WASHINGTON, (APP/AFP) – The father of a slain Muslim American soldier assailed Donald Trump as a “black soul” Sunday in an impassioned exchange with the Republican presidential candidate over the qualities required in a US leader. Khizr Khan electrified the Democratic convention last week with a tribute to his fallen son that ended with a […]
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Slain soldier’s father calls Trump a ‘black soul’
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Taliban truck bomb strikes foreign guesthouse in Kabul
KABUL, (APP/AFP) – A powerful Taliban truck bomb struck a guesthouse popular with foreigners in Kabul early Monday, a security source and local media said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties. “A truck packed with explosives struck the entrance of Northgate guesthouse,” the source told AFP. The guesthouse was not immediately reachable by […]
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Toll rises to 8 dead in deadliest PKK attack since Turkey coup
ANKARA, (APP/AFP) – Eight Turkish soldiers were killed in clashes with Kurdish in the country’s restive southeast, the army said Saturday, raising the toll from the deadliest such attack on the military since the failed coup. The soldiers were performing a security check when they were attacked by militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party […]
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US insists not involved in Turkey military coup bid
WASHINGTON, (APP/AFP) – A top military chief and other officials have insisted that the United States was not involved in the attempted military coup in Turkey, underscoring tense relations between the allies. Long-standing partners in NATO and officially fighting side-by-side against the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq, the US and Turkey have endured […]
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Erdogan tells West ‘mind your own business’ over crackdown criticism
ANKARA, (APP/AFP) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has told the European Union and United States to “mind your own business” after the West expressed alarm over the growing crackdown against suspected accomplices in the failed coup. “Some people give us advice. They say they are worried. Mind your own business! Look at your own […]
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Brazilian drug lord turns jail cell into luxury suite
ASUNCION, (APP/AFP) – Paraguayan authorities got a surprise when they raided a Brazilian drug lord’s jail cell… and found a three-room luxury suite complete with library, kitchen, conference room and plasma TV. Jarvis Chimenes Pavao, considered one of South America’s most dangerous drug traffickers, had been serving an eight-year sentence for money laundering at the […]