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38 killed by Israeli gunfire in Gaza

GAZA, June 16 (AFP/AP): Gaza's civil defence agency said that 38 people waiting for aid in the south of the Palestinian territory were killed by Israeli troops on Monday.Civil defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP that "38 martyrs and more than 200 wounded by occupation gunfire... were transferred to the...

Putin, Erdogan urge 'immediate' end to Israel-Iran conflict

MOSCOW, June 16 (Reuters/AFP): Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan called Monday for an "immediate" end to fighting between Israel and Iran in a phone conversation, the Kremlin said."The leaders called for an immediate end to hostilities and the settlement of contentious issues, including those related...

Trump admin weighs adding 36 countries to travel ban

NEW YORK, June 16 (Reuters): US President Donald Trump's administration is considering significantly expanding its travel restrictions by potentially banning citizens of 36 additional countries from entering the United States, according to an internal State Department cable seen by Reuters.Earlier this month, the Republican president signed a proclamation that banned...

Britain appoints first female head of spy agency

LONDON, June 16 (Reuters): Britain on Sunday named Blaise Metreweli, a career intelligence officer, as the first female head of the Secret Intelligence Service, the foreign spy service known as MI6.Metreweli, 47, who is currently MI6's head of technology, known as "Q", joined the Secret Intelligence Service in 1999, and...

Wildfire rages outside Athens

ATHENS, June 16 (Reuters): Dozens of Greek firefighters struggled on Monday to tame a wildfire that raged through a thick forest near a village northeast of Athens that has forced authorities to order evacuations.Assisted by 17 aircraft and 30 engines, 120 firefighters were deployed to the village of Ano Souli,...

One dead, 36 injured after 6.1-magnitude quake in Peru

LIMA, June 16 (AFP): A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck Peru on Sunday, leaving one person dead and 36 injured as the tremor triggered landslides, officials said.The quake hit shortly before noon and was centered around 30 kilometers (20 miles) from Callao, a port city next to the capital Lima, the National...

Relatives wait for remains after Air India crash

AHMEDABAD, June 16 (AFP): Indian health officials have begun handing relatives the bodies of their loved ones after one of the world's worst plane crashes in decades, but most families were still waiting on Monday for the results of DNA testing.Mourners have held funerals for some of the 279 people...