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Dozens killed in suicide attacks across Afghanistan
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- Dozens killed in suicide attacks across Afghanistan
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- Dozens of people have been killed in Afghanistan in one of the worst outbreaks of violence in recent weeks.
In the capital Kabul, a Taliban suicide attack during rush hour left more than 30 people dead and up to 70 others hurt.
The victims were all security staff travelling on a minibus from Afghanistan’s main intelligence agency, the National Directorate of Security (NDS).
It was followed by a car bomb blast which hit security forces attending the scene.
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- Afghan Taliban claims deadly twin blasts in Kabul
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- Officials say deadly twin blasts in the Afghan capital appear to have targeted MPs.
At least 23 people have been killed and dozens are believed to be injured following the explosions near the offices of the parliament in Kabul.
A suicide bomber reportedly blew himself up, followed immediately afterwards by a car bomber, in what authorities say seems to have been a coordinated operation.
The Afghan Taliban has claimed the attacks. It has been battling to overthrow the country’s western-backed government and to drive out foreign troops.
It follows a period of relative calm in Kabul.
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- Iraqi forces advance in northern Mosul
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- Iraqi army forces are in the process of retaking the Hadba district of northern Mosul.
Fierce battles are underway with ISIL militants in the area.
Soldiers can be seen posing with ISIL flags.
Iraqi special forces also made further advances against ISIL on Monday.
Officers in the city say they pushed militants from another eastern district and edged closer to army units nearby.
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- Pakistan fires first nuclear cruise missile from submarine
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- 10 years ago
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- Pakistan has fired its first submarine launched cruise missile.
The country’s military said the nuclear-capable Babur 3 rocket, which has a range of about 450 kilometres and can deliver various payloads, was fired from an undisclosed location in the Indian Ocean.
Praising the launch, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said the test showed the nation’s technological progress and self-reliance.
The show of force by Islamabad comes amid heightened tensions on the de facto border with neighbouring India.
Hours before the test was announced New Delhi said three civilians had been killed in an attack after militants crossed the line of control between the two nations in Kashmir.
The incident was the latest in a spate of tit-for-tat strikes across the border since 19 Indian troops were killed in the region in September.
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- Rafsanjani funeral draws huge crowds to Tehran
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- Tens of thousands of Iranians have turned out for the funeral of former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani in Tehran.
The 82-year-old died of a heart attack on Sunday.
He was president from 1989 to 1997.
Who is leading the ceremony?
Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will perform prayers at the ceremony.
It is being held at Tehran University.
Official mourning
Three days of official mourning got underway on Monday.
The former president will be interred next to Iran’s revolutionary leader, Ayatollah Khomeini.
Political overtones
The funeral is being seen as a show of force by reformists and moderates.
Analysts say Mr Rafsanjani was a figurehead for them in recent years.
His death, ahead of May’s presidential elections, is a blow to moderate president Hassan Rouhani.
He allied himself with Rafsanjani to win the 201...
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- The major obstacles on Cyprus' path to peace
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- 10 years ago
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- The leaders of both Cypriot communities, Nikos Anastasiadis, for the Greeks and Mustafa Akinci for the Turks, are examining the thorniest issues blocking the reunification of Cyprus.
The Mediterranean island has been divided since a Turkish invasion in 1974 which followed an attempted Greek-inspired coup d’etat. It was only 14 years after independence from Britain in 1960.
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- Turkey hundreds protest plans to expand President Erdogan's powers
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- 10 years ago
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- Proposed changes to the Turkish constitution, which would expand the president’s powers, have drawn hundreds of people to the streets of Ankara in protest.
Police used tear gas and water cannon to move the crowds away from parliament. The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), several NGOs and a number of lawyer’s associations called for the demonstration, which took place as parliament began debating the planned changes.
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- Syria's Assad 'ready to negotiate everything', if conditions are met
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- 10 years ago
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- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said the government is ready to negotiate on everything, including his position as president.
However, he insisted this would have to be decided by all Syrians, by way of a referendum on the constitution.
“Yeah, but my position is related to the constitution,” he said in an interview with various French media.
“And the constitution is very clear about the mechanism in which you can bring a president or get rid of a president. So if they want to discuss this point, they have to discuss the constitution, and the constitution is not owned by the government or the president or by the opposition; it should be owned by the Syrian people, so you need a referendum for every constitution.”
