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November 15, 2019
Kurdish-Iranian refugee celebrates freedom in New Zealand
WELLINGTON — A Kurdish-Iranian refugee who penned a book on a mobile phone while held in an Australian detention camp said on Friday he was celebrating life "as a free man" in New Zealand.Award-winning author Behrouz Boochani is in Christchurch to attend a literary festival and discuss his work "No Friend but the Mountains" which was painstakingly tapped out on WhatsApp and sent to publishers.Boochani, 35, spent more than six ...
November 15, 2019
US, Europeans clash on militants' fate in Daesh talks
WASHINGTON — The United States and its European allies clashed on Thursday over what to do with thousands of militants jailed in Syria, with Washington calling a French proposal to try fighters in Iraq "irresponsible."Senior officials from more than 30 countries pledged greater coordination in the campaign against Daesh (the so-called IS) in a meeting in Washington proposed by France, which has been particularly concerned by President Donald Trump's decision ...
November 15, 2019
40,000 refugees expelled from Istanbul
ISTANBUL — Turkey said on Friday it had expelled more than 40,000 refugees living in Istanbul and sent them back to the provinces where they were initially registered.A campaign was run from July through to the end of October, aimed at reducing the number of refugees in Turkey's biggest city and economic hub.The country hosts some 3.6 million Syrian refugees — more than any other country — though technically they ...
November 15, 2019
Lebanon protesters angered by PM pick
BEIRUT — Lebanese protesters who have been demanding radical reform reacted with anger on Friday to the reported designation of a new prime minister they regard as emblematic of a failed political system.According to senior officials speaking on condition of anonymity and Lebanese press reports, key political players agreed that Mohammed Safadi should be tasked with forming the next government.Outgoing Prime Minister Saad Al-Hariri resigned on Oct. 29, nearly two ...
November 15, 2019
New Israel-Gaza violence tests fragile cease-fire
GAZA CITY — Israel launched fresh strikes against Islamic Jihad targets in Gaza early Friday in response to rocket fire, underscoring the fragility of a cease-fire agreed after an escalation that killed 34 Palestinians.The cease-fire began on Thursday morning following two days of fighting triggered by Israel's targeted killing of an Islamic Jihad commander.The Israeli military said it carried out new strikes overnight against Islamic Jihad, the second most powerful ...
November 15, 2019
Iraq 'will never be the same' after protests: Sistani
BAGHDAD — Iraq will never be the same following the weeks of demonstrations in Baghdad and the country's south demanding sweeping reform, its top Shiite cleric said on Friday in his most emphatic endorsement yet of the protest movement.Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani said authorities must respond quickly to the protests which have flooded the capital and cities across the mainly Shiite south in an outpouring of anger over rampant corruption ...
November 14, 2019
Erdogan says would buy Patriots but won't give up S-400s
ANKARA — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan insisted Ankara would not give up the Russian S-400 missile defense system to purchase the equivalent US Patriot missiles in comments published on Thursday."It is out of the question to leave the S-400s and go toward the Patriots when we are at this point" of strengthening relations with Russia, Erdogan told Turkish journalists on board his plane after talks with US President Donald ...
November 14, 2019
Lebanese mourners lay to rest 'martyr of revolution'
CHOUEIFAT, Lebanon — Hundreds of Lebanese on Thursday massed for the funeral of a protester who was shot dead during an unprecedented anti-graft street movement that has shaken the country for nearly a month.Mourners from across the country flooded Choueifat, the hometown of Alaa Abu Fakhr south of Beirut, shouting "revolution, revolution".Abu Fakhr, aged 39 and a father of three, died on Tuesday when an army officer opened fire as ...
November 14, 2019
Russia bolsters new Syria base on Turkish border
MOSCOW — Russia has begun moving helicopters and other equipment to a new Syrian base on the Turkish border, state TV reported on Thursday, weeks after US forces left the area.Two Mi-35 attack helicopters and a transport helicopter were moved from the Hmeimim base on the Mediterranean to Qamishli airport in northeastern Syria, reported Zvezda television, which is run by the defense ministry.Earlier reports suggested Russia had been negotiating a ...
November 14, 2019
Tear gas grenades kill Iraq protesters as authorities feel heat
BAGHDAD — Four protesters were killed by tear gas canisters in Baghdad on Thursday as security forces tried to snuff out the largest grassroots movement to sweep Iraq in years.Iraq's political elite has come under renewed pressure in recent days from both the street and the international community to seriously address calls for reform.The UN, Washington and human rights groups have all criticized Baghdad authorities' harsh response to the protests, ...
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