en_il-hotdailynews: 2015-06-23 Israel World

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
UN report on Gaza war 'biased': Netanyahu   Brisbane Times
War crimes likely by both sides in Gaza, says UN   Irish Independent
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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 ...

#RAWattacksAfghanParliament: How Pakistan Twitter blamed the Taliban attack ...   Firstpost
Taliban attacks Afghan parliament, seizes key northern district   Los Angeles Times
'I fear they will find me' - acid victim   New Vision
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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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NDTV

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 ...

Heatwave in Pakistan kills 141   The Hindu
Over 200 dead in Pakistan heatwave   Brisbane Times
Rangers set up centres to help victims of sunstroke   DAWN.com
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Eyeing China, US allies in Asia join naval drills in disputed waters (+video)
Christian Science Monitor
Japan and the Philippine are engaged in war games in the South China Sea. The US is at odds with China over land reclamation projects on disputed islands and reefs. By Michael Holtz, Staff writer June 22, 2015. Save for later Saved · About video ads.
U.S. Expects More Sea Encounters With China, Navy Commander Says   Bloomberg
We'll meet more often, US navy captain says to China   TODAYonline
PNoy to raise sea row at APEC meet   ABS CBN News
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Washington Post
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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 ...

Republican candidates embrace call to remove Confederate flag   Hindustan Times
Wal-Mart removing Confederate flag items from stores   CTV News
US not alone in failing to put a line under racist past   Brisbane Times
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Ramadan: Your stories of faith, fasting and food
BBC News
Muslims around the world are observing the holy month of Ramadan by fasting from sunrise to sunset. During Ramadan Muslims refrain from consuming food, drinking liquids and smoking. After sunset Muslims are allowed to break their fast and eat and drink.
Annoying remarks Muslim women are sick of hearing at Ramadan   Telegraph.co.uk
Military officials hand out fruit to Yala Muslims fasting during Ramadan   Pattaya Mail
A week in the Middle East in photos   Arizona Daily Star
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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.
Kurdish forces capture Isil military base near Raqqa   Telegraph.co.uk
Syrian Kurds push deeper into ISIS-held Raqqa province   The Daily Star
Syrian Kurds push deeper into Islamic State territory   Irish Times
Irish Independent
Hindustan Times
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US to boost new rapid Nato force
Financial Times
The US will contribute commando units, fighter jets and surveillance capabilities to a new rapid deployment Nato force that is being prepared to respond to potential Russian aggression in eastern Europe. Ashton Carter, US defence secretary, announced the ...

Russia Slams EU Decision to Extend Sanctions   Voice of America
EU governments extend Russian sanctions through January 2016   USA TODAY
Russia to prolong Western food embargo   DAWN.com
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EU moves to stop human traffickers
Irish Examiner
The European Union has launched a naval operation to try to stop human traffickers from bringing migrants across the Mediterranean to Europe. More than 100,000 migrants have entered Europe so far this year, with some 2,000 dead or missing during the ...

EU Begins Naval Operation in Mediterranean to Stop Trafficking of Migrants   New York Times
EU launches naval operation against migrant smugglers   Financial Express
EU launches naval campaign targeting migrant trafficking   Los Angeles Times
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