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Turkey formally protests minister's treatment in Netherlands

Monday, 13 March 2017, 10:19 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Turkey's Foreign Ministry says it has summoned the Netherlands' top diplomat to formally protest its treatment of a Turkish minister in that country over the weekend as well as what it said was...

Libya's deepening split finds battleground at oil terminals

Monday, 13 March 2017, 08:28 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Hundreds if not thousands of armed men are converging on Libya's main oil shipping terminals, which the rival powers in the country's east and west are fighting to control in a battle being...

Spanish police investigate suspected human trafficking route

Monday, 13 March 2017, 07:46 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Police in eastern Spain opened an investigation into a suspected human trafficking route after discovering two trucks carrying Iraqi refugees in less than a month. A civil guard spokeswoman told...

46 killed, dozens missing in Ethiopia garbage dump landslide

Sunday, 12 March 2017, 18:10 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

A mountain of trash gave way in a massive garbage dump on the outskirts of Ethiopia's capital, killing at least 46 people and leaving several dozen missing, residents said, as officials...

Turkish leader says Dutch will 'pay the price' for insult

Sunday, 12 March 2017, 18:07 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan drove his dispute with European nations to the hilt Sunday, claiming that "Nazism is alive in the West" after two of his ministers were prevented from...

Joni Sledge, member of Sister Sledge, dies at 60

Sunday, 12 March 2017, 06:49 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Joni Sledge (second from left), who with her sisters recorded the enduring dance anthem "We Are Family," has died, the band's representative said Saturday. She was 60. Sledge was found dead...

Riot police move against Naples protests of Northern League

Saturday, 11 March 2017, 18:17 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Riot police moved in Saturday to quell violent protests in Naples sparked by the first major rally in the southern city by the anti-immigrant Northern League leader. Police fired tear gas and...

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