PARIS, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – The Palestinians may consider “reversing recognition” of Israel if Donald Trump moves the US embassy to Jerusalem, Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas said in an interview released by the French daily Le Figaro. “I wrote to president(-elect) Trump to ask him not to do it. Not only would this move deprive the United […]
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Abbas says may ‘reverse’ Israel recognition if Trump moves embassy
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Winter crisis shows UK health service at ‘tipping point’
LONDON, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Britain’s NHS public health service has been the country’s pride since 1948, but is currently gripped by a “humanitarian crisis” due to “third world” conditions that are piling pressure on Prime Minister Theresa May. The stark image of 22-month-old Jack Harwood, wearing only a nappy, stretched across two plastic chairs while waiting […]
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Federal probe slams ‘pattern of excessive force’ by Chicago police
WASHINGTON, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – A year-long federal investigation into the Chicago police force has identified a pattern of abuse and excessive force, especially in predominantly black and Hispanic neighborhoods, Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Friday. “The Department of Justice has concluded that there is reasonable cause to believe that the Chicago police department engages in a […]
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Shots heard from inside military camp in I.Coast’s Abidjan
ABIDJAN, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Shooting was heard late Friday from inside the main military camp in Abidjan, Ivory’s Coast’s economic capital, witnesses said Friday, days after a brief mutiny by the armed forces. “There were shots, bursts of gunfire coming from the barracks. It stopped and started again,” Mathilde Kouadio, a teacher living nearby, told AFP. […]
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Turkey arrests soldiers for ‘helping terror group’
ISTANBUL, MILLAT+(APP/AFP) – Turkey has arrested five soldiers in connection with a deadly suicide attack on the military claimed by a Kurdish radical group in the central city of Kayseri, state media said Friday. A bus — carrying low-ranking privates and non-commissioned officers — was attacked after leaving the commando headquarters in the city to […]
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India’s SpiceJet to buy Boeing planes worth $22bn
NEW DELHI, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Indian airline SpiceJet said Friday it had agreed to buy up to 205 Boeing planes worth $22 billion in what it said was one of the largest deals ever in Indian aviation. “This is the largest deal for SpiceJet, it’s one of the largest in Indian aviation and is the largest […]