MARGRATEN, Netherlands – Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has paid tribute at a Memorial Day ceremony to U.S. troops who fought and died liberating the Netherlands from Nazi occupation in World War II. Thousands of people sat under blue skies and wispy white clouds for Sunday’s ceremony at the American …
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BERLIN – Emergency officials say the crew of a freighter carrying fertilizer has abandoned the ship off the German coast because of the risk of explosion. Residents along the North Sea coast in the region around Bremerhaven had reported a strong smell, likely caused by fumes from the ship. Germany’s …
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BEIJING – China’s military will hold live-firing exercises along its volatile border with Myanmar near where Chinese civilians were killed by stray bombs from a conflict between rebels and Myanmar’s government. The Defense Ministry says the exercises starting Tuesday in Yunnan province will include both ground and air elements. It …
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UNITED NATIONS – A British non-governmental organization is threatening legal action against the Israeli government over its accusation that the organization is linked to the militant group Hamas. The Palestinian Return Center this week was granted consultative status at the United Nations, prompting Israel’s U.N. mission to protest that the …
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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced Tuesday that it has launched a “humanitarian effort” to facilitate the transfer of incubators from a hospital in Israel to Al-Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip, where the IDF alleges Hamas has placed its headquarters underneath. The move comes as the IDF says it …
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Terrorists attacked U.S. military bases in Iraq and Syria on Friday, striking three facilities with one-way drones and leaving at least one soldier injured, a Department of Defense report says. The incidents bring the total number of attacks on U.S. coalition forces to 60 since October 17, the Associated Press …
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More than 30 premature babies in “extremely critical condition” were evacuated from Gaza’s main hospital on Sunday, health officials said. A World Health Organization-led team said the babies had been safely removed from the Al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza, where power was cut and clean water, fuel, medical supplies, food …
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An electrician who had sex with more than 100 corpses over a 15-year period was able to do so without being detected due to serious failures of “management, governance, regulation and processes, and a persistent lack of curiosity,” a new 300-plus page inquiry report found. David Fuller, who was later …
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Turkey is claiming to have arrested dozens of people accused of spying for Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency Tuesday, with an official alleging that they were plotting the “assault and kidnapping” of foreign nationals residing on Turkish soil, reports say. The development is the latest escalation in tensions between the two …
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BRUSSELS – The European Union is protesting Saudi Arabia’s confirmation of a verdict against a liberal blogger who was publicly flogged, calling corporal punishment “unacceptable and contrary to human dignity.” The Saudi Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the sentence of Raif Badawi, a 31-year-old father who was lashed in January …
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