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- Iran mourns "a great man of the revolution"
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- 10 years ago
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- Iran has begun three days of national mourning following the death of former President Hashemi Rafsanjani.
The 82-year-old died in hospital on Sunday after suffering a heart attack.
Officials, relatives and the general public have been paying their respects as his coffin lies in Jamaran prayer hall, the famous residence of the founder of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Khomeini.
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said Iran has lost one of the greatest pillars of the revolution, friend of Imam Khomeini and a friend of our current supreme leader.”
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- Capital of Ukraine 80 January 2017
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- 3:10
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- 10 years ago
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- Capital of Ukraine 80 January 2017
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- Nigerian army finds another Chibok schoolgirl taken by Boko Haram
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- 10 years ago
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- Nigerian soldiers have found a schoolgirl who was one of more than 200 pupils kidnapped by the Islamist group Boko Haram.
Rakiya Abubkar is seen here being reunited with two other former captives.
The army says she was found wandering near a former militant stronghold with her six-month-old baby.
She was on the official list of nearly 300 missing girls kidnapped by the insurgents from a government boarding school in the remote northeastern town of Chibok in April 2014.
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- Morocco: a business bridge to Africa
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- 10 years ago
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- Morocco has been taking solid steps to apply its development strategy to improve its economic growth and presence in regional markets.
The success of these projects, driven by the energy and health sectors, has made Morocco a model to follow. In this edition of Target, Daleen Hassan travels to Casablanca, the economic capital of the kingdom, to meet some of the businesses at the forefront.
To accompany these private firms in their activities across the continent Maroc Export has launched a project in collaboration with the African Development Bank.
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- Turkey's tourism industry takes a hit amid security concerns
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- 10 years ago
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- The streets of Istanbul, normally full of tourists, have seen a dramatic drop in foreign visitors.
Turkey’s tourism industry has taken a hit after a failed coup and a string of deadly terrorist attacks in 2016.
In the latest – a massacre of mainly foreign tourists at an Istanbul night club on New Year’s Eve, 39 people were killed. It was followed days later by a car bombing outside the main courthouse in Izmir, Turkey’s third largest city.
The continued security threats are a big concern for the country where tourism makes up 5% of GDP and represents around 8 per cent of the workforce.
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- Iraq mounts new bid to retake cities under Islamic State militant control
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- 10 years ago
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- Iraqi forces have launched a fresh offensive to retake cities controlled by the so-called Islamic State group.
Several campaigns are underway in the western province of Al-Anbar near the Syrian border.
According to officials, the first target of the operation is Aanah, followed by Rawa and Al-Qaim (330 km north-west of Baghdad), the most western part of the country on the banks of the Euphrates River.
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- Turkey makes more arrests over failed coup
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- 10 years ago
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- Turkish police have arrested the chief legal adviser Erem Turgut Yücel and a former chief executive of Dogan Holding Yahya Üzdiyen as part of the probe into last year’s failed coup.
The pair were detained following raids on their offices and homes on Thursday morning.
Dogan Holding which has interests in media, finance, energy and tourism also owns the Hurriyet newspaper and CNN Turk.
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- German authorities detain Tunisian in connection with Berlin attack
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- 1:25
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- 10 years ago
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- German authorities have taken a 26-year old Tunisian into custody in connection with December’s deadly truck attack on a Christmas market in Berlin.
His detention follows searches and the overnight raid of a refugee shelter in the suburb of Spandau.
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- More than 2000 a day are fleeing Mosul UN
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- 10 years ago
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- More than 2000 Iraqis a day are fleeing Mosul.
The UN says this is several hundred more each day than before US-led coalition forces began a new phase of their battle to retake the city from ISIL.
After quick initial advances, the operation stalled for several weeks.
However, last Thursday, Iraqi forces renewed their push from Mosul’s east towards the Tigris River on three fronts.
The security forces have taken about a quarter of Mosul since October.
Most residents, however, have stayed put despite severe shortages of food and water.
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- Netanyahu calls for pardon of convicted soldier
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- 0:14
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- 10 years ago
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- Israel’s Prime Minister has joined calls to pardon a soldier convicted of manslaughter for shooting dead a wounded Palestinian.
