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Israel, Palestine blame each other for escalating violence

Israel and Palestine are blaming each other for Tuesday’s violent attacks that claimed dozens of lives across Israel. Israeli cities including Jerusalem and Tel Aviv on Tuesday saw the most serious attacks targeting Jewish citizens in a month-long wave of violence, with dozens killed or injured in what Israel called the “knife terror.” Meanwhile, attacks against Arabic residents were also reported in northern Israeli cities. The Israeli military authorities dispatched 3,000 troops to the country’s […]

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Suicide nets to be installed at San Francisco’s Golden Gate bridge

San Francisco’s iconic Golden Gate bridge, a popular tourist site and an even more popular place to commit suicide – is getting a 76 million dollar safety net of steel wires. “So the system is a stainless steel net made up of wires, the wires are about five thirty seconds inch thick stretched very tightly between horizontal supports, the horizontal supports are tube members, about eight inches by eight inches and they extend out from […]

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Emperor, Empress of Japan to visit the Philippines next year

MANILA, Oct. 14 — Malacañang has announced the state visit of Japan’s Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko to the Philippines scheduled for early next year. Communication Secretary Herminio ‘Sonny’ Coloma Jr. said the Philippines has begun coordinating with Japan regarding thei emperor and empress’ arrival to the country. “We are pleased to announce that the Philippines has started necessary coordination with Japan for a visit of Their Majesties, the Emperor and Empress of Japan, to the Philippines, […]

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Wife of MH17 pilot wants justice after report confirms missile brought plane down

The wife of the pilot who was flying MH17 when it was gunned down over eastern Ukraine told Reuters on Tuesday (October 13) that she wants justice to be served to whoever was responsible for the crash. The plane was shot down over eastern Ukraine by a BUK-missile, the Dutch Safety Board concluded on Tuesday in its final report on the July 2014 crash that killed all 298 people on board. Ivy Loi, a mother […]

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Media reports say U.S. set to conduct patrols in South China Sea

U.S. media reports have said that the United States will imminently send patrols in areas claimed by china in disputed territories of the South China Sea. A U.S. defense official said last Thursday (October 8) that Washington is considering sailing warships close to china’s artificial islands to signal it does not recognize Chinese territorial claims over the area. The financial times newspaper cited a senior U.S. official as saying U.S. ships would sail within 12-nautical-mile […]

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China urges Japan to face up to history of its aggression

China urges Japan to face up to history and stop threatening the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) which recently listed documents concerning the Nanjing Massacre in the Memory of the World Register, according to a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Tuesday. After the Nanjing Massacre was listed in the UNESCO Memory of the World Register on Oct. 9, Japan’s Foreign Ministry has questioned the authenticity of the documents, calling on UNESCO to […]

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Russia is not striving for leadership over Syria – Putin

Several hundreds of Palestinians protested on Tuesday (October 13) at the border area between Israel and Gaza in the wake of a series of street attacks in Jerusalem and near Tel Aviv on a “Day of Rage” declared by Palestinian groups. Protesters waved flags belonging to different Palestinian political parties as they marched towards the border with Israel. Israeli forces threw tear gas canisters to disperse the crowd. At least 14 demonstrators were overcome by […]

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel to call for EU solution to migrant crisis at upcoming summit

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday (October 12) that she would travel to an EU summit in Brussels later in the week and ask her fellow leaders to work together in tackling the migrant crisis. Speaking at an event of her Christian Democrat Union part in the northern city of Stade, Merkel said that Germany cannot handle the problem alone. “When on Thursday this week I travel to the European Council in Brussels, then […]

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Syrian army recpatures villages in Latakia

The Syrian army has recaptured several villages in the northern countryside of Latakia province in cooperation with Russian airstrikes, a general said on state TV on Monday (October 12). “In the northern suburbs of Latakia a group of our forces regained control of the villages of Jub al-Ahmar, Kafar Delbeh, Jourat al-Battikh valley and Rwayset Khandak Jamo. The forces are continuing their advances and are regaining control of the southeastern borders of Salma village,” the […]

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Dutch Safety Board set to say MH17 downed by Russian-made missile

The Dutch Safety Board, issuing long-awaited findings on Tuesday (October 13) of its investigation into the crash of a Malaysian passenger plane over eastern Ukraine, is expected to say it was downed by a Russian-made Buk missile but not say who was responsible for firing it. MH17 was shot down over territory held by pro-Russia rebels in eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014, killing all 298 people aboard, most of them Dutch citizens. Experts and […]

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Two firefighters killed, two injured after an apartment building on fire collapsed in Kansas City – media

Two firefighters were killed another two firefighters have been injured while battling an apartment building fire in Kansas City, Missouri on Monday (October 12) night, NBC reported. The fire reportedly broke out just after 7:30 p.m. on Independence Avenue and within 20 minutes, firefighters had to order the evacuation of the building. “When we arrived on the scene we had two individuals in the structure that we had to clear out of the structure from […]

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Funeral ceremony held for victim of suicide bomb attack in Ankara

Funeral ceremony was held on Sunday (October 11) for Ismail Kizilcay, one of the victims killed in a double suicide bombing in Ankara that left up to 128 people dead. Mourners gathered in Kocaeli province for the burial of Kizilcay, who was killed on Saturday (October 10) in the capital Ankara at a rally by pro-Kurdish and leftist activists, just three weeks before an election. The attacks have shocked a nation beset by resurgent conflict […]

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