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Iraqis Injured In Anti-Sweden Protest After Koran Burning

  January 24, 2023   Iraqi riot Police prevent Protesters from reaching the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad on January 23, 2023, © AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP   By AFP   BAGHDAD – An Iraqi policeman and seven protesters were injured Monday during a rally outside the Swedish embassy in Baghdad against the burning of a Koran in Stockholm, a security ...

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Turkey Tells Sweden ‘Not To Expect Support’ For NATO Bid After Burning Of Koran

  January 23, 2023   A participant stands with a flag of Turkey as the pro-Turkish organization Union of European Turkish Democrats (UETD) demonstrates in support of Turkey and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan outside the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm, on January 21, 2023. © Frederik Sandberg, AFP   By REUTERS   ANKARA – “Those who allow such blasphemy in front ...

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Russian Mercenary Commander Who Fled To Norway Detained, But His Lawyer Denies Any Plan To Deport Him

  January 23, 2023   Andrei Medvedev said he had been detained and handcuffed on Sunday at a hotel where he was staying and taken to a detention center. File – Andrei Medvedev in Moscow in December, 2022. Gulagu.net   By REUTERS   Norwegian police have detained a former commander of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group who recently fled to Norway, ...

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Somalia: Blast, Gunfire Near Mayoral Office Kills Several

  January 23, 2023   By DW   An explosion near a government building in Mogadishu was followed by a shootout between security forces and gunmen that left at least five civilians dead. The al-Shabab terror group claimed responsibility for the attack. An explosion followed by gunshots rocked the Somali capital on Sunday, officials and witnesses said. At least five ...

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Al-Azhar Al-Sharif, Arab League, Egypt Condemn Burning Of Muslim Holy Book In Stockholm

  January 23, 2023   Protesters burn a portrait of Rasmus Paludan in front of the Consulate General of Sweden in Istanbul, Turkey, on January 22, 2023, after the rightwing extremist burned a copy of the Qur’an near the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm. Photo: Agence France-Presse   By Gobran Mohamed | Arab News   CAIRO – Al-Azhar Al-Sharif — Sunni ...

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President Lula Sacks Head Of Brazilian Army After Far-right Insurrection

  January 22, 2023   Júlio Cesar de Arruda reportedly stopped police detaining suspected rioters who took refuge outside army headquarters Lula has reportedly removed at least 80 military officials from their jobs in his administration in the last five days. Photograph: Evaristo Sa/AFP/Getty Images   By Tom Phillips | The Guardian   The head of the Brazilian army has ...

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Turkey Cancels Swedish Defence Minister’s Visit Over Anti-Turkish Protest Permits

  January 21, 2023   Turkey on Saturday canceled a planned visit by Sweden’s defense minister in response to the Nordic country’s issuing of permits for anti-Turkish protests. File photo of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (L) at a press conference in Ankara taken November 8, 2022. © Adem Altan, AFP   By ...

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Somali, U.S. Forces Engage Insurgents In Support Of The Federal Government Of Somalia

  January 21, 2023   By U.S. AFRICA COMMAND PUBLIC AFFAIRS, United States Africa Command   STUTTGART, Germany – At the request of the Federal Government of Somalia and in support of Somali National Army engagements against al-Shabaab, U.S. Africa Command conducted a collective self-defense strike on Jan. 20, 2023. The strike occurred approximately 260 km northeast of Mogadishu near ...

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Somalia’s Al Shabaab Attacks Base In Town It Had Lost, Kills Seven

  January 20, 2023   File – Despite long-running military offensives against the group, Al-Shabab still has a significant capability to carry out terrorist attacks. (File: 2010) Image: picture-alliance/AP Photo/F. A. Warsameh   By Reuters   MOGADISHU – Islamist al Shabaab militants on Friday killed at least seven soldiers at a Somali military base in a town re-captured by the ...

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Sweden Readies For Tense Anti-Turkey Protests Amid NATO ‘Terrorists’ Row

  January 20, 2023   Sweden is bracing for demonstrations Saturday that could complicate its efforts to persuade Turkey to approve its NATO accession. Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu (R) and Sweden’s Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom (L) hold a press conference in Turkey on December 22, 2022. © Ali Unal, AP   By The Associated Press   A far-right activist ...

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