Benjamin Netanyahu said on social media it was a “difficult and painful day” following the verdict in the court case which has polarised the country.
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- More arrests in nightclub killer hunt as Turkish police probe Konya connection
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- 1:10
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- 10 years ago
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- Overnight raids in the western city of Izmir have led to Turkish police making 27 arrests of people they say are suspected of having links with the Reina nightclub killer.
Those arrested included women and children as the hunt for the prime suspect, now identified according to the foreign minister, continues. Mevlut Cavusoglu gave no further details.
Security sources believe he entered Turkey from Syria and had received military training there. The attack has been claimed by ISIL.
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- Istanbul gunman 'may have had combat training'
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- 1:15
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- 10 years ago
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- A profile of the gunman who killed 39 people in an Istanbul nightclub on New Year’s Day is begining to emerge.
Although Turkish police have not named their chief suspect, the man they are looking for is thought to have entered Turkey in November accompanied by his wife and two children.
While he is still at large his family has been detained but they deny any knowledge of claimed links with ISIL.
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- Israeli court finds sergeant guilt of manslaughter for execution of Palestinian
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- 10 years ago
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- Smiles and applause for 20-year-old Israeli Sergeant Elor Azaria as he entered a military tribunal on Wednesday, but less on the way out as the court found him guilty of manslaughter for an act that put him on the world’s front pages in March last year.
Azaria was filmed during a clash with a knife-wielding Palestinian man in Hebron which left the attacker on the ground incapacitated. Among a group of soldiers arriving on the scene, Azaria gave medical treatment to a wounded Israeli soldier, then walked over to the grounded Palestinian and shot him at point-blank range.
The court will sentence Azaria at a later date. Hundreds of far-right supporters demonstrated outside the court as the verdict was announced.
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- First day at the office for new UN chief Antonio Guterres
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- 10 years ago
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- The United Nations has a new man at the top – former Portuguese prime minister Antonio Guterres has replaced Ban Ki-moon as secretary general.
But overshadowing his tenure is the man who is about to move into the White House. Donald Trump heavily criticised the UN during his campaign for the presidency, dismissing it as a mere talking shop.
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- Woman arrested after immigrant is found in a suitcase
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- 0:31
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- 10 years ago
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- A Moroccan woman was arrested for attempting to smuggle the young immigrant across the border into Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta.
There are thousands of sub-Saharan Africans living illegally in Morocco, who try to use the enclave as a way of reaching Europe.
On January 1 over a thousand immigrants stormed the 6m border fence separating Ceuta from Morocco.
Fifty Moroccan and five Spanish border guards were injured in the incident.
None managed to get through, but two people were hurt scaling the fence and were taken to hospital in Ceuta.
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- Turkey extends state of emergency, releases new images of nightclub killer
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- 1:08
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- 10 years ago
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- The manhunt continues in Turkey for the Istanbul nightclub killer, with an overnight police raid on a house that yielded nothing, and new findings emerging from the investigation.
Fourteen arrest have been made so far.
All the 180 bullets fired at the New Year massacre came from one weapon, an AK 47, and all 39 victims were shot at close range. All but one has now been identified. Another 65 people were wounded, four seriously.
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- Syrian rebels freeze peace talks 'until ceasefire is fully implemented'
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- 10 years ago
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- Syrian rebel groups have threatened to boycott peace talks being prepared for later this month in Kazakhstan.
They cited ceasefire violations accusing Syrian government forces and its allies as being responsible.
On Monday (Jan 2 ) the rebel-held area of Rastan in Homs province was hit by shell and missile fire. It was unclear who was responsible.
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- Syrian held in Germany 'sought ISIL funds for terror attack'
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- 0:59
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- 10 years ago
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- German prosecutors say a Syrian man arrested at the weekend in the west of the country tried to get funds from ISIL to carry out a terrorist attack.
The 38-year-old was detained on Saturday in the province of Saarland and is said to have contacted the so-called Islamic State seeking money to buy vehicles to drive into crowds.
Police say they intercepted messages on his mobile phone which showed he asked for 180,000 euros to buy eight vehicles.
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- Istanbul attack: Families and friends mourn
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- 1:01
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- 10 years ago
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- Another of the 39 victims of the New Year’s Day massacre in Istanbul has been buried as family and friends mourned.
