ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey’s state-run news agency says police have detained dozens of people as part of an investigation into alleged fraud and cheating in a national exam in 2010 for prospective civil servants. The Anadolu Agency says more than 60 suspects were detained in Ankara and 13 other cities …
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ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria’s military claims it has destroyed the headquarters of Boko Haram in Gwoza, a town in northeast Nigeria. It was not possible to verify Friday’s victory that comes the day before critical presidential elections. The official Twitter account of the Nigerian Defense Headquarters announced “FLASH: Troops this …
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PARIS – French Jews are paying homage to victims of a hostage-taking at a kosher market and wondering what their future holds, after attacks that intensified concerns about rising anti-Semitism. Jewish community leader Roger Cukierman, urged French Jews to stay instead of joining a wave of emigration to Israel, saying …
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CAIRO – Libyan security officials say a bomb thrown near the Algerian Embassy in the country’s capital has wounded three security guards. The officials say the bomb came from a passing car and struck the guard’s station and damaged a diplomatic vehicle Saturday. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the …
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UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. Security Council is holding an emergency meeting on the chaotic situation in Yemen. Violence has gripped Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, since Monday and has been described as a coup. Yemeni authorities say Shiite Houthi rebels are shelling the presidential residence and have raided the presidential palace. …
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UNITED NATIONS – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is painting a worsening picture of the war in Syria, citing indiscriminate government bombing and opposition shelling, high civilian casualties and deteriorating humanitarian conditions. In his monthly report to the U.N. Security Council obtained Friday by The Associated Press, the Ban said the …
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VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis is urging fathers to be more involved in the lives of their children, warning that many problems adolescents run into can be traced to “absentee fathers” who are physically at home but don’t take time to actually be with their kids. Francis has frequently praised …
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MANAMA, Bahrain – Bahraini authorities say they have stripped the citizenship of a senior member of the Islamic State militant group and dozens of other people. The Ministry of Interior said Saturday the government revoked the citizenship of 72 Bahrainis as part of its responsibility to “protect the security and …
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WARSAW, Poland – Poland opposes as unlawful a Russian court’s order to vacate the country’s consulate building in St. Petersburg. Tension is growing between Poland and Russia over Moscow’s role in the conflict in Ukraine. The eviction order also calls for Poland to pay $1 million in rent. The Polish …
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BERLIN – A prominent Jewish group has criticized a court in western Germany for concluding that two men who firebombed a synagogue weren’t anti-Semitic. Wuppertal’s district court on Thursday found the unnamed men of Palestinian origin guilty of attempted serious arson for throwing a molotov cocktail at a synagogue in …
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