm the death of a 34-year-old Australian security contractor working at the Australian embassy in Baghdad,” Bishop said in a statement. “The […]
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International community not Pakistan responsible for Afghanistan mess
WASHINGTON, (APP): Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States rejected assertions made in an editorial in the New York Times blaming Pakistan for the mess in Afghanistan, saying it was rather the result of collective failure of the international community. The May 12 editorial about Pakistan’s role in Afghanistan is biased and negates the complex history […]
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Erdogan says Turkey preparing to clear IS from Syrian side of border
ANKARA, (APP/AFP): Turkey is preparing to “clean” the Syrian side of the border of Islamic State militants after a Turkish border town came under repeated deadly rocket attacks, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday. “We are doing all the necessary preparations to clean the other side of the border because of the problems in […]