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3 Turkish soldiers killed in PKK attack

Istanbul / AFP Three members of the Turkish security forces were killed and seven others wounded on Monday in a roadside bombing by Kurdish militants in southeastern Turkey, media reported. The bomb planted by rebels from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) exploded on a highway in Mardin province when a vehicle carrying members of the security forces passed by, ...

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Uproar in Italy after Swiss region vote to block foreign workers

  Geneva/ AFP Italians were up in arms on Monday after the southern Swiss canton of Ticino voted for a measure that would force employers to prioritise local residents over commuters living in Italy. The text, entitled “Ours first”, was put to a popular vote by the populist right-wing Swiss People’s Party (SVP), and was accepted Sunday by 58 percent ...

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Japan pledges to watch Chinese warplane activity

  TOKYO/ AFP Japan’s top government spoke- sman warned China on Monday against expanding its military activity to the skies over disputed East China Sea islands after eight Chinese warplanes flew near the area over the weekend. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said that Japan scrambled at least one fighter jet after the planes passed over the Miyako Strait on ...

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