LOS ANGELES, (APP/AFP): An Egyptian student attending flight school in California is facing deportation after posting a message on Facebook saying he was ready to kill Donald Trump. Emadeldin Elsayed, 23, was arrested by federal agents on February 12 at the Los Angeles-area flight school he was attending after posting what authorities said was a […]
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Egyptian student to be deported from US over Trump threat
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Indonesian tsunami warning buoys not working when quake hit
JAKARTA, (APP/AFP): A series of early-warning buoys deployed after a 2004 tsunami devastated parts of Indonesia’s western Sumatra island were not working when a huge quake rocked the same area on Wednesday, an official said. The 7.8 magnitude, shallow undersea quake hit late Wednesday off Sumatra, sending panicked residents fleeing for the hills and briefly […]
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Four shot dead in 24 hours of violence in Thai south
BANGKOK, (APP/AFP) – Four people have been gunned down in Thailand’s Muslim-majority southernmost provinces, police said Thursday, in 24-hours of violence that included the murder of a Buddhist rubber tapper whose corpse was then set alight. The deaths come during a recent uptick in violence after months of relative calm in a region where more […]
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Libya must move ahead now, or risk ‘division and collapse,’ UN envoy tells UNSC
UNITED NATIONS, (APP): Libya needs to move ahead now or risk division and collapse, the top United Nations official in the country warned the UN Security Council Ednesday, while presenting the latest report on political and humanitarian developments. “It is with a very heavy heart that I begin my briefing to you noting that humanitarian […]
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N. Korea fires missiles after UN imposes tough sanctions
UNITED NATIONS, United States, (APP/AFP) – North Korea fired six short-range projectiles into the sea Thursday in a show of defiance just hours after the United Nations adopted the toughest sanctions to date on Pyongyang over its fourth nuclear test and rocket launch. Limited displays of military firepower have become a routine response by North […]
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UN to restore military cooperation in DR Congo
UNITED NATIONS, United States, (APP/AFP): The United Nations will soon restore military cooperation with the Democratic Republic of Congo to help the army fight rebels in the east, a senior UN official said Wednesday. The UN peacekeeping mission in the DR Congo withdrew its support to the army’s campaign in February 2015 to protest the […]