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By Lefteris Karagiannopoulos KOS, Greece (Reuters) – Michel Allatuain waited beneath the 14th century fortress at the port of this Greek island on Thursday, desperate for a ferry ticket to the European mainland and a better life. The 30-year-old pharmaceutical firm employee from Aleppo, Syria, has been sleeping rough in Kos since he paid 2,000 euros to cross from the Turkish coastal city of Bodrum last week. One example: traffickers
Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, in an online audio message, pledged allegiance to the new head of the Afghan Taliban in a move that could bolster his accession after the death of Taliban founder Mullah Mohammad Omar. “We pledge our allegiance … (to the) commander of the faithful, Mullah Mohammad Akhtar Mansour, may God protect him,” said Ayman al-Zawahiri, believed to be hiding in a border area between Afghanistan and
MONTREAL (AP) — The ATP has fined Nick Kyrgios for his “insulting remark” toward French Open champion Stan Wawrinka during a match at the Rogers Cup.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A 36-year-old Eritrean man has confessed to the deadly stabbing of two people at an Ikea store in central Sweden, his defense lawyer said Thursday.
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s the hottest ticket in Washington, a chance to sit in the upper galleries of the U.S. House for Pope Francis’ historic speech to Congress.
Greek lawmakers were preparing to vote Thursday on the terms of the country’s third international bailout since 2010, which have split the ruling radical left Syriza party and met with a wary response in Berlin. The vote comes a day before eurozone finance ministers meet to issue their verdict on the draft deal reached by Athens and its creditors after weeks of negotiations — and despite Germany saying it needs
Trumpmania may be telling us a lot less about the dominant mood in the electorate at large than we think.
MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) — A clerk’s office turned away gay couples who sought marriage licenses on Thursday, defying a federal judge’s order that said deeply held Christian beliefs don’t excuse officials from following the law.
Huge, fiery blasts at a warehouse for hazardous chemicals killed at least 50 people and turned nearby buildings into skeletal shells in the Chinese port of Tianjin, raising questions Thursday about whether …
The St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, Missouri, the site of a year of occasionally violent protests over the police killing of an unarmed black teen, will remain under a state of emergency for at least another night, county officials said on Wednesday. The state of emergency, which gives county police oversight of security in the city of 21,000 people, was declared following a shooting incident at a protest Sunday night
