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UN chief slams Daesh brutal killings in northern Iraq
Date: 2014-08-29 18:20:16 GMT - Indonesia - International - SN:15 - ID:897288
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday slammed "brutal killings of civilians" by Daesh in northern Iraq, saying the Sunni radical group was tearing apart whole communities. Ban added his voice to the growing concerns, telling the Sixth ....
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Tehran warns UN on consequences of Israeli drones over Iran
Date: 2014-08-29 14:48:42 GMT - Iran - International - SN:13 - ID:897077
Iranian envoy to the United Nations (UN) Hossein Dehqani , has warned of consequences of Israel's violation of the Iranian its air space. Dehqani has condemned the act of violating air space of Iran by an Israeli drone, aimed at spying on Natanz ....
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Turkey new PM names new Cabinet
Date: 2014-08-29 13:04:51 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:10 - ID:896912
Turkey’s new Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Friday unveiled his Cabinet line-up, Turkush Hurriyet daily news paper reported. Accordingly, Davutoğlu introduced the list of his Cabinet to President Erdoğan before noon on Aug. 29 and announced ....
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Erdogan sworn-in as president
Date: 2014-08-28 14:13:45 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:18 - ID:895770
Recep Tayyip Erdogan has taken the oath of office as Turkey's first president elected by popular vote. Erdoğan, now the 12th president of Turkey, took his oath at Parliament in a ceremony that was boycotted by main opposition Republican People's ....
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Singer Sami Yusuf joins WFP as global ambassador against hunger
Date: 2014-08-28 10:58:47 GMT - Egypt - International - SN:13 - ID:895379
Internationally acclaimed singer, songwriter and composer Sami Yusuf has joined the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) as a Global Ambassador Against Hunger. Yusuf, who is a long-term supporter of WFP, will use his status as a hunger ....
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Assad cannot be partner in fight against terrorism, says Hollande
Date: 2014-08-28 09:49:35 GMT - France - International - SN:9 - ID:895229
French President François Hollande said Thursday that the West should not consider Syria’s Bashar al-Assad as a partner in the fight against terrorism but as an ally of extremists wreaking havoc in Iraq and Syria, France 24 reported. "Assad ....
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US recruits partners for Daesh fight
Date: 2014-08-28 07:37:28 GMT - USA - International - SN:4 - ID:894950
The US administration officials also said that Washington is recruiting partners for potential joint military action against the al-Qaeda breakaway group ISIL, better known as Daesh. Britain and Australia are potential candidates as the US is ....
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US moves prisoners from Afghanistan to Pakistan, Yemen
Date: 2014-08-28 07:33:59 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:894942
The US has moved 11 new prisoners out of a military prison near the Afghan capital, the Pentagon said. The Obama administration seeks to shut down a controversial detainee program in Afghanistan ahead of its troop withdrawal, ABC News ....
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Russia to continue humanitarian aid provision to east of Ukraine under Red Cross aegis
Date: 2014-08-27 12:29:08 GMT - Russia - International - SN:48 - ID:893960
Russia will continue the provision of humanitarian aid to Ukraine’s embattled east regions under the aegis of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday. Commenting on Russian President ....
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UN Human Rights report cites murder, kidnap, torture in Ukraine
Date: 2014-08-27 08:26:37 GMT - Ukraine - International - SN:31 - ID:893375
Separatists in Ukraine and Ukraine government forces are guilty of a wide array of human rights abuses, including torture, a UN report said. The report by the 34-member UN monitoring mission, prepared by the UN human rights office in Geneva, said ....
