JUBA, South Sudan – The U.N. children’s agency saysdozens of children have been killed, at least 12 raped and others abducted and recruited in a series of attacks in South Sudan’s Unity state over a two-week period. UNICEF said in a statement Monday that witnesses believe the attacks were carried …
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ANKARA, Turkey – An economics adviser to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he has two guns and hundreds of bullets and is prepared to use them to protect his boss. Yigit Bulut told state television TRT late Tuesday: “Nobody can touch the elected president of this country before I …
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TIRANA, Albania – Security officials from the western Balkans and several European Union countries are meeting in Albania as part of a U.S. government initiative to fight European recruitment by violent Islamic groups to fight in Iraq and Syria. U.S. Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human …
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JAKARTA, Indonesia – Indonesian police say they have killed two suspects and arrested seven others in raids on a jihadist organization with possible links to the Islamic State group. National Police spokesman Brig. Gen. Agus Rianto said Monday that police fatally shot two men late Sunday in the Central Sulawesi …
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HELSINKI – Finland’s next prime minister has chosen the head of the populist Finns Party to be the foreign minister in a three-member ruling coalition, the first time the maverick EU-skeptic party is in the government. Center Party leader Juha Sipila, who was tasked with forming a new government after …
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – Germany’s foreign minister has paid a rare visit to the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, calling on Israel to ease a blockade on the territory and urging Hamas to make sure no more rockets are fired into Israel. Frank-Walter Steinmeier is the latest in a series of …
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Ryan Wolfe, the longtime girlfriend of former NHL player Adam Johnson, learned after his death the 29-year-old hockey player had plans to propose, according to a report. Two close friends of the Johnson family told USA Today he bought an engagement ring before the pair flew to England for his …
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Jalen Ramsey caught a game-sealing interception to help stifle Las Vegas’ fourth-quarter comeback, and the Miami Dolphins overcame three turnovers to hold off the Raiders 20-13 Sunday. Ramsey, who also intercepted Aidan O’Connell earlier in the game, caught a pass in the end zone intended for Tre Tucker with 22 …
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A stampede at a military stadium has left at least 37 people dead in Republic of Congo after large crowds of young people responded to a recruitment appeal, authorities said Tuesday. The Congolese Armed Forces Command later announced that all recruitment operations have been suspended in Brazzaville until further notice …
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Lanny Lee Larson, better known by Tom Larson, whose sports broadcasting career spanned nearly four decades, died this week in Virginia, his family confirmed to the Boston Globe. Larson was 84. Larson had previously been diagnosed with cancer. The former longtime Boston Bruins and Boston Red Sox television host famously …
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