UNITED NATIONS (APP): The United Nations has expressed its outrage over the ongoing destruction of civilian infrastructure, particularly medical facilities, across Syria, and called for saving the country’s hospitals from war damage. “Over recent days, the UN has received reports of five hospitals hit by airstrikes, including three in Aleppo governorate and one each in […]
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UN calls for end to destruction of hospitals in Syria
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N. Korea fires missile into Japan waters for first time
SEOUL, (APP/AFP) – North Korea fired a ballistic missile directly into Japanese-controlled waters for the first time Wednesday, drawing an outraged response from Tokyo and ramping up tensions with the United States and South Korea. The US military said the North had actually launched two Rodong intermediate-range missiles simultaneously, but one appeared to have exploded […]
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UK lawmakers criticise EU response to migrant crisis
LONDON, (APP/AFP) – The European Union’s response to the surge in migrant arrivals has been “lamentable”, a committee of British lawmakers said Wednesday, slamming the bloc as unprepared to deal with the crisis. Some 1.3 million asylum-seekers, mostly from conflict-torn Syria and Iraq, have flooded into Europe since the start of 2015, stretching resources and […]
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US says will defend itself, allies after NKorea missile test
WASHINGTON (APP/AFP) – The United States issued a stern warning Tuesday that it was prepared to “defend ourselves and our allies” after North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile towards the Sea of Japan. “We are aware of reports that the DPRK (North Korea) fired ballistic missiles,” said State Department spokeswoman Anna Richey-Allen, noting that Washington […]
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Back in Ukraine, freed pilot Savchenko launches new hunger strike
KIEV, (APP/AFP) – A Ukrainian pilot, who was freed from a Russian jail in May, announced a fresh hunger strike Tuesday in protest over Kiev’s failure to secure the return of other prisoners of war in the separatist east. A Russian court sentenced the 35-year-old army helicopter navigator Nadiya Savchenko to 22 years in prison […]
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Dutch woman who fled IS arrested on return home
THE HAGUE, (APP/AFP): A young woman who returned home to The Netherlands with her two children after fleeing Syria has been arrested on suspicion of links to the militant Islamic State group, officials said Tuesday. Identified in Dutch media reports as 20-year-old Laura Hansen, the woman was detained late Monday at Schiphol airport as she […]