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  • 5 killed, 7 injured in S.Korean shooting accident at inter-Korean border

    5 killed, 7 injured in S.Korean shooting accident at inter-Korean border

    Date: 2014-06-23 06:48:01 GMT - south korea - International - SN:1 - ID:792564

    Five South Korean soldiers were killed and seven others wounded after a soldier went on a shooting spree at a front-line Army unit, the Army said. The 22-year-old sergeant, who is identified only by his surname Lim, is currently at large. The ....

  • Israel has ‘unequivocal proof’ Hamas responsible for kidnappings - Netanyahu

    Israel has ‘unequivocal proof’ Hamas responsible for kidnappings - Netanyahu

    Date: 2014-06-22 12:51:05 GMT - Israel - International - SN:24 - ID:791586

    Israel has “unequivocal proof” that Hamas is responsible for the kidnapping of three Israeli teens more than a week ago, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his Cabinet. The proof and information have been shared by Israel with several ....

  • Terrorism will boomerang on sponsors: Rouhani

    Terrorism will boomerang on sponsors: Rouhani

    Date: 2014-06-22 10:53:59 GMT - Iran - International - SN:17 - ID:791292

    Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has warned the supporters of Takfiri terrorism of the backlash of such acts of terror in their own countries, Press TV reported on Sunday. Rouhani said that those who support terrorists should know that the time ....

  • Suspect in shooting spree in shootout at elementary school in S.Korea

    Suspect in shooting spree in shootout at elementary school in S.Korea

    Date: 2014-06-22 08:43:41 GMT - south korea - International - SN:9 - ID:791066

    Officials have cordoned off the vicinity of an elementary school, where an Army sergeant who fled after a shooting spree at a border post is said to be in a shootout with authorities, Yonhap news agency reported. Local residents said they heard ....

  • Cruise ship carrying nearly 200 people evacuated in Netherlands

    Cruise ship carrying nearly 200 people evacuated in Netherlands

    Date: 2014-06-22 08:22:33 GMT - Netherlands - International - SN:8 - ID:791025

    A cruise ship carrying 154 passengers and 40 crew was evacuated after it sprang a leak on a river in the eastern Netherlands early on Sunday morning, Euronews quoted emergency services as saying. All the passengers, mostly pensioners from Germany ....

  • Iran urges involvement of all Iraq ethnic groups in politics

    Iran urges involvement of all Iraq ethnic groups in politics

    Date: 2014-06-22 07:21:20 GMT - Iran - International - SN:5 - ID:790895

    Iran’s Majlis speaker says Iran urges active and constructive participation of all Iraqi ethnic groups in the political structure of their country, Press TV reported on Sunday. Ali Larijani said that Iran enjoys friendly ties with Iraq’s Shia, ....

  • US downgradesThailand and Qatar for abysmal human trafficking records

    US downgradesThailand and Qatar for abysmal human trafficking records

    Date: 2014-06-21 10:51:03 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:31 - ID:789760

    The US has signaled its mounting concern over modern-day slavery in Thailand and Qatar after it downgraded both countries on its human trafficking watch-list following revelations of appalling maltreatment of migrant workers. Thailand was ....

  • France arrests 2 Syria jihad suspects

    France arrests 2 Syria jihad suspects

    Date: 2014-06-21 07:48:36 GMT - France - International - SN:21 - ID:789437

    Two people have been arrested in southern France on suspicion of recruiting militants to fight in Syria. In press statements Saturday, judicial sources said that the two, who were detained yesterday, went to Syria and joined jihadists to take ....

  • Japan, S Korea coordinate on wording of Kono statement

    Japan, S Korea coordinate on wording of Kono statement

    Date: 2014-06-21 07:20:07 GMT - Japan - International - SN:12 - ID:789379

    Japan said Friday it had coordinated with South Korea behind the scenes on the wording of the so-called 1993 Kono statement regarding Asian women who were forced to work in Japan's wartime military brothels, Kyodo news agency reported Friday. ....

  • France: Probe launched into threat letter to Moroccan gen. in Paris

    France: Probe launched into threat letter to Moroccan gen. in Paris

    Date: 2014-06-21 07:12:02 GMT - France - International - SN:11 - ID:789365

    A probe has been launched into the incident of sending a a threat letter to Moroccan General Abdelaziz Bennani at the Paris military hospital of Val-de-Grâce, said French Foreign Ministry spokesman Romain Nada This comes after Morocco has ....

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