The Growing Violence Near Baghdad
At least 47 people were killed and dozens were injured Sunday when a suicide attack drove a truck loaded with explosives into a security checkpoint in Iraq.The attack in Hillah, located about 60 miles south of Baghdad, occurred shortly after noon local time, when the entrance to the city was crowded with dozens of cars, according to the Associated Press.The victims included 39 civilians and eight members of the Iraqi security forces. As many as 65 people were injured. The checkpoint, nearby buil..>> view originalTurkish opposition newspaper turns pro-government after state takeover
ISTANBUL A day after Turkey's top-selling newspaper Zaman was taken over by the state, it dropped its criticisms of the government on Sunday and published flattering stories on President Tayyip Erdogan.The episode is the latest twist in a long-running conflict between Erdogan and U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen.Police raided the offices of Zaman, which is affiliated with Gulen, late on Friday after a court approved a request by a prosecutor to appoint a state administrator to the d..>> view originalUN Seeks to Build Peace Talks on Fragile Syria Truce
BEIRUT— A total of 135 people were killed in the first week of a partial truce in Syria in areas covered by the deal, a monitoring group said on Saturday, highlighting its fragile nature just days before the United Nations attempts to reconvene peace talks. U.N. envoy Staffan de Mistura said the talks, originally due to begin on Monday in Geneva, would get off to a staggered start later in the week, with delegates arriving from Wednesday onward. The U.N. said the delay was due to "logistical an..>> view originalSlovakia's Governing Party Loses Majority as Far Right Makes Gains
Photo Prime Minister Robert Fico in Bratislava, Slovakia, on Sunday. Credit David W. Cerny/Reuters BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Slovakia’s governing party has lost its majority in parliamentary elections and far-right extremists have made striking gains, according to results announced on Sunday.The results could affect the tenor of the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union, which Slovakia assumes in July, and could also color continuing talks on the Conti..>> view originalTurnbull's Office Rejects Timeline on Same-Sex Union Plebiscite
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s office refused to tie itself down to a timeline for holding a plebiscite on same-sex marriage, The Sydney Morning Herald reported, citing an unidentified spokeswoman at the prime minister’s office.Turnbull was responding to comments by Attorney-General George Brandis who told Sky News television earlier in the day that the ruling Liberal-National coalition would make a promise to hold the vote before the end of the year during an upcoming election ca..>> view originalDonald Trump, Hillary Clinton Hold Big Leads in Michigan: Poll
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are leading their competitors by double digits in Michigan's March 8 primary, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll. In the Republican race, Trump gets support from 41 percent of likely primary voters รข€” followed by Ted Cruz at 22 percent, Marco Rubio at 17 percent and John Kasich at 13 percent. NBC News/WSJ/Marist GOP poll Mar 6 2016, 3:51 pm ET The poll was partially conducted before Ben Carson announced that he did not see..>> view originalBoat sinks off Turkish coast, at least 18 migrants drown
ISTANBUL At least 18 people attempting to reach Greece drowned after their boat sank off the Turkish coast on Sunday, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported, on the eve of a European meeting aimed at tackling the number of migrants. The Turkish Coast Guard, using speedboats and a helicopter, rescued 15 people and recovered 18 bodies in the Aegean Sea near the town of Didim, Anadolu said. Efforts continued to find more victims whose nationalities were not given.Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet ..>> view originalEgypt Detains Dozens in 2015 Killing of Prosecutor
CAIRO—Egypt on Sunday accused members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood and Gaza-based militant group Hamas for the assassination of the country’s top prosecutor last year, detaining dozens of people for the attack. “The number of those involved in the assassination were 14, out of a total terrorist cell of 48 members,” Magdy Abdul Ghaffar, Egypt’s interior minister, said Sunday on state TV. “All those arrested confessed to be...>> view originalBomb-making materials found in North Ireland country park: police
LONDON A "significant" amount of bomb-making components and explosives has been found at a country park around 25 miles north of Belfast in Northern Ireland, police said on Sunday.On Friday a prison officer was injured by a bomb which exploded under his van in Belfast, prompting police to warn of a "severe" threat to security forces as the centenary approaches of the 1916 anti-British Easter Rising.A 1998 peace deal largely ended three decades of violence in Northern Ireland between Protestant..>> view original
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