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Cameroon deploys 2,000 extra troops to confront Boko Haram

Cameroon is set to send about 2,000 military reinforcements to its remote northern region to halt the ongoing deadly cross-border raids by the Nigeria-based Boko Haram Takfiri terrorist group.According to a report on Cameroon Radio-Television, the troops will be deployed to the province of Far North, also known as the …

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Why Online Comments Are So Toxic

Online anonymity creates a sense of a culture without consequences. In the year that I wrote for a blog about Brooklyn real estate, I was regularlyplagued by “trolls” — online commenters who write inflammatory or derisive thingsin public forums, hoping to provoke an emotional response. These commenterscalled me, and one …

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Pope Francis To Followers: “Koran And Holy Bible Are The Same”

On Monday the Bishop Of Rome addressed Catholic followers regarding the dire importance of exhibiting religious tolerance. During his hour-long speech, a smiling Pope Francis was quoted telling the Vatican’s guests that the Koran, and the spiritual teachings contained therein, are just as valid as the Holy Bible.“Jesus Christ, Jehovah, …

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Hezbollah proud of being targeted by US: Nasrallah

Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary general of Hezbollah, says the Lebanese resistance movement is proud of being targeted by the US. “We are proud that the US is punishing us. This is the same US that will forever remain the Great Satan, whether before or after the [Iran-P5+1] nuclear agreement, …

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UN Announces Week-Long Humanitarian Truce in Yemen

The United Nations announced on Thursday that a humanitarian truce will go into force in Yemen on Friday to allow urgently needed aid to reach civilians in the war-torn country facing the threat of famine.The pause in fighting will go into effect at 23:59 local time (2059 GMT) on Friday …

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Iranians observe International Quds Day

Millions of Iranians have taken to the streets across the country on International Quds Day in solidarity with the oppressed Palestinian nation.Iranians from all walks of life have turned out in droves in the capital, Tehran, and in over 770 towns and cities across the country to show support for …

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Iraqi Jets Drop Leaflets over Mosul, Vows to Recapture City

Iraqi jets dropped leaflets over Mosul telling residents that militants of the so-called ‘Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’ (ISIL) takfiri group would soon be driven from the northern city, saying details of the operation would be broadcast on a new radio station.

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