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Pakistan observes 4th anniversary of school massacre

Pakistan on Sunday observed the fourth anniversary of a deadly attack on an army-run school in a northwestern city, which claimed lives of nearly 150 people, mostly schoolchildren.   The main observance was held at Peshawar’s Army Public School, which was attended by parents of...

Belgian police use teargas on anti-migration protesters

Police in the Belgian capital Brussels on Sunday used teargas and anti-riot vehicles to disperse a large number of far-right and anti-migration protesters near the EU buildings. Around 1,000 protesters gathered at Schuman Square to demonstrate against the UN Migration Pact, signed in an...

Germany sees notable drop in asylum applications in 2018

The German government anticipates a drop in asylum applications in 2018, even including the thousands of babies born to recent migrants. The Bild newspaper reported Sunday on a preliminary report it obtained showing about 166,000 asylum applications will have been filed by year's end,...

Son-in-law of Iran president faces nepotism claims

The appointment of President Hassan Rouhani's son-in-law as head of Iran's geological survey has renewed accusations of nepotism and led Sunday to the resignation of a senior official, according to conservative media. The appointment of Kambiz Mehdizadeh, in his early thirties and...