Baltimore’s Key Bridge collapses after ship crash, officials say

 The 1.6-mile (2.57 km) long Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, collapsed in the early hours of Tuesday after a container ship hit it, and as many as seven people may be in the water, officials said. A live video posted on YouTube showed a ship hitting the bridge, after which several of its […]

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China says issued ‘strong’ complaint over Western hacking claims

China said it had issued a “strong” rebuke to the United States on Tuesday after Washington and two key allies accused Beijing of being behind a series of hacks into lawmakers and key democratic institutions. In rare and detailed public accusations against China – the United States, Britain and New Zealand described a series of cyber breaches […]

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Two Moscow attack suspects travelled ‘freely’ because no arrest warrant: Turkish official

 A Turkish security official on Tuesday said two of the Moscow concert hall attack suspects travelled “freely” to Russia as no arrest warrants were issued against them. Russian authorities detained 11 people in connection with Friday’s attack, which saw camouflaged gunmen storm into Crocus City Hall, open fire on concert-goers and set the building ablaze, […]

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Israel says 170 Gaza gunmen killed in hospital raid

Israeli forces fighting in Gaza have killed more than 170 gunmen during their days-long raid at the Palestinian enclave’s main hospital, the military said on Saturday. Israeli troops entered Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City in the early hours of Monday morning and have been combing through the sprawling complex, which the military says is […]

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Trial begins for US rancher accused of killing migrant

The trial of a rancher accused of killing a Mexican migrant on his property in Arizona began Friday, as tensions mount in the United States over an inflow of migrants across the southern border. George Alan Kelly, 75, is charged with second-degree murder for the death of Mexican Gabriel Cuen-Buitimea, 48, on his property in […]

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Russia detains suspects after deadly Moscow attack kills 93 people

Eleven people have been detained after gunmen stormed a concert hall in Moscow and opened fire on the crowd, the head of Russia’s Federal Security Service told President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, according to Russian state news agency Tass. At least 93 people were killed in the attack, including three children, Russian authorities said Saturday. […]

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Indian court effectively bans madrasas in big state before election

A court in India essentially banned Islamic schools in the country’s most populous state, a move that could further distance many Muslims from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu-nationalist government ahead of national elections. The Friday ruling scraps a 2004 law governing madrasas in Uttar Pradesh, saying it violates India’s constitutional secularism and ordering that students […]

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Iraq warm to Turkey’s proposed anti-PKK joint ops centre, says Turkish official

Turkey proposed to set up a “joint operation centre” with Iraq in order to fight the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), and Baghdad responded “positively” in a meeting last week, a Turkish defence ministry official said on Thursday. Senior Turkish and Iraqi officials, including defence ministers, held talks in Baghdad last week to discuss security […]

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With no chance to celebrate Ramazan, Gazans gather at soup kitchens

In the Jabalia refugee camp, hungry Gazans hold out pots to receive soup during the holy month of Ramazan. As other Muslims around the world consume traditional Ramazan meals and desserts to break their fast after sunset, residents of the besieged strip are lucky to find a few scraps of food, or sips of water, […]

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The Great Successor? Who is North Korea’s Kim Ju Ae

She oversees military drills with her father, a military marshal knelt before her, state media use leader-level honorifics to describe her — a fresh slew of signals indicate Kim Jong Un’s teenage daughter Ju Ae could be North Korea’s next ruler. AFP takes a look at what we know about her: Who is she? First […]

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