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Trump Warns of Riots, Pulls Plug on Republican Debate
US Republican front-runner Donald Trump warned of riots if he is denied the party’s presidential nomination and pulled the plug on a scheduled debate among candidates, raising temperatures even higher in an already heated White House race.
Kurdish Moves on Federalism Cloud Syria Peace Drive
Kurdish-controlled areas of northern Syria are expected to declare a federal system on Thursday. This move is likely to further complicate the peace talks in Geneva aimed at ending the five-year long war.
Turkey’s Erdogan Pushes Parliament to Make Praise of Violent Acts a ‘Terror Crime’
President Tayyip Erdogan pressed Turkey’s parliament to broaden anti-terrorism laws without delay, saying those who support killers of innocent people are no different from terrorists themselves. A suicide car bomb in Ankara on Sunday killed 37 people and wounded dozens more. It was the third attack in five months in the city.
Million Displaced Pakistanis Face Tough Choices Before Going Home
Aid shortfalls, ruined infrastructure and lingering risk of attack undermine the efforts to return around 1 million Pakistanis to homes that they fled from after the military crackdown on Islamist militants along the Afghan border.
North Korea Sentences US Student to Hard Labour; Washington Condemns Punishment
North Korea’s supreme court sentences American student Otto Warmbier, arrested while visiting the country, to 15 years of hard labour for crimes against the state. Washington condemned the punishment as politically motivated.
Obama Picks Centrist High Court Nominee; Republicans Unmoved
President Obama selected Merrick Garland for the US Supreme Court. Choosing a centrist judge was meant to win over the recalcitrant Senate Republicans whose leaders waste no time in spurning the Democratic president.
Al-Qaeda Attack Will Not Derail Ivory Coast Revival: President Ouattara
President Alassane Ouattara vowed that the al-Qaeda-claimed attack on the Ivory Coast beach resort that killed 19 people will not derail the nation’s post-war revival.
UK’s Osborne Offers Voters Sweeteners Ahead of EU Referendum, Says Growth to Slow
British finance minister George Osborne handed tax sweeteners to voters and small businesses ahead of the June referendum on European Union membership but warned that the economy will grow more slowly than previously forecast.
Algerian Named as Dead Brussels Gunman, Manhunt Goes On
Belgian prosecutors named a 35-year-old Algerian as the man shot dead by police during a raid on an apartment, in the hunt for clues to the bloody attacks in Paris.