GAZIANTEP, Turkey, (APP/AFP) – Borders are slamming shut and European leaders are desperately trying to stem the flow of migrants to their shores — but near the Turkey-Syrian border, Mohammed Bilal is still dreaming of Real Madrid. The 23-year-old from Syria’s war-torn Aleppo province was a promising footballer in his homeland and he still hopes […]
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Syrians dream of Europe ‘miracle’ despite slammed doors
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Indonesia gets new anti-terror chief as threats rise
JAKARTA, (APP/AFP): Indonesia Wednesday installed a prominent police general as its new anti-terror chief at a time when the Muslim-majority nation faces a rising threat from citizens flocking to join jihadists in Syria. Tito Karnavian’s promotion to head of the National Counter Terrorism Agency came two months after a suicide bombing and gun attack in […]
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Argentinian coast guard sinks Chinese fishing boat
BUENOS AIRES, (APP/AFP) – Argentinian forces opened fire on and sank a Chinese boat allegedly illegal fishing in the South Atlantic after it attempted to ram a coast guard vessel, officials said Tuesday. A video posted on the coast guard’s website showed a large Chinese boat listing in the open sea while apparently under pursuit. […]
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Ecuador army plane crash kills all 22 aboard: president
QUITO, (APP/AFP) – An Ecuadoran army plane crashed in the Amazon rainforest Tuesday, killing all 22 people on board, President Rafael Correa said. “There are no survivors,” Correa wrote on Twitter, several minutes after first posting news of the crash. He said the plane was carrying 19 paratroopers, two pilots and a mechanic.
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Washington metro to shut for full day for safety checks
WASHINGTON, (APP/AFP) – Washington’s metro train system will shut all day Wednesday for emergency inspections after an electrical fire in a tunnel, transport chiefs said, in an unprecedented move that threatens to cause mass disruption in the US capital. It is the subway’s first system-wide closure for non-weather-related conditions, Metro chairman Jack Evans said Tuesday, […]
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Clinton, Trump move closer to White House nominations
CLEVELAND, (APP/AFP) – Hillary Clinton took a monumental step toward clinching the Democratic party’s White House nomination Tuesday, while Donald Trump’s seemingly unstoppable rush to victory hit a bump in Ohio. Trump won key Republican primaries in Illinois, North Carolina and Florida — where he thumped home state Senator Marco Rubio, who immediately announced he […]