en_il-hotdailynews: 2015-05-31 Israel World

Japan: 7.8 magnitude quake strikes Tokyo, no risk of a Tsunami says US ...
The Indian Express
A 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the Japanese coast on Saturday, geologists said, shaking buildings in Tokyo and setting off car alarms. Despite the huge power of the quake, there was no risk of a tsunami, The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre reported.
Powerful but deep quake strikes off Japan; 2 injured but no damage   The Globe and Mail
7.8 Magnitude Quake Strikes Japan Saturday, No Tsunami Risk Due To Quake's ...   CBS Local
Earthquake measuring 8.5 magnitude shakes most of Japan   The Guardian
Mirror.co.uk
Herald Scotland
BBC News
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Beau Biden, Vice President Joe Biden's Son, Dies at 46
New York Times
WASHINGTON — Joseph R. Biden III, the former attorney general of Delaware and the eldest son of Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., has died of brain cancer, his father announced on Saturday. The younger Mr. Biden was 46. Mr. Biden had spent more ...

Joe Biden's son Beau dies from brain cancer   BBC News
Joe Biden's son Beau dies of brain cancer   Reuters
Joe Biden's son Beau Biden dies aged 46   Telegraph.co.uk
Washington Post
Wall Street Journal
The Hindu
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Nigeria's Maiduguri city hit by deadly bomb, overnight attack
Reuters Africa
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - A suspected suicide bomber blew himself up inside a mosque in Nigeria's Maiduguri city on Saturday afternoon killing at least 18 people, a hospital source said, after a night-time attack by Boko Haram insurgents on the ...

Boko Haram's suicide bomber outside mosque kills atleast 30 in Nigerian city   Daily News & Analysis
Deadly violence hits northeast as Nigeria president starts term   The Express Tribune
Nigeria violence: Militants kill 29 in Maiduguri   BBC News
Telegraph.co.uk
Daily Mail
The Guardian Nigeria (satire) (press release) (blog)
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4200 migrants rescued in Mediterranean; 17 dead
DAWN.com
ROME: The Italian coastguard said it had coordinated the rescue of about 4,200 migrants sailing across the Mediterranean Sea on Friday, but also found 17 corpses on several of the rickety boats. Distress calls were made from 22 different boats, many off ...

Plucked from the cruel sea   Irish Independent
More than 4200 migrants rescued in Mediterranean as crisis grows   Times of India
Migrants plead for help from Italian coastguards   Zee News
Stuff.co.nz
New York Times
RTE.ie
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Barrel bombs kill 71 in Syria
DAWN.com
ALEPPO: Barrel bombs dropped from regime helicopters on Saturday killed more than 70 civilians in Syria's Aleppo, while government forces in neighbouring Iraq retook an area west of the jihadist-controlled city of Ramadi. The Syrian Observatory for Human ...

Activists accuse Syria of indiscriminate barrel bombing   CNN
Syria airstrikes kill scores amid government setbacks   Washington Post
Islamic State blows up empty prison complex in Syria's Palmyra   Times of India
ABS CBN News
Telegraph.co.uk
ABC Online
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As nuke deal deadline draws near, US and Iran hold 'intense' talks
Fox News
As a deadline for a nuclear deal with Iran nears, Secretary of State John Kerry met with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif Saturday in what officials described as "at times intense" talks as part of the effort to flesh out a framework agreed in April.
Differences remain over final nuclear agreement: Iran negotiator   IBNLive
Iran nuclear talks snag on access to military sites   DAWN.com
US, Iran hold 'intense' talks on pending nuclear deal   The Australian Financial Review
New York Daily News
The Globe and Mail
Tehran Times
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Four Americans taken as prisoners in Yemen
Jerusalem Post Israel News
The four were among a number of Americans who could not leave Yemen after the US embassy there closed and all US personnel removed. A Shi'ite Houthi militant poses for a photo during a mass funeral for victims of a suicide attack on followers of the ...

Yemen rebels 'holding US hostages'   Irish Independent
Report: At Least 4 Americans Held by Yemen's Rebels   New York Times
Houthi rebels take control of strategic city in Yemen   Toronto Star
Sky News Australia
The Guardian
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CNN

Face-off outside Arizona mosque ends peacefully
DAWN.com
WASHINGTON: US law enforcement agencies have prevented a potential clash between anti and pro-Muslim protesters outside a mosque in Phoenix, Arizona. On Friday night, about 250 mostly armed anti-Muslim protesters faced off against an equal-size ...

#NotMyAmerica: Social media users debate tense Mohammed cartoon rally   CNN
Anti-Islam rally outside Arizona mosque faces counter-protest   The Nation
Anti-Islam Protesters, Counter-Protesters Gather at Phoenix Mosque   Slate Magazine (blog)
Yibada (English Edition)
KJZZ
Tucson News Now
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Cuban official daily says removal from US blacklist "act of justice"
Xinhua
HAVANA, May 30 (Xinhua) -- Removing Cuba from a U.S. blacklist the island country should have never been on is a "simple act of justice," Cuba's official Granma daily said Saturday. "Cuba has waited 33 years for a simple act of justice that took place on ...

Granma calls Cuba's removal from terrorism list "a simple act of justice"   Fox News Latino
Jeb Bush lays into Obama for removing Cuba from state sponsor of terror list   Fox News
Cuba has been lifted from the USA's 'terrorism black list'   Metro
New York Times
Jamaica Gleaner (subscription)
Voice of America
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Haaretz

Report: ISIS branch in Saudi Arabia calls for expulsion of Shi'ites
Haaretz
Young Saudis urged to 'kill enemies of Islam, especially Shi'ites' in recording released by Islamic State's branch in the Gulf kingdom, according to U.S.-based SITE monitoring center. By Sami Aboudi May 30, 2015 | 4:18 PM ...

Eyewitness recounts horror of explosion   Arab News
Shiite mourners mass in Saudi Arabia for bomb victim   Zee News
IS in the Kingdom   Daily Times
BBC News
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