UNITED NATIONS, United States, (APP/AFP) – The UN Security Council on Friday agreed to deploy a UN police force to Burundi, its strongest move to date to try to end more than a year of violence in the African country. The council adopted a resolution drafted by France on dispatching up to 228 UN police […]
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UN decides to send police force to Burundi
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Top S. Korean prosecutor indicted on corruption charges
SEOUL, (APP/AFP) – A top South Korean prosecutor was indicted Friday on charges of receiving millions of dollars in bribes from a leading online game maker, state prosecutors said. Jin Kyung-Joon, who enjoys the comparable rank of a vice-minister, is the first high-level South Korean prosecutor to be indicted while in office. Jin is charged […]
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Turkey detains 3 top businessmen in probe after coup
ANKARA, (APP/AFP) – Turkish authorities on Friday widened their post-coup crackdown to the business sector, detaining three top tycoons as part of investigations into the activities of US-based preacher Fethullah Gulen. Security forces in the central city of Kayseri detained the chairman of the family-owned Boydak Holding company, Mustafa Boydak, and two other top executives, […]
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Key quotes from Clinton’s Democratic convention speech
PHILADELPHIA, July 29, (APP/AFP) – Hillary Clinton on Thursday vowed to be the president for “all Americans” as she accepted the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination — the first woman to lead a major party in the race for the White House. Her speech, which capped the party’s four-day convention in Philadelphia, also included some savage […]
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UN vote on Burundi police force expected Friday
UNITED NATIONS, United States, (APP/AFP) – The UN Security Council is expected to vote on Friday on deploying a UN police force to Burundi to monitor human rights and help quell violence in the African country. France requested a vote on a draft resolution presented two weeks ago to send up to 228 UN police […]
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Assad offers amnesty to Syria rebels who surrender
DAMASCUS, (APP/AFP): Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday offered an amnesty to armed rebels battling his forces if they surrender, the official SANA news agency reported. “Everyone carrying arms… and sought by justice… is excluded from full punishment if they hand themselves in and lay down their weapons,” SANA said, quoting a presidential decree on […]