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Breaking: Explosion At Egypt Nile Delta Church Kills 25, injures 60

Daily Dispatch April 9, 2017

At least 25 people were killed and 60 injured on Sunday when an explosion rocked a Coptic church in Egypt’s Nile Delta, state television reported, the latest assault on a religious minority that has increasingly been targeted by Islamist militants. There was no immediate claim of

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Russia sends warship to battlegroup off Syrian coast

Daily Dispatch April 8, 2017

A warship armed with cruise missiles has joined the Russian battlegroup off the coast of Syria as part of Moscow’s response to US cruise missile strikes on the Syrian airbase of Shayrat. Russia’s angry declarations, a world away from hopes of a rapprochement voiced in Washington and Moscow after Donald Trump’s election, have overshadowedUS secretary […]

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North Korea calls U.S. strikes on Syria ‘unforgivable’

Daily Dispatch April 8, 2017

North Korea said on Saturday U.S. missile strikes against a Syrian airfield on Friday were “an unforgivable act of aggression” that showed its decision to develop nuclear weapons was “the right choice a million times over”. The response by North Korea’s foreign ministry, carried by the official KCNA news agency, was the first since U.S. […]

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BREAKING: Several dead in US strike on Syria base

Daily Dispatch April 7, 2017

The US military strike on a Syrian airbase has caused several deaths, said the governor of Homs province where the Shayrat base is located. “There are martyrs, but we don’t yet know the number either of martyrs or of wounded,” Talal Barazi told AFP by telephone. He said parts of the base were on fire […]

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Zuma Sacks Finance Minister

Daily Dispatch March 31, 2017

South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has sacked the country’s Finance Minister, Pravin Gordhan, after days of speculation that rocked the country’s markets and currency. Gordhan will be replaced by Malusi Gigaba, said a statement issued late on Thursday by the President’s office. Earlier this week, the President recalled Gordhan from planned events in the UK. […]

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Turkey is heading for dictatorship, but voters can still turn the tide

Daily Dispatch March 28, 2017

Can you imagine a pre-dawn raid on the homes of every senior figure in the Guardian? The editor-in-chief being arrested, the CEO, four columnists, three solicitors, a reporter and a cartoonist? That is precisely what happened to my newspaper last October. I was the editor-in-chief of Turkey’s oldest newspaper, Cumhuriyet, until August – a post […]