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Taliban warn Turkey against ‘reprehensible’ plan to run Kabul airport
Egypt Independent 13 Jul 2021
KABUL/ANKARA, July 13 (Reuters) – The Taliban warned Turkey on Tuesday against plans to keep some troops in Afghanistan to run and guard Kabul’s main airport after the withdrawal of foreign soldiers, calling the strategy “reprehensible” and warning of “consequences” ... All countries say this ... IMAGE ... ....
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72 People Killed in South African Riots
Voa News 14 Jul 2021
Seventy-two people have been killed in riots and looting in South Africa, police said Tuesday, amid protests over the jailing of former president Jacob Zuma. Violence erupted last week when Zuma began serving a 15-month jail sentence for contempt of court ... (Courtesy Kierran Allen/via Reuters) ... .
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Company Involved in Haitian President's Murder Plotted to Assassinate Maduro in 2018, Caracas Says
Sputnik 14 Jul 2021
Haitian police have arrested 20 foreign nationals from Colombia and the US, who were reportedly involved in the assassination of the country's president, Jovenel Moise, on 7 July ... .
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Cuba arrests activists as government blames unrest on US interference
Straits Times 13 Jul 2021
HAVANA (REUTERS) - Cuba blamed historic protests that took place over the weekend on US "economic asphyxiation" and detained some of the highest profile activists, while the Biden administration said it supported the Cuban people's right to demonstrate ... Outages in mobile Internet - the only way many Cubans have of accessing the web - were frequent.
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UK will work with Taliban if they come to power: minister
The New Arab 14 Jul 2021
Britain will work with the Taliban should they enter the government in Afghanistan, British Defence Minister Ben Wallace told the Daily Telegraph in an interview published on Tuesday ... However, Wallace warned that Britain will review any relationship "if they behave in a way that is seriously against human rights" ... (Reuters) ....
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Iranians charged with plot to abduct reporter in US
Asiatimes 14 Jul 2021
Four Iranian nationals were indicted Tuesday on charges of plotting to abduct a journalist in New York and smuggle her out of the country to Iran, the Justice Department said ... “This plot was orchestrated under Rouhani,” she added, referring to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, widely seen as a political moderate ... It said they all live in Iran ... – AFP.
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Ransomware gang goes offline, prompting questions
The Times of India 13 Jul 2021
WASHINGTON. A Russian-based hacker group blamed for a massive ransomware attack went offline on Tuesday, sparking speculation about whether the move was the result of a government-led action ... "If this was a disruption operation of some kind, full details may never come to light." ... "I don't think it was us," he said ... .
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Canada: at least 160 unmarked graves found in British Columbia
The Guardian 13 Jul 2021
Members of the Penelakut Tribe in southwestern British Columbia ... ....
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Death toll mounts in South Africa rioting after Zuma jailing
The Times of India 13 Jul 2021
JOHANNESBURG. The death toll from rioting in South Africa rose to 45 on Tuesday as police and the military tried to halt the unrest in poor areas of two provinces that began last week after the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma ... Sporadic violence broke out after Zuma on Thursday began serving a 15-month sentence for contempt of court ... .
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Japan's gov't sees Taiwan tensions as regional security risk
San Francisco Chronicle 13 Jul 2021
TOKYO (AP) — Japan believes rising tension surrounding Taiwan requires its attention “with a sense of crisis” as China intensifies military activities in the area and the United States steps up support for the self-governing island ... “We need to pay close attention with a sense of crisis more than ever before.” ... .
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British Jews to get apology 800 years after antisemitic expulsion
The Jerusalem Post 14 Jul 2021
The historic trauma of medieval English anti-Semitism can never be erased and its legacy survives today — for example, through the persistence of the ‘blood libel’ allegation that was invented in this country,” Dave Rich, the policy director of a British antisemitism watchdog group, told the Telegraph.
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Khashoggi murder: US softens towards Saudi leader
BBC News 14 Jul 2021
Before he became president, Joe Biden called Saudi Arabia "a pariah" for its part in the gruesome murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. As president, he authorised the release in February of a damning US intelligence report that pointed the finger of suspicion at Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman ... Hard reality ... Related Topics. .
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Alcohol linked to one in 25 global cancer cases, study shows
Straits Times 14 Jul 2021
PARIS (AFP) - Alcohol consumption was linked to 4 per cent of all new global cancer cases last year, according to a study published on Wednesday (July 13), as researchers warned of an urgent need to alert people of the risks ... Cancers of the oesophagus (189,700 cases), liver (154,700), and breast (98,300) were the most common ... 'Low awareness' ... � ....
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Rebel forces in Ethiopia's Tigray launch new offensive
The Times of India 13 Jul 2021
DEBARK. Tigrayan forces claimed on Tuesday to have launched a new offensive in the conflict-torn northern region of Ethiopia, two weeks after the federal government declared a unilateral ceasefire in the face of rebel advances ... "We promised to liberate every square inch of Tigray," Getachew said ... Start a Conversation. .
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Malaysia - Viral video on 'fake police' is actually real police operation in Penang
Malaysian National News Agency 14 Jul 2021
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