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With the Syria ceasefire in tatters, there is a growing possibility that wealthy Gulf states might arm Syrian rebels, looking to shield themselves from Syrian and Russian warplanes, with shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles, according to a report.
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- Germany calls for Syria ceasefire
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- Qatar to set up desert tent camp to house World Cup fans
- Bomb attacks target mosque, conference hall in Dresden, Germany
Two improvised explosive devices have gone off in the eastern German city of Dresden, targeting a mosque and an international conference center. No one was injured, according to police, although the mosque was severely damaged. - Okinawa villagers sue authorities for construction of ‘unlivably loud’ US helipads
Two Okinawa villages filed a lawsuit last week against the local government after it allowed US military construction of two heliports on the only virgin forest remaining in Okinawa Prefecture, home of a US base in Japan. - ‘Almost all EU states could follow UK, leave union’ – French MP
Nearly every EU state could follow in the footsteps of the UK and vote to leave the bloc, French Member of Parliament responsible for European affairs in President Francois Hollande’s party, Philip Cordery, has said. - Lone refugee kids may fall prey to traffickers & rapists when Calais camp is bulldozed – UNICEF
Unaccompanied child migrants living in the Calais 'Jungle' camp are likely to go missing or risk being trafficked when France dismantles the shanty town, UNICEF has warned. It urged authorities to speed up the reunion of children with families in the UK.
- Syrian Army seizes Aleppo’s central district from terrorists – state media
Syrian government forces have re-captured Aleppo’s central district of al-Farafirah from terrorists, state outlet SANA reported, citing army sources. - Russian Foreign Ministry makes public parts of agreement with US on Syria
Moscow has released parts of Syria ceasefire deal documents in Russian following the recent publishing of the papers by the US. Russia is calling on Washington to release all the documents from the agreement. - Mercury still has earthquakes and shrinks by the day - NASA
New NASA research is shaking the foundations of what we thought we knew about Mercury: it is still tectonically active, something previously thought to be exclusive to Earth, and is shrinking. - ‘Scattering dust’: Right-wing French politician under fire over Calais refugee comments
French MP Marion Maréchal-Le Pen, of the Front National (FN), has compared the bulldozing of the Calais ‘Jungle’ camp to a “scattering of dust,” as thousands of refugees are set to be redistributed across the country’s welcome centers. - Suit against Australian ‘Abu Ghraib-style’ youth detention center reaches court
Court hearings over alleged abuse of youngsters at Don Dale, a juvenile detention center in Australia’s north, have started with claims of unlawful use of tear gas, shackles, spit hoods and handcuffs, slammed as “manifestly unnecessary and unreasonable.” - Germany orders Facebook to stop collecting data on WhatsApp users
Social networking giant Facebook has been ordered by German authorities to stop collecting and storing data from WhatsApp after users claimed their digital privacy was at risk. The privacy regulator also ruled that the data that has already been forwarded should be deleted. - Wealthy Gulf states may arm Syrian rebels to ‘get the Russians to back off’ - US officialsWith the Syria ceasefire in tatters, there is a growing possibility that wealthy Gulf states might arm Syrian rebels, looking to shield themselves from Syrian and Russian warplanes, with shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles, according to a report.
- Bomb attacks target mosque, conference hall in Dresden, GermanyTwo improvised explosive devices have gone off in the eastern German city of Dresden, targeting a mosque and an international conference center. No one was injured, according to police, although the mosque was severely damaged.
- ‘Almost all EU states could follow UK, leave union’ – French MPNearly every EU state could follow in the footsteps of the UK and vote to leave the bloc, French Member of Parliament responsible for European affairs in President Francois Hollande’s party, Philip Cordery, has said.
- Okinawa villagers sue authorities for construction of ‘unlivably loud’ US helipadsTwo Okinawa villages filed a lawsuit last week against the local government after it allowed US military construction of two heliports on the only virgin forest remaining in Okinawa Prefecture, home of a US base in Japan.
- Lone refugee kids may fall prey to traffickers & rapists when Calais camp is bulldozed – UNICEFUnaccompanied child migrants living in the Calais 'Jungle' camp are likely to go missing or risk being trafficked when France dismantles the shanty town, UNICEF has warned. It urged authorities to speed up the reunion of children with families in the UK.
- Japan boosts ‘logistics’ cooperation with US military amid tensions with China & N. Korea
Japan has amended its Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement (ACSA) with the United States to enable the provision of military supplies list under the country’s new security legislation enacted earlier this year.
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