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Turkish gov't offers apology as protests continue

 Turkey's deputy prime minister offered an apology Tuesday for the government's violent crackdown on an environmental protest , a calculated bid to ease days of anti-government rallies in the country's major cities. The message was a bit mixed, however, as hundreds of  riot police...

More than 70 killed in wave of Baghdad bombings

 More than 70 people were killed in a wave of bombings in markets in Shi'ite neighbourhoods across Baghdad on Monday in worsening sectarian violence in Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the blasts. But Sunni Muslim Islamist insurgents and al-Qaeda' s Iraqi wing have...

Explosion and gunfire shake Kabul

There has been a large explosion in the centre of the Afghan capital, Kabul, followed by heavy gunfire. Afghan Channel One TV quoted police as saying a group of assailants had entered the Directorate of the Afghan Public Protection Force (APPF). A guesthouse used by staff of the...