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White House Says Trump’s Call to Erdogan Was Not Endorsement of Vote Results

Daily Dispatch April 19, 2017

A day after U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s call to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to offer a congratulation for referendum victory, White House revisited the nature of the call and said it was not an endorsement of the referendum results. Mr. Trump became the 1st leader in the Western

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Turkish referendum: EU calls for “transparent investigations”

Daily Dispatch April 19, 2017

The European Union on Tuesday called on Turkish authorities to launch “transparent investigations” after international observers criticised the fairness of the voting process during the recent referendum. The spokesperson for the European Commission, Margaritis Schinas, said the call comes after Turkey rejected international observers’ criticism of the referendum on

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25 killed as Philippine bus plunges into ravine

Daily Dispatch April 18, 2017

At least 25 people were killed and 22 injured when a passenger bus crashed into a deep ravine in the mountainous northern Philippines on Tuesday, authorities said. The bus plunged about 24 metres (80 feet) in the upland province of Nueva Ecija before noon after its brakes failed while travelling on a windy road, police and […]

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MOAB strike: US bombing of IS in Afghanistan ‘killed dozens’

Daily Dispatch April 14, 2017

A US military strike with a weapon known as the “mother of all bombs”, or MOAB, killed 36 Islamic State (IS) group militants and destroyed their base, the Afghan defence ministry says. The most powerful non-nuclear bomb ever used by the US in combat was dropped on IS tunnels in Nangarhar province. No civilians were […]

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Egypt identifies Alexandria church bomber as fugitive with militant ties

Daily Dispatch April 13, 2017

Egypt named the suicide bomber who attacked a cathedral in Alexandria as 31-year-old Mahmoud Abdullah, describing him as a fugitive with links to militant cells that carried out previous strikes in the country. Abdullah detonated his explosives at the entrance to Saint Mark’s Cathedral, the historic seat of the Coptic Pope, killing 17 people as […]

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Borussia Dortmund attack: Iraqi suspect ‘linked to IS’

Daily Dispatch April 13, 2017

German prosecutors say they have no evidence so far linking a man held over the bomb attack against the Borussia Dortmund team bus to the crime. But they have requested an arrest warrant to keep the 26-year-old Iraqi national in custody. The man, identified only as Abdul Beset A, is suspected of membership in an […]