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One protester killed in Yemen, lawmakers resign

SANAA (BNO NEWS) — At least one civilian was killed and another wounded on Thursday when a bomb exploded during a southern separatist march in Lawder district in Abyan province, the Yemen Post reported.

Private sources said that unidentified people p…

One Palestinian killed in Israeli airstrike in northern Gaza Strip

GAZA STRIP (BNO NEWS) — Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Thursday informed that an airstrike operation was executed in the northern Gaza Strip in response to a rocket fire on southern Israel on Wednesday night.

During the overnight operation one Palest…

UN: Côte d’Ivoire ceasefire breached, situation getting worse

ABIDJAN, COTE D’IVOIRE (BNO NEWS) — The United Nations warned on Thursday that the situation in Côte d’Ivoire is getting worse as human rights violations, including extrajudicial killings, abductions and excessive use of force, continue.

“With th…

Russia says U.S. intervention in Kuril Islands dispute with Japan is unacceptable

MOSCOW, RUSSIA (BNO NEWS) — Russian Foreign Ministry on Thursday said that the United States attempts to intervene in the Japan-Russia dispute over the Kuril Islands are unacceptable.

On Monday, the Russian Foreign Ministry summoned U.S. ambassador t…

Suicide bomber kills at least 13 in Iraq

BAGHDAD (BNO NEWS) — A suicide bomber on Thursday killed at least 13 people and injured 23 other in the Iraqi city of Ramadi, Aswat al-Iraq news agency reported.

“Deaths from the Ramadi blast rose to 13, including three policemen, and the wounded to…

U.S. State Department designates the Greek Sect of Revolutionaries as a terrorist organization

WASHINGTON D.C. (BNO NEWS) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday announced the designation of the Sect of Revolutionaries (SE), a Greek terrorist organization, as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT).

The SE is an organizati…

Australian editor appears in Burma court

YANGON, BURMA (BNO NEWS) — Ross Dunkley, the Australian editor who was arrested in Burma early February, appeared on Thursday in court on immigration and possible criminal charges, The Phnom Penh Post reported.

“Mr Dunkley’s detention in Yangon’s Ins…

Iranian warships arrive to Syria after crossing Suez Canal

DAMASCUS, SYRIA (BNO NEWS) — Two Iranian warships on Thursday arrived to Syria’s Lazeqiyya Port after crossing the Suez Canal for a training mission amidst controversy with Israel, the state-run IRNA news agency reported.

IRI Navy Commander Rear Admi…

Iranian warships arrive to Syria after crossing Suez Canal

DAMASCUS, SYRIA (BNO NEWS) — Two Iranian warships on Thursday arrived to Syria’s Lazeqiyya Port after crossing the Suez Canal for a training mission amidst controversy with Israel, the state-run IRNA news agency reported.

IRI Navy Commander Rear Admi…

Good News: Gaddafi Was Friendly With Jeremiah Wright, Obama’s Pastor for Year

You remember Rev. Jeremiah Wright, pastor at Obama’s Chicago church for 20 years. He’s the guy who called for God’s damnation of America, said we deserved the 9/11 attacks, and reprinted Hamas’ manifesto in the church bulletin. All while Obama sat there in his pews. Yeah, turns out he was pretty friendly with Libyan dictator [...]