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12 killed in Syrian, Russian airstrikes in north-west Syria - 07/14/2019

CAIRO (dpa)- At least 12 civilians were killed on Saturday in airstrikes carried out by Syrian and Russian warplanes against rebels in north-western Syria, a war monitor said. The Syrian Observatory...

Merkel calls Hitler assassination attempt a role model - 07/13/2019

Berlin - Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for determined resistance against rising right-wing extremism in Germany ahead of the 75th anniversary of an assassination attempt against Adolf Hitler....

Car bombing kills 13 in Turkey-backed rebel town in northern Syria - 07/11/2019

BEIRUT, Nehal El-Sherif and Weedah Hamzah (dpa)- A car bomb went off in the northern Syrian town of Afrin, which is controlled by Turkish-backed rebels, killing 13 people on Thursday, a monitoring...

Britain to investigate leak of ambassador's comments on Trump - 07/09/2019

LONDON, dpa correspondents (dpa)- The British government on Sunday said it plans to investigate the leak of sensitive memos in which its ambassador to Washington called US President Donald Trump's...

Berlin rejects US call for German ground troops in Syria - 07/09/2019

BERLIN, Michael Fischer (dpa)- Berlin has rejected a US request for German ground forces to boost the fight against the Islamic State terrorist group in Syria. Government spokesman Steffen Seibert...

Britain to investigate leak of ambassador's comments on Trump - 07/07/2019

LONDON, dpa correspondents (dpa)- The British government on Sunday said it plans to investigate the leak of sensitive memos in which its ambassador to Washington called US President Donald Trump's...

1,000 displaced Syrians return to their village after seven years - 07/07/2019

DAMASCUS (dpa)- Around 1,000 people have returned to a village in Syria's central province of Homs after they had been internally displaced for more than seven years. "Today, 969 people belonging to...

North Korea accuses freed Australian student of espionage - 07/07/2019

SEOUL (dpa)- North Korea has accused of espionage and "anti-state" activities an Australian student who was detained several days before being set free on Thursday. The 29-year old Alek Sigley from...

Israel: Iran's uranium enrichment is for one thing - atomic bombs - 07/07/2019

Tel Aviv (dpa) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warns that Iran's uranium enrichment has one purpose only - "the creation of atomic bombs."   Speaking at the weekly cabinet meeting he...

German NGO ship sailing to Lampedusa amid fresh migrant stand-off - 07/06/2019

Rome - By Annette Reuther and Lena Klimkeit, - A German aid organization said Friday its ship with 65 rescued migrants on board was heading to Lampedusa, defying a ban by Italy's government in the...
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