BEIJING – China’s Foreign Ministry said Wednesday that a Chinese cargo ship was carrying legitimate military items when it was stopped in Colombia on its way to Cuba. Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said the items were part of “normal military trade” between China and Cuba and did not violate Chinese …
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SYDNEY – Hundreds of Muslims have rallied in Sydney to protest negative media coverage of Islam and French magazine Charlie Hebdo’s depictions of the Prophet Muhammad. Police said 14 people were moved on from the rally on Friday night for breaching the peace. But no one was charged and the …
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PARIS – There will be no Charlie Hebdo at newsstands this week. The satirical French weekly decimated by a Jan. 7 newsroom massacre by two Muslim radical brothers printed about 7 million copies of its first post-attack issue. The website of the paper that has spoofed Islam’s prophet says the …
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KINGSTON, Jamaica – A Jamaican judge has ruled that a teenager suspected of hoping to join Islamic extremists must remain in police custody. Defense lawyer Zara Lewis filed an application seeking the 16-year-old boy’s release from police detention. But the magistrate ordered Thursday that he remain in custody until a …
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UNITED NATIONS – A new United Nations report says the Islamic State group has more than 225,000 Syrians under siege in a single city. The latest monthly report by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says the last time the U.N. was able to reach the besieged western neighborhoods of Deir ez Zor …
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AMMAN, Jordan – The International Labor Organization says unemployment in areas of Jordan with high concentrations of Syrian refugees rose from 14.5 percent to 22.1 percent between 2011 and 2014. An ILO study released Sunday looked at three districts that host three-fourths of the 628,000 refugees registered in Jordan. The …
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MEXICO CITY – Thirteen people have been reported missing following the withdrawal of vigilantes from a violence-wracked city in southern Mexico, a human rights official said Tuesday. The disappearances add to confusion surrounding the takeover of the city of Chilapa by so-called “community police” earlier this month. The vigilantes, claiming …
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A dozen people were killed in an attack when a group opened fire on them at a holiday party on Sunday in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato, according to Reuters. Mexican authorities reported the attack took place at dawn in the town of Salvatierra. Officials said the attack happened …
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Seattle Seahawks quarterback Drew Lock was thrust into the starting role at the last minute before their game against the Philadelphia Eagles, and he came up clutch in the fourth quarter. Lock led the Seahawks on a game-winning drive that saw him throw a miraculous pass to D.K. Metcalf to …
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“Tommy Cutlets” and a New Jersey pizzeria made amends after the New York Giants quarterback’s appearance fee doubled practically overnight. Tommy DeVito, who’s become a folk hero in the tri-state area, was set to make an appearance at Coniglio’s Old Fashioned in Morristown, roughly a half-hour drive from MetLife Stadium, …
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