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General strike called for May 12 Bangladesh’s biggest Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami on Wednesday called a nationwide general strike on Thursday to protest the execution of its chief Motiur Rahman Nizami, the senior-most Islamist to be executed for war crimes committed during the 1971 Liberation War against Pakistan. In a statement, Jamaat, which was opposed to […]

Saturday, May 14, 2016 Some ENAV airport personnel will be on strike for 4 hours, from 13:00 to 17:00. Please check with your ticket office whether this will affect your flight. https://www.summerinitaly.com/planning/strike.asp  

Much of southern Spain is on flood alert as storms are expected to continue until the weekend. As rain continues to batter Spain, one of the hardest hit areas is Malaga on the south coast. The city is on amber alert for heavy rain and storms with the weather expected to last until Friday. On […]

Railway stations and public spaces in three cities in the Czech Republic have been evacuated after warnings of a terror attack involving up to ten bombs. The national police force received an anonymous tip-off this morning, sparking a major response in the capital Prague and the cities of Pardubice and Plzen. Authorities said they were informed […]

At least 74 people were injured after a massive fire engulfed a hotel and several nearby buildings in a busy low-price commercial area in downtown Cairo early Monday, according to Egypt’s ambulance services. No deaths were reported and most of the injured had breathing difficulties, the Ambulance Authority said. Half of the people were treated […]