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Chelsea returns to form with 2-0 win over Aston Villa
LONDON (AP) — Diego Costa returned to Chelsea’s starting line-up and led his side to a 2-0 win over Aston Villa in the Premier League on Saturday, easing the pressure on manager Jose Mourinho.
Everton great Howard Kendall dies
Former Everton player and managerial great Howard Kendall has died at the age of 69, the Premier League club announced on Saturday. Kendall played for Everton as a midfielder in the 1970s and had three spells as manager at Goodison Park, including a six-year stint in the 1980s that was the most successful period in the club’s history. “It is with great sadness that the club has learned of the
Pavlyuchenkova beats Flipkens, plays Friedsam in Linz final
LINZ, Austria (AP) — Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova defeated Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 Saturday to set up a final against Anna-Lena Friedsam at the Generali Ladies.
Turkey downs drone as Syria launches Aleppo offensive
By Mariam Karouny and Orhan Coskun BEIRUT/ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey shot down a drone on Friday in an incident highlighting the dangers of multiple air combat operations over Syria, where government troops and their allies backed by Russian jets have launched an offensive against rebels near Aleppo. The army offensive south of the city, backed by Hezbollah and Iranian fighters, further expands its 10-day-old counter-attack in western Syria against insurgents
Palestinians set fire to Jewish shrine; Israeli soldier stabbed
By Ari Rabinovitch JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Palestinians set fire to a Jewish shrine in the occupied West Bank and an attacker disguised as a journalist stabbed an Israeli soldier on Friday as tensions ran high after more than two weeks of violence. Israel’s military said about 100 people converged on the tomb of the biblical patriarch Joseph in the Palestinian city of Nablus and set parts of it ablaze before
Tripoli confirms new Lockerbie suspects include Gaddafi spy chief
By Ahmed Elumami TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Tripoli’s government on Friday named the two new Libyan suspects in the Lockerbie bombing investigation as Abdullah al-Senussi, the former spy chief of ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi, and a second man, Mohammed Abu Ejaila. Jamal Zubia, director of the media office of the Tripoli government, sent a message to journalists confirming the names but saying the Libyan attorney general’s office had not been officially
U.S. confirms Iran tested nuclear-capable ballistic missile
The United States has confirmed that Iran tested a medium-range missile capable of delivering a nuclear weapon in “clear violation” of a United Nations Security Council ban on ballistic missile tests, a senior U.S. official said on Friday. “The United States is deeply concerned about Iran’s recent ballistic missile launch,” U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power said in a statement.
Taliban defiant over delay to U.S. troop reduction in Afghanistan
By James Mackenzie and Jibran Ahmad KABUL (Reuters) – The Taliban on Friday brushed aside a U.S. decision to delay withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, saying it would do nothing to save an “unwinnable war” and promising to step up its campaign against the Western-backed government in Kabul. President Barack Obama’s decision to drop plans for a radical reduction in U.S. forces next year was greeted with relief by the administration
U.N. urges EU to speed registration, relocation of refugees
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) – The European Union must quickly establish adequate centers to receive and register asylum seekers in Greece and Italy and then distribute them across the bloc before winter sets in, the United Nations said on Friday. More than 591,000 people have crossed the Mediterranean by sea this year, including 450,000 to Greece, and this week 85 boats have been arriving daily on the island of