BEIRUT, (APP/AFP) – At least 22 air strikes pounded a key rebel bastion east of the Syrian capital on Wednesday after a local freeze on fighting expired overnight, a monitoring group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the suspected regime raids hit Eastern Ghouta as clashes between rebels and regime forces erupted, but […]
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22 air strikes near Syria capital as fighting ‘freeze’ ends: monitor
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Kerry warns Assad as truce talks shift to Berlin
BERLIN, (APP/AFP) – US Secretary of State John Kerry warned Syria’s Bashar al-Assad of “repercussions” if his regime flouts a new truce under negotiation, as talks to halt the violence shifted to Berlin Wednesday. Russia has said a new ceasefire to halt fighting in Aleppo could be imminent, with Syria’s divided northern city hit by […]
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Malaysia searches for foreigners missing in seas off Borneo
KUALA LUMPUR, (APP/AFP) – Malaysian authorities are searching for three foreigners who went missing in waters near the Philippines where a spate of recent kidnappings have taken place, a coast guard official said Wednesday. The official cautioned there was so far no cause to suspect the abduction of the foreigners, who went missing late Monday […]
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Korean Air chief sued by pilots for belittling their jobs
SEOUL, (APP/AFP) – The head of Korean Air, who just resigned as the chief organiser of the 2018 Winter Olympics, was sued Wednesday by his carrier’s pilots for allegedly demeaning their work. The airline’s pilot union filed a defamation lawsuit with the Seoul district court against Cho Yang-Ho over a Facebook posting the chairman made […]
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Air France KLM trims loss, warns of turbulence
PARIS, (APP/AFP) – Air France-KLM announced Wednesday it had trimmed losses in the first quarter of 2016 but the airline said passenger traffic to Paris had been affected by terror attacks in Europe and it warned of a difficult year ahead. The Franco-Dutch group warned of doubts over fuel prices, some bloated routes and uncertainty […]
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Kerry warns Assad as truce talks shift to Berlin
BERLIN, (APP/AFP) – US Secretary of State John Kerry warned Syria’s Bashar al-Assad of “repercussions” if his regime flouts a new truce being negotiated, as talks to halt the violence shifted to Berlin Wednesday. Russia has said a new ceasefire to halt fighting in Aleppo could be imminent, with Syria’s divided northern city hit by […]