LONDON, June 25, (Agencies): European powers demanded a quick divorce Saturday as Britain’s seismic vote to abandon the EU sparked bitter break-up rows at home …
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US-backed Syria fighters edge into IS hub – Kurds flee DAESH-held areas amid abductions
ALEPPO, Syria, June 25, (Agencies): US-backed fighters edged further into the Islamic State group stronghold of Manbij on Saturday, threatening a key stop on the …
Read More »At least 14 dead in Somali hotel attack
MOGADISHU, Somalia, June 25, (AP): At least 14 people were killed when gunmen stormed a hotel in Somalia’s capital and took an unknown number of …
Read More »Iran cracks down on ‘vulgar Western’ dog owners
TEHRAN, June 25, (AFP): Dog lovers in central Iran are in uproar after authorities began confiscating their pets in an apparent crackdown on the “vulgar …
Read More »Money laundering body keeps Iran on blacklist of high risks – Group calls for one-year suspension of some restrictions
UNITED NATIONS, June 24, (RTRS): An international group that monitors money laundering worldwide decided on Friday to keep Iran on its blacklist of high-risk countries …
Read More »OVER $2 TRILLION WIPED OFF WORLD STOCKS; POUND HIT – Britain votes to leave EU, PM quits
LONDON, June 24, (RTRS): Britain voted to leave the European Union, forcing the resignation of Prime Minister David Cameron and dealing the biggest blow to …
Read More »Bomb kills 3 in Pakistan
A bomb blast killed at least three people and wounded 32 others in Pakistan’s southwestern city of Quetta, on Friday, police said. The improvised explosive …
Read More »IS unit being formed in southern Philippines – 1 of the most wanted to head faction
JAKARTA/MANILA, June 24, (RTRS): Southeast Asian militants who claim to be fighting for Islamic State in the Middle East have said they have chosen one …
Read More »Cinema gunman killed in Germany
VIERNHEIM, Germany, June 23, (AFP): A masked and armed man barricaded himself in a German multiplex cinema with dozens of people inside Thursday before being …
Read More »Iraq forces flushing IS out of last Falluja pocket
FALLUJA, Iraq, June 23, (Agencies): Iraqi forces closed in on the last neighbourhood of Falluja still held by the Islamic State group Thursday while aid …
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