BAGHDAD – A prominent Yazidi lawmaker in Iraq says Islamic State group militants have killed at least 25 captive Yazidis at a prison camp. Legislator Mahma Khalil said late Saturday that the militants killed the captives on Friday in the town of Tal Afar. Khalil said he spoke to four …
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RIO DE JANEIRO – A Brazilian court has cleared three people of responsibility for a 2007 jetliner crash that killed 199 people at a Sao Paulo airport. In a sentence that was handed down last week and made available Monday, federal judge Marcio Assad Guardi in Sao Paulo acquitted the …
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VOLGOGRAD, Russia – German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier says Russia and NATO are making progress in restoring military contacts that were suspended as the Ukraine crisis intensified. “I’m glad that, after the situation we had last year, we are now in the process of re-establishing this level of information,” Steinmeier …
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BEIJING – Authorities say passengers in China have opened airplane emergency doors without authorization 12 times this year during taxiing or while at a standstill, and one of the passengers has been put on trial in the country’s first such legal case. The Civil Aviation Administration of China said Monday …
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ANKARA, Turkey – Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has claimed that a person linked to a leftist extremist group is behind two attacks this week against Turkey’s pro-Kurdish political party, which injured six people. Davutoglu said Thursday a suspect previously arrested for links to the banned DHKP-C carried out Monday’s …
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TEHRAN, Iran – An Iranian nuclear negotiator says his team has agreed to grant U.N. inspectors “managed access” to military sites as part of a deal over its contested program, apparently contradicting earlier comments by the nation’s supreme leader. Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi’s comments, carried by state television …
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BEIRUT – The leader of al-Qaida’s branch in Syria says they have no plans to attack the West and denies that the so-called Khorasan group exists. The Syrian known as Abu Muhammed al-Golani, who heads the Nusra Front, says the aim of his group is to march to the capital …
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The New York Jets made a surprising roster move on Tuesday when the team announced they had released third-year running back Michael Carter. Head coach Robert Saleh addressed the move Wednesday, saying the decision ultimately came down to making more opportunities for rookie running back Israel Abanikanda, adding that “it …
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is sounding the alarm over what he calls Russian President Vladimir Putin’s desire to foment conflict in the troubled Balkans region. The Ukrainian president warned Putin is looking to distract from Russia’s failed military efforts in Ukraine by stoking tensions in a region of Europe where …
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A gang of violent monkeys that has terrorized a small town in India struck again, killing a 10-year-old boy by ripping out his intestines last Tuesday. Dipak Thakor was playing with friends in the village of Salki when he was attacked by what has become a notorious gang of monkeys, …
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