SRINAGAR, India – Hundreds of government forces are patrolling the streets of Indian Kashmir’s main city to stop a rally by separatists to mark the anniversaries of the assassinations of two Kashmiri leaders. No one has been convicted of the killings, but they were believed to have been assassinated by …
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KABUL, Afghanistan – The commander of international forces in Afghanistan says the Islamic State group is actively recruiting in Afghanistan but is not yet operational there. General John F. Campbell said on Saturday the group’s sophisticated social media campaign is attracting Taliban fighters in Afghanistan and Pakistan who are disgruntled …
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ATHENS, Greece – Greece is out of cash to repay debts due as soon as next week. The country and its creditors — other eurozone countries and the International Monetary Fund — have been locked in negotiations for months on what reforms the southern European country needs to take to …
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Several Nobel Peace Prize winners have called for an end to the persecution of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims, describing it as “nothing less than genocide,” and appealed for international help for them in Rakhine state. The appeal came Thursday at the end of a three-day conference in the …
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RAMALLAH, West Bank – Germany’s foreign minister says he will visit the Gaza Strip — a rare trip to the Hamas-ruled territory by a Western leader. In meetings with Israeli and Palestinian officials Sunday, Frank-Walter Steinmeier said he was concerned about the situation in Gaza, which is struggling to recover …
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The U.N. special rapporteur to the occupied Palestinian territory claimed this week that Israel does not have a right to self-defense against Hamas under international law and accused the country of committing “war crimes.” The comments from Francesca Albanese came Tuesday during an address to the National Press Club of …
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JERUSALEM – Israel’s military says two rockets fired from Gaza have exploded in the country’s south causing no injuries. It said sirens wailed late Wednesday night warning of the incoming rockets. The Islamic militant group Hamas that rules Gaza said militants were evacuating their posts in anticipation of Israeli retaliation. …
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ATHENS, Greece – The United Nations refugee agency says an estimated 42,000 migrants have reached Greek shores since the start of the year — six times more than in the same period last year and almost as many as those arriving in Italy. The number is close to the total …
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CAIRO – Foreign ministers from Algeria, Egypt and Italy called for a peaceful political solution in Libya on Sunday, saying that stability in the war-torn country would lead to reduced illegal migration to Europe. Egypt and Algeria both have long, porous borders with Libya. Thousands of migrants seeking a better …
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MOSCOW – Russia’s foreign minister has rejected allegations that Moscow was trying to develop closer ties with Latin American nations as a countermove to the United States amid the Ukrainian crisis. Speaking after Tuesday’s talks with his Salvadoran counterpart, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Russia’s ties with Latin American countries …
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