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First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 32 mins ago - 20 reports

UN chief slams deadly attack in Kabul

UNITED NATIONS, May 24 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Friday strongly condemned a deadly attack in the Afghan capital of Kabul, the targets of which included the compound of the International Organization for Migration (IOM).Several ... [Published Xinhua News Agency - 17 mins ago]

Entities: Kabul, United Nations, International Organization for Migration

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 36 mins ago - 32 reports

Swedish Police Service

Swedish police call in back-up after worst riots in years

Police in Stockholm called in reinforcements after rioters set cars and a school ablaze in a fifth night of rioting, described as the worst in years.About 30 cars have been torched and eight people, mostly aged in their early 20s, have been detained ... [Published ABC Online - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Rioting, Swedish Police Service, Police, Anders Jonsson, Police Brutality

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 40 mins ago - 20 reports

Barack Obama

Obama Tells Midshipmen Sexual Assault Threatens Trust In Military

)--President Barack Obama Friday reminded U.S. Naval Academy graduates that their honor depends on what they do when nobody is looking.Friday’s commencement speech came in the midst of reports of widespread sexual assault and misconduct throughout the ... [Published KWTX - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Sexual Assault, Barack Obama, Military/Armed Forces

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 11 reports

US, Turkey, Qatar seek urgent UN rights debate on Syria

GENEVA (AFP) - The United States, Turkey and Qatar called Friday for an urgent debate on Syria at the UN's top human rights body next week, citing the escalating conflict and the regime's assault on the central town of Qusayr.We ... request the Human ... [Published Dunya News - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Syria, Qatar, Turkey, United Nations

First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 17 reports

Sweden's Inexplicable Riots, Explained

For the fifth straight night, rioters have broken windows and set fire to cars in neighborhoods around Stockholm, Sweden. The violence fits the pattern, if not the scale, of other recent incidents in European cities, drawing renewed attention to the interplay ... [Published The Atlantic Wire - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Rioting, Unemployment, Immigration

First reported 10 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 11 reports

John Kerry

Talks with Israel, Palestinians 'very productive': Kerry

. Reuters, Tel AvivU.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday that his shuttle talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders on prospects for reviving direct negotiations had been "very productive".Speaking to reporters in Tel Aviv after two days ... [Published The New Nation - 1 hour ago]

Entities: John Kerry, Israel, Tel Aviv

First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 11 reports

Stockholm riots

SWEDEN, Stockholm : Bystanders take photos of a row of burning cars in the Stockholm suburb of Rinkeby after youths rioted in several different suburbs around Stockholm, Sweden for a fourth consecutive night on Maya row of burning cars in the Stockholm ... [Published ABC Online - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Rioting, Stockholm, Rinkeby, Sweden

First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 20 reports

Four Indian soldiers killed in Kashmir

SRINAGAR, May 24 (AFP): Militants killed four soldiers Friday in an ambush outside Srinagar, the main city of Indian Kashmir, sparking a gun battle in which one rebel also died, local officials said.The soldiers were searching for militants during a patrol ... [Published Financial Express Bangladesh - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Lieutenant Colonel, Police

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 4 hours ago - 21 reports

Obama looking for way to end America's 'war on terror'

America's perpetual war against terrorism must come to an end, President Barack Obama declared yesterday, as he announced restrictions on drone strikes and a fresh effort to close Guantanamo Bay.In a speech to military and political leaders in Washington, ... [Published New Zealand Herald - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Barack Obama, War On Terror, Drone

First reported 22 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 47 reports

Syria agrees to take part in peace talks says Russia

The Syrian government will attend a US and Russian-sponsored peace conference next month, despite President Bashar al-Assad publicly doubting the prospects of success for such a meeting. ... [Published The Sydney News - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Peace Talks, Syria, Russia

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 13 hours ago - 62 reports

Riots in Stockholm suburb continue

The riots in Stockholm suburbs continued for a fifth consecutive day. On 24 May, police told Swedish news agency TT, that eight people had been arrested so far, but no injuries reported. The riots . On Thursday, at least nine cars have been torched and ... [Published New Europe - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Rioting, Stockholm, Norsborg, Rinkeby, Tensta

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 15 hours ago - 60 reports

London attack: Scotland Yard arrests two more people

Scotland Yard today arrested two more people, including a woman, in connection with the murder of a soldier on a busy London street by two suspected Islamist extremists, as Prime Minister David Cameron vowed the country would remain resolute in its opposition ... [Published Deccan Herald - 15 hours ago]

Entities: New Scotland Yard, Woolwich (United Kingdom), David Cameron, London

Quotes

"We will have more operations, by the strength and power of Allah, and not only that, but we will move the battle to the inside of his country if he (the president of Niger) doesn't withdraw his mercenary army" another statement to Mauritania's ANI news agency said

Belmokhtar 'supervised' Niger bombs [Published AfricanSeer - 13 mins ago]

"Obviously, denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula is a top priority and, to facilitate this positive momentum, it will have to be preceded by a lowering of the tension on the Korean Peninsula by the DPRK authorities" the secretary-general said

2nd LD Writethru: UN chief lauds China's efforts to promote denuclearization on Korean Peninsula [Published Individual.com - 13 mins ago]

"He calls upon all parties to make every effort to bring the violence to an end and work towards sustainable peace in Afghanistan" the statement added

UN chief slams deadly attack in Kabul [Published Xinhua News Agency - 17 mins ago]

...He is confident Mr Sharif will discover that soon enough. "The military wants to eliminate militant sanctuaries and has the capacity to do so. All it wants is that its efforts be backed by a wider political consensus and ownership" he says. If this is true, does it signify a paradigm shift?

