MANILA, (APP/AFP) – Former Philippine president Gloria Arroyo was freed from detention from a military hospital Thursday, after the Supreme Court dismissed her corruption charges, her lawyer said. “It’s a happy day today because she has just been freed,” attorney Laurence Arroyo said as the 69-year-old former leader, who served from 2001-2010, was released after […]
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Ex-Philippine president Arroyo freed from jail: police
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Turkey imposes 3-month state of emergency to catch coup plotters
ANKARA, (APP/AFP) – Turkish authorities Thursday imposed a three-month state of emergency, strengthening powers to round up suspects accused of staging the failed military coup despite global alarm over a widening purge. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared the state of emergency, the first in Turkey in one and a half decades, shortly before midnight after […]
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Mike Pence accepts Republican VP nomination
CLEVELAND, (APP/AFP) – Indiana Governor Mike Pence accepted the Republican vice presidential nomination at a tumultuous party convention in Cleveland Wednesday, describing his running mate Donald Trump as a “good man.” “I am deeply humbled by your confidence,” Pence told delegates, still reeling from a night of high drama and political infighting over Trump’s anointment […]
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Protesters, police clash in Yerevan over hostage crisis
YEREVAN, (APP/AFP) – Police in the Armenian capital Yerevan on Thursday arrested dozens of protesters following a night of violent clashes over a four-day hostage standoff in which pro-opposition gunmen killed one officer and took several hostage. At least 51 people, including 25 police were wounded Wednesday night, Armenia’s health ministry said, after stone-throwing protesters […]
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Bangladesh court jails opposition leader’s son
DHAKA, (APP/AFP) – A Bangladesh court Thursday sentenced the eldest son of the main opposition leader to seven years in prison for money laundering, a prosecutor said. “The High Court convicted and sentenced Tarique Rahman to seven years in jail and fined him 200 million taka ($2.5 million) over money laundering charges,” deputy attorney general […]
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Turkish embassy targets ‘Gulen-linked’ Cambodia schools
PHNOM PENH, (APP/AFP) – A Turkish official in Cambodia Wednesday called for the closure of schools it says are linked to the cleric accused of orchestrating a failed coup in Turkey. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has blamed bitter foe Fethullah Gulen for last week’s bloody failed putsch and has vowed to root out his […]