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UNHRC report: Less biased, but no less lethal
Jerusalem Post Israel News
While seriously problematic from the Israeli legal perspective, the UN Human Rights Council's report on the 2014 Gaza war, made public on Monday, is far less biased than the Goldstone Report on the 2008-9 Gaza fighting. However, where it attacks the IDF's ...

UN Gaza war report signals Israel's top leaders toward The Hague   Haaretz
Scathing reactions over Arab MK's participation in Gaza flotilla   Ynetnews
UN report on Gaza war 'biased': Netanyahu   Brisbane Times
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Israeli, Turkish officials hold secret meeting in Rome
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Israeli Foreign Ministry's director-general meets with his Turkish counterpart in an attempt to repair relations between the nations. Itamar Eichner. Published: 06.23.15, 00:42 / Israel News. A secret meeting was held Monday between high ranking Israeli and ...

Report: Israeli, Turkish senior diplomats meet in Rome   Jerusalem Post Israel News
In secret meeting, Israel and Turkey renew reconciliation talks   Haaretz
Foreign Ministry chief meets Turkish counterpart in sign of thaw   The Times of Israel
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Nikki Haley, South Carolina Governor, Calls for Removal of Confederate Battle ...
New York Times
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Gov. Nikki R. Haley called on Monday for South Carolina to do what just a week ago seemed politically impossible — remove the Confederate battle flag from its perch in front of the State House building here. She argued that a symbol ...

Wal-Mart removing Confederate flag items from stores   CTV News
Republican candidates embrace call to remove Confederate flag   Hindustan Times
Eight Confederate Icons Have Places of Honor in the US Capitol   NBCNews.com
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Historic Iran talks in final act
Jerusalem Post Israel News
US willing to extend talks by a few days, but by no more; Iran parliament passes critical bill limiting possible concessions; Political and technical gaps remain. Nuclear Talks. The P5+1 – China, France, Germany, the US, the UK and Russia – prepare to meet ...

Like US Congress, Iran's parliament makes its voice heard on nuclear deal (+ ...   Christian Science Monitor
See No Iran Evil at State   Wall Street Journal
Iran sees good chance of deal given political will   The Daily Star
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Reuters

Taliban attack Afghanistan's parliament, seize second district in north
Reuters
KABUL A Taliban suicide bomber and six gunmen attacked the Afghan parliament on Monday as lawmakers met to consider a new defence minister, and another district in the volatile north fell to the militants as they intensified a summer offensive. The brazen ...

Extremists have united in new offensive: Afghan UN envoy   Times of India
#RAWattacksAfghanParliament: How Pakistan Twitter blamed the Taliban attack ...   Firstpost
Taliban attacks Afghan parliament, seizes key northern district   Los Angeles Times
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Driving with 'wrong' type of music can be dangerous, says BGU psychologist
Jerusalem Post Israel News
"The car is the only place in the world you can die just because you're listening to the wrong kind of music.” Traffic accident. The scene of a traffic accident on Road 31 near Arad. (photo credit:MAGEN DAVID ADOM). Share on Facebook Share on Twitter.
Driving to the wrong music can kill, says professor   Haaretz

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Germany frees Al Jazeera journalist Ahmed Mansour despite Egypt detention ...
ABC Online
German authorities have released Al Jazeera correspondent Ahmed Mansour two days after detaining him at the request of his native Egypt, Al Jazeera has said. "We welcome this decision by the German prosecutor," Al Jazeera spokesman Hareth Adlouni ...

Germany frees Jazeera journalist despite Egypt detention request   The Nation
'I am free' - Germany releases al-Jazeera reporter Ahmed Mansour   BBC News
Al Jazeera journalist detained in Berlin released without charge   CNN
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US Says Drone Killed an ISIS Operative
New York Times
WASHINGTON — An American drone strike last week killed a midlevel operative with the Islamic State who had been a conduit for the militant group's outreach to extremists in North Africa, Defense Department officials said on Monday. The Pentagon said that ...

US Strike in Iraq Kills Militant Suspected of Involvement in Benghazi   Wall Street Journal
US says airstrike killed Islamic State fighter sought in Benghazi attack   Los Angeles Times
US airstrike kills IS operative in Iraq: official   Times of India
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Heat Wave Kills Around 400 People in Karachi
NDTV
Relatives mourn the death of a heatwave victim at the EDHI morgue in Karachi on June 21, 2015. (Agence France-Presse). submit to reddit; inShare; Add to Flipboard Magazine. Karachi: An intense heatwave sweeping across Pakistan's southern Sindh ...

Over 200 dead in Pakistan heatwave   Brisbane Times
Rangers set up centres to help victims of sunstroke   DAWN.com
Heatwave in Pakistan kills 141   The Hindu
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Kurds 'capture key Syrian base' north of Raqqa from IS
BBC News
Kurdish forces in northern Syria say they have captured a key military base from Islamic State (IS) north of the militants' self-declared capital of Raqqa. The Kurdish Popular Protection Units (YPG) were backed by US-led air strikes and other rebel groups.
Kurds find IS tunnel near Turkish border   DAWN.com
Kurdish forces capture Isil military base near Raqqa   Telegraph.co.uk
Syrian Kurds push deeper into ISIS-held Raqqa province   The Daily Star
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