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Lebanon Says Syrians Who Return Will Lose Refugee Status
Washington Debates Terms of Bergdahl Release
US Plane Crash Kills 7, Including Newspaper Co-owner
US Defense Chief Defends Secrecy of Prisoner Swap Deal
Five Taliban in Prisoner Swap Were Most-Senior Afghans at Guantanamo
Israel Condemns Plans for Palestinian Unity Government
Nearly 800 Killed in Iraq’s Bloodiest Month This Year
Thai Security Forces Tighten Control of Bangkok
China Calls Japan, US Comments on Disputed Areas ‘Provocative’
Frenchman Arrested in Shooting at Brussels Jewish Museum
US soldier released in swap for Guantanamo detainees
Kabul condemns cross-border Pakistan attacks
Father of gang-raped, murdered India girls demands justice
Sri Lanka arrests Indian fishermen after Modi talks
Freed US soldier celebrated Xmas, played badminton with captors
Raped, murdered girls reveal horrific risks for India’s poor
US troops in Afghanistan relieved over Bergdahl release
India central bank holds first meeting with Modi in power

Lebanon Says Syrians Who Return Will Lose Refugee Status

Posted: 01 Jun 2014 05:00 PM PDT

BEIRUT — Lebanon has told more than a million Syrian refugees they will lose their refugee status if they cross back into Syria, two days before a presidential election in which Syrian officials have urged many to vote at polling stations on the border. Tens of thousands of Syrians cast ballots at their Beirut embassy […]

Washington Debates Terms of Bergdahl Release

Posted: 01 Jun 2014 04:23 PM PDT

WASHINGTON — A U.S. Army sergeant freed by the Taliban after nearly five years in captivity is receiving medical attention in Germany before an expected reunion with his family in the United States. The Obama administration is responding to criticism from some lawmakers over the release of five detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in return […]

US Plane Crash Kills 7, Including Newspaper Co-owner

Posted: 01 Jun 2014 04:21 PM PDT

All seven people aboard a private business jet have been killed in a late-night crash in the United States, including the co-owner of the Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper. Authorities said the plane crashed in a ball of fire late Saturday as it took off from an airfield outside the northeastern city of Boston, Massachusetts. There was […]

US Defense Chief Defends Secrecy of Prisoner Swap Deal

Posted: 01 Jun 2014 03:29 PM PDT

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is defending the deal to secure the freedom of an American soldier in a swap for five Afghan insurgents, even though Congress was not notified ahead of time as required by U.S. law. Hagel said officials feared the life of Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl was in danger. As a result, […]

Five Taliban in Prisoner Swap Were Most-Senior Afghans at Guantanamo

Posted: 01 Jun 2014 03:26 PM PDT

The five Taliban commanders released by the United States in a prisoner swap to win the freedom of an American solider were among the most senior Afghans held at the U.S. Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba. All five were flown to Qatar, which has pledged to hold them for a year under terms the United […]

Israel Condemns Plans for Palestinian Unity Government

Posted: 01 Jun 2014 03:24 PM PDT

JERUSALEM — Israel has condemned Palestinian plans to inaugurate a controversial new government this week. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called on the international community not to recognize the new Palestinian unity government that is due to be formed on Monday. The new government includes the secular Palestinian Authority that controls much of the […]

Nearly 800 Killed in Iraq’s Bloodiest Month This Year

Posted: 01 Jun 2014 03:22 PM PDT

BAGHDAD — Nearly 800 people were killed in violence across Iraq in May, the United Nations said on Sunday, making it the deadliest month so far this year. Of the total 799 people killed, 196 were members of the Iraqi security forces, and the rest were civilians – often victims of attacks by Sunni Islamist […]

Thai Security Forces Tighten Control of Bangkok

Posted: 01 Jun 2014 03:22 PM PDT

BANGKOK — A major Bangkok shopping center was ordered closed by police Sunday after anti-coup protesters tried to prevent an officer from arresting one of their fellow demonstrators. Thousands of customers in the Terminal 21 mall at the major Asoke intersection had to abandon early afternoon shopping, eating and movie-going after dozens of police moved […]

China Calls Japan, US Comments on Disputed Areas ‘Provocative’

Posted: 01 Jun 2014 03:20 PM PDT

A senior Chinese general has lashed out at the U.S. and Japan for criticizing Beijing’s activities in disputed areas of the South China Sea, calling the comments “provocative.” The exchange between the world’s three biggest economies at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, a security forum for government officials, military officers and defense experts, were among […]

Frenchman Arrested in Shooting at Brussels Jewish Museum

Posted: 01 Jun 2014 03:19 PM PDT

A suspect has been arrested in France in connection with the May 24 shooting at the Jewish Museum in Brussels that killed three people. Mehdi Nemmouche, 29, a French citizen, was detained at a bus station in the southern French city of Marseille on Friday and had a Kalashnikov assault rifle and another gun with […]

US soldier released in swap for Guantanamo detainees

Posted: 01 Jun 2014 02:00 PM PDT

Kabul – US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Sunday said a prisoner swap that freed soldier Bowe Bergdahl could create an “opening” for direct talks with the Taliban as the leader of the insurgents hailed the exchange as a “big victory”. Bergdahl, the only US soldier captured by the Taliban since the war began in […]