Senior Israeli Officer Killed During Special Forces Op in Gaza and Seven Palestinians killed, including Hamas military commander, in Israeli op in southern Gaza ■ Sirens sound multiple times overnight ■ 17 projectiles fired at Israel ■ Three intercepted by Iron Dome
12 November, 2018 Comments Off on Senior Israeli Officer Killed During Special Forces Op in Gaza and Seven Palestinians killed, including Hamas military commander, in Israeli op in southern Gaza ■ Sirens sound multiple times overnight ■ 17 projectiles fired at Israel ■ Three intercepted by Iron Dome
IDF soldiers in Eshkol regional council, November 11, 2018Eliyahu Hershkovitz A 41-year-old Israeli officer was killed and another was moderately wounded during an operation in the southern Gaza Strip, the military said early Monday. At least seven Palestinians were said killed in Gaza after heavy fire was exchanged with Israeli forces, according to Palestinian sources, including […]
Continue reading …Gov. Brown, fire-besieged California hit back at Trump over blame tweet ‘Managing all the forests everywhere we can does not stop climate change — and those that deny that are definitely contributing to the tragedy,’ the governor says.By Carla marinuci and and Angela Hart
12 November, 2018 Comments Off on Gov. Brown, fire-besieged California hit back at Trump over blame tweet ‘Managing all the forests everywhere we can does not stop climate change — and those that deny that are definitely contributing to the tragedy,’ the governor says.By Carla marinuci and and Angela Hart
Krystin Harvey (left) comforts her daughter, Araya Cipollini, at the remains of their home burned in the fire Saturday in Paradise, Calif. | John Locher/AP Photo MATHER, Calif. — California Gov. Jerry Brown, now seeking a “major disaster declaration” from the White House to bolster the emergency response to three catastrophic wildfires, warned Sunday that those […]
Continue reading …Turkish and US presidents discussed Khashoggi response
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US President Donald Trump, Turkey’s First Lady Emine Erdogan, US First Lady Melania Trump and Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attend a dinner for world leaders in Paris on Saturday, November 11, 2018. (Official Twitter Account of the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey) Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with US President Donald Trump […]
Continue reading …‘I’m suffocating’: Khashoggi’s last words, says Turkish reporter Senior Turkish journalist tells Al Jazeera what Khashoggi’s last words were, according to unpublished audio recording.
11 November, 2018 Comments Off on ‘I’m suffocating’: Khashoggi’s last words, says Turkish reporter Senior Turkish journalist tells Al Jazeera what Khashoggi’s last words were, according to unpublished audio recording.
Erdogan said Saudi Arabia knows Khashoggi’s killer is among a group of 15 people who flew into Istanbul hours before the incident [File: Ali Haider/EPA] The head of investigations at the Turkish Daily Sabah newspaper has told Al Jazeera that Jamal Khashoggi‘s last words were “I’m suffocating … Take this bag off my head, I’m claustrophobic”, according to […]
Continue reading …Trump and Putin join Macron in sombre Paris ceremony
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French President Emmanuel Macron shakes hands with US President Donald Trump. Photo: Ludovic Marin / AFP French President Emmanuel Macron shakes hands with US President Donald Trump. Photo: Ludovic Marin / AFP US President Donald Trump, his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and dozens of other world leaders joined France’s Emmanuel Macron in commemorating the centenary […]
Continue reading …Al Shabab-claimed Mogadishu suicide bombings kill dozens Somalia’s security forces shot dead four gunmen who tried to storm a popular hotel after four suicide blasts. Police said the death toll — from the initial 22 — was likely to rise, as some people were still missing.
10 November, 2018 Comments Off on Al Shabab-claimed Mogadishu suicide bombings kill dozens Somalia’s security forces shot dead four gunmen who tried to storm a popular hotel after four suicide blasts. Police said the death toll — from the initial 22 — was likely to rise, as some people were still missing.
Reuters news agency cited government sources as saying Saturday that the death toll from Friday’s blasts in Mogadishu has risen to 39. Two suicide bombers and gunmen attacked a popular hotel in the Somali capital Friday, killing at least 22 people and injuring many. Some of the victims were burned beyond recognition, police said. […]
Continue reading …Trump in Paris blasts Macron’s ‘insulting’ EU army proposal
10 November, 2018 Comments Off on Trump in Paris blasts Macron’s ‘insulting’ EU army proposal
President Donald Trump and his wife Melania depart their plane in Paris. Photo: Saul Loeb / AFP US President Donald Trump on Friday blasted calls by Emmanuel Macron for a European army to defend against threats from powers including the US as “very insulting”, setting a combative tone for his World War 1-themed visit to […]
Continue reading …Kim’s prized mushrooms safe to eat, Seoul says after radiation test of North Korea gifts
10 November, 2018 Comments Off on Kim’s prized mushrooms safe to eat, Seoul says after radiation test of North Korea gifts
FILE PHOTO: Kim Jong-un at a mushroom farm © AFP/ KCNA via KNS North Korean leader’s touchy gift has no radiation contamination, the South Korean presidential palace declared more than a month after the Kim Jong-un generously sent two tons of expensive pine mushrooms to the south. Kim’s delicacy had gone through essential “radiation tests” required for […]
Continue reading …Turkey marks 80th year of Atatürk’s passing
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People across Turkey on Saturday mark the 80th anniversary of the death of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Turkey’s founder, first president and the leader of the Independence War. Atatürk died at 9:05 a.m. on Nov. 10, 1938, with the nation grinding to a standstill for sirens that have sounded at exactly the same time every year […]
Continue reading …Turkish police ‘end search’ for Jamal Khashoggi’s body Sources say authorities will not continue search for writer’s body, which is believed to have been dissolved in acid.
10 November, 2018 Comments Off on Turkish police ‘end search’ for Jamal Khashoggi’s body Sources say authorities will not continue search for writer’s body, which is believed to have been dissolved in acid.
Saudi Arabia says so far it has arrested 18 people and dismissed five senior government officials over the case [AP] Turkish police are ending the search for Jamal Khashoggi‘s body, but the criminal investigation into the Saudi journalist’s murder will continue, sources told Al Jazeera. Al Jazeera has learned on Friday that traces of acid were […]
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