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Senior Staff Writer

aeissa2@umbc.edu

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United States The White House disclosed on Thursday that American development expert Warren Weinstein and Italian aid worker Giovanni Lo Porto were killed in a…

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Iraq During his visit to Washington D.C., Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Saudi Arabia is improperly interfering in Yemen, where it has launched an…

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United States & Cuba US Secretary of State, John Kerry, met with Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez in Panama City on Thursday in what was…

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Kenya At least 147 people were killed at Garissa University in northeastern Kenya on Thursday by al-Shabab militants. Although 104 people were injured and 19…

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Greece Greece’s government submitted a list of reforms to its creditors on Friday in an effort to rebuild its fiscal standing. Greece will begin paying…

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United States Republican lawmakers in the House of Representatives failed on Friday to pass a short-term Department of Homeland Security funding bill in a 203-224…

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Sri Lanka Power and Energy Minister Champika Ranawaka said that Sri Lanka is reconsidering the outright transfer of a parcel of land to China under…

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Israel Israel’s supreme court rejected the appeal by the family of Rachel Corrie – an American activist who was crushed to death by a military…

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United States On Friday, President Barack Obama announced his nomination of Ashton B. Carter, a physicist and former deputy defense secretary, to replace Chuck Hagel…

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Egypt On Saturday, an Egyptian court dropped charges against former President Hosni Mubarak and seven other senior ex-officials over the killing of over 230 protesters…

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United States & China The United States and China reached an accord on climate change, unveiling an ambitious plan to curb carbon emissions in an…

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Ahmed Eissa Senior Staff Writer aeissa2@umbc.edu France French President Francois Hollande said on Thursday that he would not impose any new taxes in 2015. The…

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Ahmed Eissa Senior Staff Writer aeissa2@umbc.edu Egypt On Tuesday, Egyptian officials announced that a buffer zone on Egypt’s eastern border with the Gaza Strip was…

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Ahmed Eissa Senior Staff Writer aeissa2@umbc.edu Canada Prime Minister Stephen Harper vowed on Thursday that Canada will redouble and refocus its efforts to combat terrorist…

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Ahmed Eissa Senior Staff Writer aeissa2@umbc.edu   United States After much criticism, President Obama said on Thursday that he may designate a point person to…