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

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

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

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]
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]
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]
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]
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]

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"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
"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
"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
...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?

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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 ...
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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 ...
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