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Erdogan warns of new Syrian refugee influx, says 80,000 fleeing Idlib - 12/23/2019

ISTANBUL (dpa)- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday that more than 80,000 people were fleeing Syria's north-western province of Idlib to Turkey, warning European countries that this...

Former Egyptian army chief released after two-year detention - 12/22/2019

Cairo (dpa) - Sami Anan, the former chief of staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces and one-time presidential rival of Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi, has been released from detention two years after he was...

German union threatens Lufthansa with further strikes - 12/22/2019

Frankfurt -By Andre Stahl, - German cabin crew union Ufo threatened German airline Lufthansa with further strikes after the holiday period, just weeks after a two-day stoppage brought air traffic...

Police give the all-clear after Berlin Christmas market evacuation - 12/22/2019

Berlin (dpa) - The Berlin Christmas market that became the site of a deadly truck attack just over three years ago was evacuated late Saturday amid a police investigation into a suspicious object....

Daughter of jailed Uighur activist accepts EU prize in his name - 12/18/2019

BRUSSELS, Ella Joyner (dpa)- The daughter of Uighur rights advocate and academic Ilham Tohti, currently serving a life sentence in China, received the highest EU human rights accolade on his behalf...

Israeli court halts work at gas field shortly before export to start - 12/18/2019

TEL AVIV (dpa)- An Israeli court has temporarily halted work at the country's off-shore Leviathan gas field in the Mediterranean Sea, just as it was to begin exporting gas to Egypt for the first...

Reporters Without Borders: 49 journalists killed worldwide - 12/17/2019

BERLIN, Esteban Engel (dpa)- According to Reporters Without Borders (RSF), almost half of the almost 400 journalists imprisoned worldwide are in just three countries: China, Egypt and Saudi Arabia....

Italian cartoonist under fire for sketch comparing EU to Auschwitz - 12/17/2019

ROME (dpa)- Mario Improta, a controversial Italian cartoonist, was accused Monday of offending Holocaust victims after comparing the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp to the European Union. Improta,...

Obama, overseas with Michelle, says it's time women ruled the world - 12/17/2019

New York (tca/dpa) - This ought to have conspiracy theorists scratching their tin foil helmets. Speaking at a private event in Singapore, where he's traveling with former first lady Michelle Obama,...

Lebanese president postpones consultations to name new prime minister - 12/16/2019

Beirut (dpa) - Lebanese President Michel Aoun postponed parliamentary consultations for naming a new prime minister at a request from Saad Hariri, the only candidate for the post.   The binding...
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