Ahmet Gorak was working as a waiter at the upmarket Reina Club when the gunman opened fire.
But most of those killed that night were not locals. Many were foreign nationals from as far afield as the Middle East, North Africa and India.
In Beirut a plane arrived carrying three bodies.
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- Postcards from Uzbekistan: the Poi-Kalyan complex
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- 1:31
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- 10 years ago
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- Our Postcard this week comes to you from the heart of the ancient Uzbek city of Bukhara.
The Poi-Kalyan complex has become the iconic image of the city, with its masterpieces of Islamic architecture that date back hundreds of years.
Euronews’ Seamus Kearney reported from atop a tall tower: “And it’s this monument, called the great minaret, that dominates the Bukhara skyline.
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- Nightclub killings: "I pretended to be dead, so he wouldn't keep shooting at me"
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- 0:56
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- 10 years ago
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- Survivors of the New Year nightclub shootings in Istanbul have been recounting what happened, with some saying they were lucky to escape.
Lebanese national Francois al-Asmar was one of those injured, suffering a gunshot wound to his shoulder.
He spoke to reporters from his bed in the Okmeydani Hospital.
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- Poland: anti-foreigner protests turn violent after fatal stabbing
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- 10 years ago
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- Riot police have clashed with protesters in Poland amid anti-foreigner sentiment in a northeastern town, after a young local man was stabbed to death on New Year’s Eve following a row at a kebab restaurant.
A Tunisian national – said to have worked as a cook at the restaurant in Elk – has been charged with killing the 21-year-old, who has been identified only as Daniel.
Amid the ensuing protests, the restaurant’s windows were smashed, demonstrators shouted anti-foreigner slogans and the police were attacked. Police say they made 28 arrests.
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- First funerals held for victims of Istanbul nightclub shooting
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- 1:03
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- 10 years ago
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- As the hunt continues for the gunman who killed 39 people in a New Year’s shooting rampage in a nightclub in Istanbul, relatives of the victims are organising funerals.
In a mosque in the city of Mersin, a service has been held for a policeman shot in the early moments of the assault, 21-year-old Burak Yildiz.
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- With Aleppo battle won, Syria and Russia look to 'next stage'
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- 1:08
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- 10 years ago
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- The rubble of war is being cleared from the streets of eastern Aleppo, after the last groups of rebels were removed from the city this week.
The Syrian army announced on Friday that it had fully retaken control of Aleppo for the first time since 2012.
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- US abstention allows Israeli defeat
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- 0:10
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- 10 years ago
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- The US has taken the strongest action in years against long standing ally Israel.
By abstaining from a UN vote on condemning Israeli settlements, Sarah Powers, US envoy to the UN allowed the motion to pass.
The resolution says settlements on the West Bank and in Jerusalem since 1967 have “no legal validity”.
It also insists that the halting of these settlements is vital to saving the Two-State solution
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- UN Security Council demands end to Israeli settlements
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- 1:14
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- 10 years ago
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- After the United States abstained from voting, the UN Security Council on Friday passed a resolution urging Israel to stop building settlements on occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem.
The resolution said the establishment of settlements by Israel has “no legal validity and constitutes a flagrant violation under international law.” It was adopted with 14 votes in favor, to a round of applause.
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- Three detained in Tunisia 'including suspect's nephew'
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- 0:31
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- 10 years ago
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- Tunisia has arrested three suspected jihadists said to be linked to supposed Berlin truck attacker Anis Amri.
The Tunisian Interior Ministry said those detained included one of Amri’s nephews. In a statement, it said the trio were members of a “terrorist cell…linked to the terrorist Anis Amri who carried out the Berlin attack”.
Tunisian Amri, 24, the chief suspect in Monday’s ISIL-claimed atrocity at a Christmas Market in the German capital which left 12 people dead and dozens more injured, was shot dead by Italian police in Milan early on Friday morning after opening fire on officers during a routine check.
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- Putin announces Syria peace talks in Kazakh capital as residents return to Aleppo
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- 1:19
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- 10 years ago
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- Russia, Iran, Turkey and President Bashar al-Assad have all agreed to meet in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana to try to end the conflict in Syria, President Vladimir Putin has said.
The Russian leader’s announcement came as some residents started moving back into eastern Aleppo on Friday after the government took full control of the war-battered city.
