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July 18, 2019
US announces sanctions on Iranian-linked leaders in Iraq
WASHINGTON — Vice President Mike Pence said on Thursday that the United States is imposing sanctions on the leaders of two Iranian-linked militia groups in Iraq."Let me be clear, the United States will not stand idly while Iranian-backed militias spread terror," Pence told a high-level meeting on religious freedom, without naming the individuals targeted.Meanwhile, the US Treasury Department said on Thursday that the US is imposing sanctions on two Iraqi ...
July 18, 2019
Archaeologists find mosque from when Islam arrived in holy land
RAHAT, Israel — Archaeologists in Israel have discovered the remains of one of the world's oldest rural mosques, built around the time Islam arrived in the holy land, they said on Thursday.The Israel Antiquities Authority estimates that the mosque, uncovered ahead of new construction in the Bedouin town of Rahat in the Negev desert, dates back to the 7th to 8th centuries.There are large mosques known to be from that ...
July 18, 2019
Turkish defense firms set to lose billions after F-35 removal
ANKARA — Turkish defense companies helping to build F-35 stealth fighter jets are set to lose work worth billions of dollars after Washington said it was removing Turkey from the program over its purchase of a Russian missile defence system.Eight Turkish firms have been involved in producing the advanced fighter jets, supplying hundreds of items including parts for cockpit display systems and landing gear, on contracts the Pentagon said would ...
July 18, 2019
Morocco court condemns 3 to death for killing Scandinavian hikers
SALE, Morocco — A Moroccan court on Thursday condemned three Islamic State group supporters to death for the murder of two Scandinavian women beheaded while on a hiking trip in the High Atlas mountains.Suspected ringleader Abdessamad Ejjoud and two companions received the maximum penalty over the December killings of Danish tourist Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, 24, and 28-year-old Norwegian Maren Ueland.The anti-terrorist court in Sale, near the capital Rabat, issued the ...
July 18, 2019
Iran's defensive strategy can turn offensive if enemies err: Guards Chief
DUBAI — The head of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards warned on Thursday against any aggression targeting his country, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported."Iran has adopted a defensive strategy but if our enemies make any mistakes... our strategy can become an offensive one," said the Guards’ commander-in-chief, Hossein Salami. — Reuters
July 18, 2019
Turkey court sentences 7 over Turkish-Armenian journalist murder
ISTANBUL — An Istanbul court has sentenced seven people in connection with the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink 12 years ago that sent shock waves around the country.Among those sentenced was Erhan Tuncel for 99 years and six months in jail over multiple charges, including "assisting a murder" and "being a member of an armed criminal organization", state news agency Anadolu reported on Wednesday.Another defendant, Yasin Hayal, was sentenced ...
July 18, 2019
Trial resumes of Turkey opposition politician
ISTANBUL — An opponent of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday rejected the charges against her during a trial described by her defenders as "revenge" for the opposition's success in Istanbul.Canan Kaftancioglu, who leads the secular Republican People's Party (CHP)'s Istanbul branch, is accused of insulting Erdogan and the Turkish state in tweets posted between 2012 and 2017 as well as making terror propaganda for Kurdish militants.She was a key ...
July 18, 2019
Argentina freezes Hezbollah assets, brands group terrorist organization
BUENOS AIRES — Argentinian authorities designated Hezbollah, which it blames for two attacks on its soil, a terrorist organization on Thursday and ordered the freezing of the Lebanese militant group's assets in the country.The announcement coincided with a visit by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as Argentina marks the 25th anniversary of the deadly bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires in which 85 people died. Argentina ...
July 18, 2019
15 migrants killed in southeastern Turkey bus crash
ISTANBUL — Fifteen illegal migrants were killed and more than 20 injured in a minibus crash in southeast Turkey on Thursday, a local governor said.The minibus carrying the migrants went off the road and rolled into a ditch in the province of Van. Footage from the scene showed the minibus in the ditch, with the casualties laid out on the side of a road.Broadcaster NTV said some of the passengers ...
July 18, 2019
Israeli demolition order on Jerusalem outskirts stokes Palestinian fears
SUR BAHER, West Bank — Israeli plans to demolish Palestinian homes near a military barrier on the outskirts of Jerusalem have drawn international criticism, amid Palestinian fears that a precedent would be set for other buildings along the barrier route.The deadline for residents of Sur Baher to remove the buildings expired on Friday after Israel's Supreme Court ruled in June that the structures in question violated a construction ban.Sur Baher ...
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