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Turkish troops shoot Syrian civilians along border

Fox News A leading international rights group on Thursday said Turkish border guards have been indiscriminately shooting at Syrian civilians along the border with the war-wrecked country, as well as using excessive force against asylum seekers and migrants trying to cross into Turkey. There was no immediate response from Ankara to the accusations by Human…

Israeli army fatally shoots alleged Palestinian attacker in West Bank

Fox News Israeli security forces shot and killed a suspected Palestinian assailant in the West Bank on Thursday, the Israeli military and Palestinian health officials said, stirring tensions in the occupied territory at a time of unusually high violence. The Israeli military said it received reports that a Palestinian had tried to carry out a…

EU team continues with probe of Lebanon Central Bank chief

Fox News A European judicial team pressed on with its corruption probe of Lebanon’s embattled Central Bank governor on Thursday, questioning one of his aides and summoning his brother for another hearing next week, officials said. The delegation from France, Germany, and Luxembourg is on its third visit to Lebanon to interrogate suspects and witnesses…

India accuses China of violating border agreements

Fox News India’s defense minister accused China on Thursday of eroding the “entire basis” of ties between the countries by violating bilateral agreements, a reference to a nearly 3-year-old standoff involving thousands of soldiers stationed along their disputed border in the eastern Ladakh region. Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh met with visiting Chinese Defense Minister…

7 die in passenger train blaze in southern Pakistan

Fox News At least seven people were killed after a car on a moving passenger train caught fire overnight in southern Pakistan, officials said Thursday. Railways official Mohsin Sial said the train caught fire in Khairpur, a district about 300 miles north of Karachi, the capital of Sindh province. He said six people were killed…

Man responsible for German gym attack suspected in earlier killing

Fox News A man arrested over last week’s stabbing attack at a gym in western Germany in which four people were wounded is now also a suspect in a fatal stabbing earlier this month, prosecutors said Thursday. The 26-year-old Syrian, whom authorities are identifying only as M.D. in line with German privacy rules, was arrested…

German prosecutors probe firearms official over Hamburg shooting

Fox News German prosecutors said Thursday they are investigating an official at Hamburg’s firearms department and three members of a gun club in connection with a mass shooting during a religious service at a Jehovah’s Witness hall last month. A 35-year-old German man opened fire during the March 9 service, killing six people and wounding…

Pace of U.S. tank delivery to Ukraine draws fire in Senate

Washington Post Sen. Tom Cotton took aim at President Biden, while Sen. Angus King bemoaned what he called “the longest windup for a punch in the history of the world.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/04/27/abrams-tanks-ukraine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

What Can You Do With a Menagerie of Mammal Genomes?

New York Times DNA from monkeys, bats, whales and many other mammals is helping scientists tackle big questions about physiology, evolution and one very famous sled dog. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/27/science/genetics-dna-mammals.html

Teacher caught berating kids who object to LGBTQ lesson with severe threat: ‘You don’t have a choice’

Fox News Parents have lodged a formal complaint with the principal of a school in the U.K. regarding a lecture during which a teacher told students they would be “dealt with severely” if they object to being instructed about LGBTQ relationships. The complaint comes after students secretly recorded their teacher at Stationers’ Crown Woods Academy…