Haiti's United Nations peacekeeping mission ends amid abuse controversy
But the impoverished Caribbean country has not had an armed conflict in years. Ten years later, United Nations officials said they were unable to find any members of the mission in Haiti who might have dealt with child victims in the sex ring case and did not know what happened to the children.
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Hundreds of Palestinians held by Israel launch hunger strike
Palestinians termed the open-ended strike a protest against poor conditions and an Israeli policy of detention without trial that has been applied against thousands since the 1980s. "They are murderers and terrorists", Netanyahu said at a Mimouna event in Dimona. "We will never lose our sense of clarity because we are on the side of justice and they are on the side that is neither just nor moral".
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Trump called Turkey's Erdogan to congratulate him on referendum win: Turkish sources
The opposition would possibly not be able to act freely if the system turns into a party-state in the future, remarked Kaboglu. Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim called on Tuesday the country's opposition to respect the referendum result that grants the president sweeping powers.
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Donald Trump congratulates Erdogan after Turkey referendum win
An official White House press statement confirmed the Turkish reports: "President Donald J. Trump spoke today with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey to congratulate him on his recent referendum victory and to discuss the United States' action in response to the Syrian regime's use of chemical weapons on April 4".
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No plan for pot-conviction amnesty amid legalization move, Liberals say
Bill Blair, the ex-Toronto police chief turned Liberal MP, said the objective is not to promote the use of pot, but to allow its safe, socially responsible use through the mechanism of legislation and strict regulation. Some of the latest federal data shows that alcohol kills around 88,000 people in the United States every year, while marijuana, according to the DEA , has never killed a single person.
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Pence reassures Japan of commitment to rein in N Korea
North Korea regularly threatens to destroy Japan, South Korea and the United States and it showed no let-up in its defiance after a failed missile test on Sunday, a day after putting on a huge display of missiles in the capital, Pyongyang. North Korea and South are technically still at war because their 1950-1953 conflict ended in a truce, not a peace treaty. That led North Korea to issue routine threats of attacks on its rivals if they show signs of aggression.
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UK opposition Labour Party welcomes call for early national election
May, who came to power over the summer after David Cameron resigned in the wake of Britain's vote to leave the European Union, said that consumer confidence, jobs and economic growth have continued to be strong since Brexit and called for unity in the United Kingdom.
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Air China to suspend Beijing-Pyongyang flights
In addition, North Korea's vice minister, Han Song-ryol, said his country "will go to war if they choose". Tensions are deepening as the US has sent an aircraft carrier to waters off the peninsula and is conducting its biggest-ever joint military exercises with South Korea.
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Lawsuit against Trump over foreign payments expands
The restaurants joined as part of Restaurant Opportunities Centers (ROC) United, which consists of more than 25,000 restaurant workers and restaurants owned by restaurateurs including Tom Colicchio, Alice Waters, Andy Shalal and James Mallios.
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Trump on North Korea: They 'Gotta Behave'
Vice President Mike Pence made an unannounced visit to the Demilitarized Zone at the border between North Korea and South Korea, which he called a "frontier of freedom", at the beginning of his first trip to the region in office. The Trump administration has signaled a more forceful USA stance toward North Korea's recent missile tests and threats, including a warning from Trump that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has "gotta behave ".
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At least 20 migrants drown off coast of Libya
European authorities and charity ships face a daunting task. Friday's rescue operations were performed entirely by NGOs. MSF tweeted: "How many people would have crossed if we weren't there today, Frontex? ". The rest were picked up by the coastguard, the Phoenix - run by the Maltese organisation Moas - the German NGO Sea Eye and the German Jugend's Iuventa.
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Strike kills 15, including 4 children, in Syria's Idlib: monitor
Washington hurried to accuse the Syrian government for the suspected chemical attack . The US and United Kingdom have blamed Russian Federation for being complicit in the deaths of civilians in last week's alleged chemical attack and Moscow could face fresh worldwide sanctions over its support for the dictator.





