More than 3,000 Palestinian schoolteachers protested outside the Palestinian Prime Minister’s office in Ramallah on Monday, as a month-long teacher’s strike showed no signs of abating. The teachers, some of who managed to reach Ramallah despite extensive checkpoints being put in place by the Palestinian Authority, demanded new representatives in[…]
Heavy clashes between Tunisian security forces and Libya-based jihadists killed at least 51 people on Monday near the border between the two countries, Tunisia’s interior ministry said, fueling concerns that Libya’s political chaos is spilling into its more stable neighbor. Tunisian security forces killed at least 35 jihadists after the[…]
Turkey and the European Union have reached agreement on the main points of a proposal to tackle the influx of refugees into Europe, according to statements by officials. The next step involves the presentation of the proposal to EU leaders at a key European Council meeting due to be held[…]
Apple users have fallen prey to ransomware for the first time ever. The ‘KeRanger’ malware appeared hidden in the popular BitTorrent application, Transmission. Users’ Macs were infected upon downloading the latest copy. A ransomware is malicious code, like any other type of malware. The way it works is usually by[…]
Relatives of 12 Chinese passengers aboard missing flight MH370 filed suits against Malaysia Airlines, Boeing, Rolls Royce and others on Monday, a day before the second anniversary of its disappearance and a legal deadline to do so. Packed into a small office at the Beijing Rail Transportation Court, which has[…]
At least Tunisia has built a 200-kilometre barrier that stretches about half the length of its border with Libya [Reuters] have been killed in clashes between security forces and armed men in the Tunisian city of Ben Gardane near the border with Libya. The Tunisian Ministry of Interior said at[…]
In the latest humanitarian disaster to strike refugees trying to get to Europe, at least 18 people are reported to have drowned off the Turkish coast while trying to reach Greece.The coastguard launched a search-and-rescue mission for other people believed to be missing from the accident. Sunday’s incident came as[…]
Three people have been shot and hostages may have been taken at a factory on the outskirts of Sydney, Australian police said on Monday, although it was not immediately clear what had sparked the incident. A spokeswoman for the New South Wales state police said authorities believed three people had[…]
Nancy Reagan, the helpmate, backstage adviser and fierce protector of Ronald Reagan in his journey from actor to president — and finally during his 10-year battle with Alzheimer’s disease — has died. She was 94. The former first lady died Sunday at her home in the Bel-Air section of Los[…]
A truck bomb at an Iraqi checkpoint south of Baghdad killed at least 60 people and wounded more than 70 on Sunday, medical and security officials said, and Islamic State claimed responsibility for the blast. The suicide attack, involving an explosive-laden fuel tanker, is the second deadliest this year after[…]
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