Can Nawaz Sharif walk the military tightrope? [Published BBC - 23 mins ago]

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Belmokhtar 'supervised' Niger bombs [Published AfricanSeer - 13 mins ago]
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UN chief slams deadly attack in Kabul [Published Xinhua News Agency - 17 mins ago]
UN chief lauds China's efforts on Peninsula [Published Xinhua News Agency - 19 mins ago]
this is war [Published Vanguard - 19 mins ago]
Palestinian injured in West Bank clashes [Published Press tv - 22 mins ago]
Our hearts have been ripped apart, say murdered... [Published Yorkshire Post - 23 mins ago]
Can Nawaz Sharif walk the military tightrope? [Published BBC - 23 mins ago]
Russia: Syrian regime may take part in peace talks [Published Newsvine - 23 mins ago]
Syrian factions closer to US-Russia brokered talks [Published The Scotsman - 24 mins ago]
Syrian factions closer to US-Russia brokered talks [Published NewsRT.co.uk - 26 mins ago]
Hillsboro tops 95,000 residents according to la... [Published AM 1360 KUIK - 27 mins ago]
Iran denies its forces fighting for Assad [Published Kuwait Times - 28 mins ago]
TSA officers in Salt Lake City airport discover... [Published Mail Online UK - 34 mins ago]
25 killed, 30 wounded as Islamic terrorist atta... [Published Examiner.com - 40 mins ago]
A street crumbles after shelling in Syria as ba... [Published Reuters - 41 mins ago]
Remember military sacrifices on Memorial Day [Published MySanAntonio - 48 mins ago]
Taliban launch major attack on Kabul [Published Sky News Australia - 48 mins ago]
For Iran, a suitable president [Published Indian Express - 48 mins ago]
Hizbullah's Deputy Chief Warns EU Against Black... [Published Israel National News - 50 mins ago]
Taliban attack international compound in Afghan... [Published Metro Broadcast - 52 mins ago]
Assad agrees ‘in principle’ to join Syria peace... [Published Hamilton Spectator - 55 mins ago]
Iranian drones over Bahrain and Syria [Published Arab News - 57 mins ago]
US may extend sanctions waiver for Indias oil i... [Published domain-b - 58 mins ago]
Three Indian Soldiers Killed In Encounter With ... [Published International Business Times - 1 hour ago]
Mujahideen Brigade in the Levant urges Hamas to... [Published Kavkaz-Center - 1 hour ago]
Infiltration attempts on the rise in J more lau... [Published Economic Times - 1 hour ago]
Double peace efforts, Rotarians urge Africa [Published Times of Zambia - 1 hour ago]

Blogs

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Erdoğan's Maryland Mosque [Published Breitbart Feed - 1 hour ago] A $100 million mosque under construction outside Washington, D.C. attracted a visit last week from Turkey's Islamist Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Writer Ryan Mauro notes that Maryland Secretary of State John McDonough was on hand, along ...
Swedes surprised when immigrant rage explodes o... [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - 2 hours ago] Full Comment’s Araminta Wordsworth brings you a daily round-up of quality punditry from across the globe. Today: The sight of young vandals torching cars and buildings, attacking police and firefighters, seems most unSwedish. The trigger was ...
Slam US troops, go easy on Al Qaeda — is this T... [Published militaryfeed.com - 3 hours ago] President Obama is expected to discuss Al Qaeda, drone strikes and Guantanamo detainees Thursday at the National Defense University in Washington. He’ll reportedly make the case on why it’s OK to kill thousands of terror suspects overseas via drones ...
An Islamist Beheading In Britain, Ctd [Published The Daily Dish \| By Andrew Sullivan - 3 hours ago] Greenwald refuses to label the beheading in London “terrorism,” calling it just another attempt to stir paranoia against Muslims: [T]he term at this point seems to have no function other than propagandistically and legally legitimizing the violence ...
NRC should finish probes before CA nuclear rest... [Published Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire - 4 hours ago] NRC should finish probes before CA nuclear restart - Senator http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/23/utilities-nuclear-macfarlane-idUSL2N0E42KY20130523 ...

Audio/Video

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What's behind the violence in Sweden? [Published CNN.com - Video - 2 hours ago]
Riots continue in Sweden [Published CNN.com - Video - 5 hours ago]
Opinion: The War on Terror Isn’t Over [Published WSJ.com Video - Digits - 6 hours ago]
Latest Threat: Iran [Published FOX Business - Video - 6 hours ago]
Stockholm riots fuelled by inequality [Published Reuters Video: Business - 7 hours ago]

Press Releases

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U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for May 24 [Published PR Newswire: Consumer Products & Retail - 19 hours ago]
PSY Supports Special Projects of the United Nat... [Published PR Newswire: Entertainment & Media - May 24 2013]
Census Bureau News -- New Infographic Focuses o... [Published PR Newswire: General Business - May 23 2013]
Medieval Times Offers a Memorial Day Military S... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - May 23 2013]
AJC: Britain, France, Germany Proposal for EU A... [Published PR Newswire: Policy & Public Interest - May 23 2013]