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UN says refugees, displaced at two-decade high
The largest number of refugees still comes from Afghanistan, a situation unchanged for 32 years. Worldwide, one refugee in four is Afghan.
Brazil sends top cops against ‘Tropical Spring’ demos
The National Force, a special federal police force called up in cases of social unrest, will be sent to five of the six cities where the Confederations Cup football tournament is being played
Merkel says wants answers from Obama on web snooping
Merkel said Germans wanted to know if their online data was being sniffed out by the US National Security Agency (NSA).
Turkey police storm protest park after PM ultimatum
Thousands of campers scrambled as police trampled tents, pulled down banners and broke down barricades in the park,
Iran votes in key presidential contest
With the conservative camp divided, reformists seem confident of a good showing by moderate cleric Hassan Rowhani
Turkey premier agrees to halt contentious park project
PM Erdogan made the concession in his first talks with a group of protesters, a move they welcomed as “positive”
Iran reformists hopeful on eve of presidential vote
Cleric Hassan Rowhani has emerged as one of the frontrunners in the poll with a real chance of forcing a run-off against the conservatives
Turkey PM gives protesters ‘last warning’
A day after meeting with protest leaders and offering to hold a referendum on plans to redevelop Gezi Park, Erdogan resumed his combative stance
Kerry postpones Mideast visit: official
US officials had never officially announced that Kerry had planned to head back to Israel on what would have been his fifth trip to the region since making the resumption of peace talks a priority of his tenure in office.
Islamists jailed for plotting attack on British right-wingers
They planned to attack a rally by the English Defence League (EDL) — a group which opposes the spread of radical Islam in Britain
New reports allege vast US Internet spying sweep
Some of the biggest firms in Silicon Valley were caught up in the program, known as PRISM, including Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, Apple, PalTalk, AOL, Skype and YouTube
Turkey PM braces for showdown with protesters
“I call for an immediate end to the demonstrations, which have lost their democratic credentials and turned into vandalism,” Erdogan said
US says collecting phone records a tool against terror
The Guardian reported that mobile carrier Verizon is required to provide the NSA daily with information on all telephone calls in its systems
Afghan fury as US ‘massacre’ soldier escapes death
US soldier Sergeant Robert Bales massacred 16 Afghan villagers last year
Turkey defends democratic credentials as tear gas flies
Turkey’s embattled government insisted it was “not a second-class democracy” even as police tear-gassed protesters massed in the streets
Red Cross halts staff movement across Afghanistan, closes its office in Jalalabad
The two-hour assault on Tuesday, which left one Afghan guard dead, was the first time ICRC offices have been targeted in Afghanistan in 26 years
Pakistani Taliban drop talks offer after leader killed
TTP spokesman: We will take revenge of these killings from the Pakistani government and the establishment
British police charge suspect with soldier’s murder
The announcements came as counter-terror detectives urged witnesses to come forward.
France holds man for ‘religiously motivated’ soldier stabbing
The stabbing echoed the grisly killing of a British soldier in London last week
Taliban launch major attack on downtown Kabul
Taliban launched a major attack close to an Afghan intelligence facility and the headquarters of a government force that protects foreign firms
Two arrests after UK fighter jets escort Pakistani plane
Police said the men were detained on suspicion of endangering an aircraft after the plane was diverted to Stansted airport outside London
British spy services under pressure over soldier’s murder
The two suspects were previously known to the intelligence services but were reportedly assessed as not posing a deadly threat
Stockholm police call in reinforcements as cars torched
The riots have sparked a debate in Sweden about the assimilation of immigrants, who make up about 15 percent of the population
UK emergency committee meets over slaying
Prime Minister David Cameron cut short a visit to Paris to fly back for a meeting of the government’s emergency response committee
Anti-Islamist protests flare following London attack
Two people were arrested as the police attempted to quell anti-Islamist disorder
US formally takes responsibility for killing Awlaki
The United States formally said for the first time on Wednesday that it had killed radical Yemeni-American cleric Anwar al-Awlaki and three other US citizens in anti-terror strikes abroad.
Deadly tornado hits Oklahoma City suburb
An unknown number of children were feared trapped inside the Plaza Towers school
Anger as Afghan MPs halt women’s bill debate
after complaints from some traditionalist MPs that it was against Islamic teaching
Russia catches ‘American CIA agent’ in Moscow
Photographs published by state English language television RT showed a baseball-capped Fogle being held to the ground face down and having his hands put behind his back for the arrest.
Associated Press protests US seizure of phone records
The news agency said the US Justice Department had secretly obtained two months of phone records from its news operations, calling it a “massive and unprecedented intrusion.”