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Iran FM condemns terror attack in Afghanistan

Sunday, 24 July 2016 5:58 AM [ Last Update: Sunday, 24 July 2016 5:58 AM ]

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif

Here is a round-up of global news developments:

Turkish President Rejeb Tayyip Erdogan says the country has entered a new era after the July fifteen failed coup. He's also dismissed concerns that the recent large-scale purges jeopardize basic freedoms. Some 60,000 government workers have been sacked on suspicion of supporting the attempted putsch.
The Turkish government plans to disband the presidential guard in response to the failed coup. Some 300 members of the guard were detained after the attempted military takeover. Meanwhile, Turkish security forces have arrested US-based opposition figure Fethullah Gulen’s key aide and his nephew.
Afghanistan bans public gatherings of all types for ten days, following Saturday’s terrorist attacks in Kabul. Sunday has been declared a national day of mourning. 83 people lost their lives when twin bomb blasts hit a demonstration by the Hazara minority. Daesh has claimed the attacks.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has condemned the Kabul attacks as another instance of the depth of Daesh depravity. On his Twitter account, Zarif has urged Muslims to unite to defeat extremists. Russia and the United States have also denounced the terror attack in Afghanistan.
Two separate shootings in the US have left at least six people dead. In the state of Texas, four adults were killed at an apartment in Bastrop. Elsewhere in the state of Florida, a domestic dispute led to a shooting which claimed the lives of two people in Miami.
Whistle blowing website WikiLeaks has released nearly 20,000 emails from several US Democratic National Committee members. The leaks reveal an insider effort to undercut Bernie Sanders' campaign including several stinging denunciations of him and his organization. This, has raised questions about the committee's impartiality during the Democratic primary.
Police in the Greek town of Kastanies have fired tear gas to disperse the pro-refugee protesters who were trying to enter a camp of asylum seekers. The demonstrators accuse the government of deporting the refugees back to Turkey without properly examining their asylum requests.
South Sudan's armed opposition says the group has replaced its leader Riek Machar weeks after he fled the capital Juba following fierce clashes with the government forces. The opposition noted that rebels' chief negotiator Taban Deng will be in charge only until Machar returns to Juba.