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Stress rises as Turkey sends troops to YPG stronghold

The US has urged Turkey to use restraint in its operation against the Syrian Kurdish group YPG in the enclave of Afrin. The US considers the YPG its closest ally in Syria, viewing it as the most effective ground force in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group. The statement comes just hours…

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Yemen’s younger of us face ‘worst diphtheria outbreak’

Deaths caused by a serious bacterial infection are « likely to rise » in Yemen if a blockade imposed by a Saudi-led military coalition is not lifted, a major international charity has warned. Save the Children said in a statement on Sunday that minors in the war-torn country were the most affected in what it called « the worst…

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Key Day Might Yield Swiftly Deal or Long Impasse: Shutdown Update

The House and Senate are back in session Sunday with a federal government shutdown in its second day amid a spending-bill impasse in Congress. The House is supposed to be on recess this week, but members stayed in Washington as negotiations continue. Here are the latest developments, updated throughout the day: Options for Compromise Offered…

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Turkey says ground troops entered Syria

Image copyright AFP Image caption Turkish tanks rolled across the border into Syria on Sunday morning Turkish ground troops have crossed into northern Syria, with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowing to crush Kurdish fighters « very quickly ». The Kurdish YPG militia says it has repelled Turkish troops in Afrin, and is shelling Turkish border areas. Turkey…

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First describe of eight-365 days-used lady stabbed to death at house

Mylee Billingham has been named as the girl stabbed to death in Brownhills near Walsall (Picture: Facebook)This is the first picture of the eight-year-old girl stabbed to death during what police are calling a ‘domestic incident’ She has been named by West Midlands Police as Mylee Billingham. Her dad, Bill Billingham, 54, has been arrested.…

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Breakthrough in push to win German authorities

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UN authentic: Rohingya camps at likelihood of degradation

Humanitarian conditions in camps hosting Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are set to worsen in the next few months, a human rights investigator has told Al Jazeera, while also raising concerns about a plan to repatriate the fleeing minority back to Myanmar. In an interview from Balukhali refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Yanghee Lee, a UN special rapporteur who…

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300 and sixty five days below Trump: ‘An assault on ladies folks’s effectively being’

It was one year ago that millions of women worldwide marched against newly-inaugurated US President Donald Trump. The marches were meant to send a message to Trump after a presidential election that « insulted, demonised and threatened » women, immigrants and those from the LGBTQ community and others. « [The march] will send a bold message to our…

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Lady, eight, stabbed to death as Fifty four-year-passe man arrested

A « lovely » eight-year-old girl has been stabbed to death in what police have called a « domestic incident ». A 54-year-old man, who also suffered stab wounds, has been arrested. Police were called to an address in Valley View, Brownhills, near Walsall, West Midlands, at around 9:15pm on Saturday where the young girl was found with serious…