TEHRAN, (APP/AFP) – Iran’s influential parliament speaker hit out at Washington Wednesday, accusing it of disrupting implementation of last year’s landmark nuclear deal and failing in the fight against the Islamic State group. Ali Larijani, a conservative who helped the nuclear deal pass in parliament last year, warned that Washington risked forcing Tehran into a […]
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Iran speaker says US undermining nuclear deal, failing against IS
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Seaplane hits bridge in Shanghai, killing five: media
SHANGHAI, (APP/AFP) – An amphibious plane crashed into a highway bridge on the edge of Chinese commercial hub Shanghai on Wednesday, killing at least five people, according to local media reports. The plane, owned by charter airline Joy General Aviation, was taking off on a demonstration flight with 10 people on board including the crew, […]
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Erdogan back in Ankara as thousands hit by Turkey purge
ANKARA, (APP/AFP) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was Wednesday to chair a crunch security meeting in Ankara for the first time since the failed coup, with tens of thousands either detained or sacked from their jobs in a widening purge. The Turkish air force meanwhile launched their first strikes against targets of the outlawed […]
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Renowned journalist killed in Kiev car bomb
KIEV, (APP/AFP) – A car bomb in central Kiev on Wednesday morning killed well-known journalist Pavel Sheremet, AFP journalists said from the scene. Sheremet, who was a journalist for Ukrainska Pravda news site and previously a television journalist in Russia, died when there was an explosion and his car burst into flames. President Petro Poroshenko […]
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More than 3,200 migrants rescued in Med: Italian coast guard
ROME, (APP/AFP) – More than 3,200 migrants were rescued from the Mediterranean Tuesday in 25 operations, the Italian coastguard said. One person was found dead during the rescue efforts, said the coastguard Wednesday, which coordinated the missions conducted by the Italian navy and coastguard, the EU’s Eunavfor Med mission and NGOs such as MSF, Sea […]
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UN chief launches first report to track Sustainable Development Goals
UNITED NATIONS, (APP): Launching the first-ever Sustainable Development Goals report on the new global development agenda adopted last year, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said that the 15-year undertaking was “off to a good start” but will require all parts of the UN family and its partners to work together. “We have embarked on a monumental […]