TAZA, Iraq, (APP/AFP) – Health authorities in Iraq’s Kirkuk region have screened a total of 800 people since a chemical attack carried out by the Islamic State group last week, officials said on Monday. “The number of people who have sought treatment and been checked by the hospitals in Daquq and Kirkuk has topped 800,” […]
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Iraq medics screen 800 people after chemical attack
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Merkel in firing line over refugees after regional vote ‘debacle’
BERLIN, (APP/AFP) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel was facing fresh pressure Monday over her liberal refugee policy after a drubbing in regional elections described as a “debacle”. Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) was at the receiving end of voter anger, suffering defeats in two out of three states in Sunday’s elections — including in its […]
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1 in 3 Syrian children know nothing but war: UNICEF
AMMAN, (APP/AFP) – One in three Syrian children have known nothing but a lifetime of war, UNICEF said Monday, as the country’s conflict enters its sixth year this week. Forced from their homes and schools, orphaned by violence and drafted into work or fighting, a generation of Syria’s children is being shaped by the conflict, […]
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Three more die of wounds from Ankara bombing: minister
ANKARA, (APP/AFP):Three more people succumbed to injuries following a suicide car bomb in the heart of the Turkish capital, bringing the overall number of victims to 36, a minister said Monday. “As of this morning… we lost three more citizens in hospital,” Health Minister Mehmet Muezzinoglu said in televised comments. The body of one attacker […]
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Turkey pounds Kurdish rebel bases in Iraq after Ankara bombing: army
ANKARA, (APP/AFP): Turkish warplanes on Monday struck Kurdish rebel bases in northern Iraq a day after a deadly bomb attack in the capital killed 36 people, the army said. The fighter jets hit arms depots and shelters of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the mountainous Kandil and Gara regions in northern Iraq, the […]
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Lebanon ‘You Stink’ protesters slow traffic on key highways
BEIRUT, (APP/AFP) – Lebanese protesters slowed rush hour traffic on several highways leading towards Beirut on Monday after authorities said they would reopen a landfill to ease an eight-month rubbish crisis. One activist braved rain and laid down on the highway leading north from the capital, an activist from the “You Stink” movement told AFP, […]