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By Monia Ghanmi Tunisia is taking steps to protect citizens from the security chaos across the border in Libya. In the latest move, Tunisia recalled diplomats from Libya and urged expats to leave the embattled country. “We have decided to cut consular services provided by our consular missions in Tripoli and Benghazi, and to provide […]
The FAA said Wednesday it has lifted its restrictions on U.S. airline flights into and out of Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport by cancelling a Notice to Airmen it renewed earlier today. The cancellation is effective at approximately 11:45 p.m. EDT. Before making this decision, the FAA said it worked with its U.S. government counterparts to […]
Defying mounting calls for restraint and a UN vote to investigate its deadly offensive in Gaza, Israel pushed on with its air strikes early Thursday, killing at least 18 more mostly civilians and raising the Palestinian death toll to more than 700. Palestinian emergency services said the latest casualties include a family of six, including […]
By Nick Simeone Despite questions about its possible role in last week’s downing of a commercial airliner over Ukraine, Russia continues to arm and train pro-Russian separatists in the region and has dispatched more than 100 additional pieces of military equipment across the border in recent days, a Pentagon spokesman said today. “We know that […]
Turkey’s political system appeared to be sinking deeper into crisis on Tuesday, as nearly 70 police officers, some of them senior, were arrested for illegally wiretapping the telephones of senior government figures, including the Prime Minster and the intelligence chief. At least 67 members of the country’s police force were arrested in raids that took […]
By Steve Herman Thailand’s military junta has unveiled an interim constitution that allows the army to retain sweeping powers. And the army chief, who currently has total executive and legislative oversight, could become the kingdom’s next prime minister. Thailand’s temporary charter is to legitimize the May 22 coup and will effectively grant the junta supreme […]
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