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Angela Merkel stands by her 2015 decision to open German borders
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday stood by her decision to open Germany’s borders to hundreds of thousands of refugees two years ago. She has previously defended the move as a necessary response to a humanitarian emergency. Asked during a pre-election television event with voters whether she would do things differently if faced with the…
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North Korea warns Australia that supporting Trump is a ‘suicidal act’
Pyongyang’s official news agency says Malcolm Turnbull ‘invites disaster’ by pledging to support the US in any conflict with Kim Jong-un’s regime. North Korea has warned Australia it has committed a “suicidal act” by committing its troops to help the US in any conflict over Pyongyang’s nuclear program and by joining military exercises with US…
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Netanyahu To Meet With Putin Amid Concerns Over Iran’s Syria Presence
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi on the Black Sea later this week. The meeting will be Netanyahu’s fifth visit to the Russian capital since Moscow intervened in the Syrian civil war two years ago. The Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement that the two will…
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Egypt has been involved in brokering ceasefire deals in Syria: report
Cairo has succeeded in securing agreements between rebels and the Syrian regime Egypt has been acting as a mediator in negotiations for a cease-fire agreements in Syria, Haaretz reported Monday. Russia and Saudi Arabia gave their approval for Egypt to serve as a middle-man, brokering deals between rebel militias and the Syrian regime in Ghouta…
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Pope Francis: prioritize migrants’ dignity over national security
Publication of action plan for governments is response to what Vatican sees as one of biggest global challenges of 21st century. Pope Francis has issued a 20-point action plan to governments on refugees and migrants to try to galvanise their response to an issue seen by the Vatican as one of the biggest global challenges…
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Almost 73K children in Kenya at risk of dying of starvation
Almost 73,000 children in Kenya are severely malnourished and at risk of dying from hunger because of a severe drought, a group of aid organizations said yesterday. The worst-affected area was the north-western region of Turkana South, where 12 per cent of children under 5 years of age suffer from severe acute malnutrition, according to…
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6 [police] officers shot, 1 Killed
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South Sudan: Oral Cholera Vaccination campaign concludes, Malaria deaths top 4,000
Cholera The first round of an Oral Cholera Vaccination (OCV) campaign in four priority counties of South Sudan with active transmission of cholera, has successfully concluded despite security and access challenges in some areas, the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (WHO/AFRO) reports. The vaccination campaign started on the 29 July, 2017 to 4…
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Netanyahu to meet Putin over “recent development” in Syria
ERUSALEM, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that he will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Russia next week to discuss “recent development” in Syria. A statement released by the Prime Minister’s Office said the meeting will be held in Black Sea city of Sochi on Wednesday. The two…