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- Battle for Mosul: internally displaced nears 100,000, UN agency says
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- 2:19
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- 10 years ago
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- The number of people displaced from Mosul has nearly reached 100,000 the UN’s refugee agency says since the Iraqi army’s offensive to retake the city from ISIL.
Now in its third month, a combination of cold weather and a lack of essential supplies has taken its toll on those fleeing the violence.
Many of the displaced continue to live in dreadful conditions.
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- Syria's tweeting girl, Bana Alabed, speaks about life in Aleppo
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- 1:12
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- 10 years ago
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- The Syrian girl who gained global attention via Twitter has spoken about life in Aleppo and what motivated her to tell the world her story.
Now safe in Turkey, seven-year old Bana Alabed escaped from the war-ravaged city earlier this week.
“I asked my father to film me near my school. He filmed me and I asked him if it was okay to tweet it. I sent it to Twitter for the sake of Aleppo’s children. To help them stay alive. We used Twitter to give the children of Aleppo a voice which could reach the world,’‘ Bana said.
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- Libyan plane hijack ended by Maltese authorities
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- 1:26
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- 10 years ago
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- The hijacking of a Libyan plane to Malta has ended peacefully.
An internal Afriqiyah airways flight, an Airbus A320 with seven crew and 111 passengers on board was on its way from Sebha in southwest Libya to the capital, Tripoli on Friday morning.
Shortly before landing the pilots contacted the control tower to tell them their plane had been hijacked by two men armed with grenades. The hijackers then demanded to fly on to Malta. They are reportedly members of the Tebu minority from southern Libya.
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- 'Dozens of civilians killed' by Turkish airstrikes in Syria
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- 1:03
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- 10 years ago
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- At least 88 civilians have died in Turkish airstrikes in Syria, a war monitor is reporting.
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says many children were among those killed, over a 24 hour period, as Turkey bombarded al-Bab, an ISIL stronghold.
It comes after 16 Turkish troops died in fighting there and ISIL released a video purporting to show two captured Turkish soldiers being burned alive.
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- Donald Trump, pollution and Rouhani's chances Iran's Vice President looks forward to 2017
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- 7:57
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- 10 years ago
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- Mohsen Salehi, euronews :
“How can Iran and Europe co-operate on the environment? What are the consequences of the Donald Trump presidential win in America for Iran ? How will Iran’s own 2017 leadership election go? To answer these questions euronews is talking to Masoumeh Ebtekar, the Vice-President of the Islamic Republic and head of the Iranian Environmental department.”
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- Berlin attack suspect Anis Amri shot dead by police in Milan
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- 0:41
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- 10 years ago
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- Anis Amri, the chief suspect in Monday’s truck attack on a Berlin Christmas market, has been shot dead by police in Milan.
Italian Interior Minister Marco Minniti told a news conference on Friday morning that Amri was killed during a shootout with police at 3am.
Amri opened fire during a routine check when he was asked for his identity documents by police in Milan who had spotted him acting suspiciously.
He shot and injured an officer and was himself killed in the exchange of fire that followed.
An international manhunt has been underway for the 24-year-old Tunisian since Monday’s
attack in Berlin which killed 12 people.
German media reports say he travelled by train to Milan via France.
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- A Canadian tourist, Jordanian civilians and police officers killed in Karak castle gun attack
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- 0:53
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- 10 years ago
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- A Canadian female tourist is among at least ten people killed in a shootout between gunmen and security officials in and around a medieval castle in southern Jordan, authorities say.
The Jordanian government says an operation is underway to flush out six “terrorists” from the citadel in the mountainous city of Karak.
Witnesses reported hearing sporadic gunfire in the vicinity of the citadel, which is one of the nation’s most popular tourist destinations.
Two Jordanian civilians and seven police officers are also said to have been killed.
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- At least five soldiers killed as clashes erupt in east Ukraine
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- 0:45
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- 10 years ago
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- At least five Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in clashes with pro-Russian separatists, in one of the deadliest days of fighting since July, an army spokesperson has said.
According to officials, six soldiers were injured in the battle near Svitlodarsk in the east of the country. However, local volunteers are reporting the number of wounded could be higher.
The fighting lasted for two hours around the village of Kalinovka, near Debaltseve.
The city which lies on a vital railway junction was the scene of some of the fiercest battles between government forces and pro-Russian separatists in 2015, before a ceasefire was brokered, known as the Minsk agreement.
It comes as NATO countries and Russia are meeting in Brussels to discuss the conflict in east Ukraine. The NATO-Russia Council is convening for the third time this year with the crisis in Ukraine a top priority for Washington and Brussels.
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- Dozens die in Yemen suicide attack
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- 0:55
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- 10 years ago
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- A suicide bomber has killed at least 43 soldiers in the southern Yemeni port of Aden.
It comes a week after ISIL militants killed 50 troops.
Officials say the soldiers were queuing up to collect their salaries near a military base in the Khor Maksar district when an attacker blew himself up.
At least 60 other troops are said to have been wounded.
Officials are warning the death toll could rise.
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- Evacuation of rebel held enclave in eastern Aleppo resumes
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- 1:01
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- 10 years ago
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- The evacuations of the rebel-held enclave in eastern Aleppo resumed late Sunday night after three days of delays.
Some of the thousands who have been waiting in desperate conditions were seen boarding the buses and ambulances.
Earlier, vehicles sent to take people out of government-controlled areas, besieged by rebels, were set alight, halting the latest evacuation deal. There is still no clear information if that operation has begun again.
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- Cairo attack: 25 dead, dozens wounded in Coptic cathedral bombing
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- 1:46
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- 10 years ago
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- A bombing at Cairo’s largest Coptic cathedral has killed at least 25 people and wounded nearly 50 others.
Most of the victims are reported to have been women and children.
The explosion took place during a packed Sunday morning mass in a chapel adjourning St Mark’s. The cathedral is the main headquarters of Coptic Christians in Egypt and home to the head of the church, Pope Tawadros II.
For the moment, no group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but suspicion is likely to fall on Islamist extremists who have attacked Egypt’s ethnic Coptic minority in the past.
One woman told Euronews: ‘‘The ground is covered in blood. There are pieces of clothing and shoes belonging to women and babies. The pews are destroyed, and the main church door, despite its size has been blown off its hinges.’‘
There are around 9 million Coptic Christians in Egypt – around 10 percent of the population.
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- Aleppo: safe passage plan reportedly tabled in Geneva
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- 0:54
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- 10 years ago
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- The US and Russia have reportedly tabled a proposal to rebels in Aleppo that would offer safe passage from the city for fighters, their families and other civilians.
Three opposition officials with rebel groups in Aleppo gave the news to reporters in Geneva.
Russia and the US have been meeting in the Swiss city to seek a solution to the fighting and the humanitarian crisis it has generated.
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- Boris Johnson defiant in Saudi Arabia
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- 1:18
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- 10 years ago
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- Visting Riyadh, the UK’s foreign secretary has reiterated his country’s close ties to Saudi Arabia, days after making comments widely interpreted as critical of the conservative Gulf Arab country.
In a joint news conference with Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al Jubeir, Boris Johnson said: “I am here to emphasise the friendship that exists between the UK and Saudi Arabia.”
“It is something that is developing and expanding.”
“It is also fair to say that we believe in candour in our relationship. Now is the time for us to talk about the positive things that we are doing together.”
What did Boris say last week?
Footage appeared in the British media last Thursday of Johnson accusing Saudi Arabia and Iran of stoking proxy wars in the Middle East.
What has the UK government said?
Prime Minister Theresa May’s spokeswoman said Johnson’s remarks d...
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- Hundreds march in unity against Saturday's twin bombings in Istanbul
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- 10 years ago
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- Hundreds of people have marched to Istanbul’s Besiktas football stadium in a show of unity against Saturday’s twin bombings.
The number of victims has risen to 39 after one survivor has died from his injuries in hospital. At least 155 people were wounded in what appears to have been a coordinated attack.
An offshoot of the banned Kurdistan Workers Party a group known as the Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK) has said it carried out the bombings on its website.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited some of the injured in hospital.
He has vowed to fight what he called “the scourge of terrorism to the end”, and promised that the attackers would pay a “heavy price”.
In remarks directed at pro-Kurdish politicians, a warning went out to anyone showing sympathy towards the attackers.
In recent months thousands of Kurdish politicians have been detained, including dozens of mayors and the leaders of the Peopl...
