سرخط اخبار انگلیسی 1 شهریور شماره 1 English Top News August 23 No 1

Over 50 people killed in Syrian missile strikes at rebel areas near Damascus8/23/2015 12:22:14 AMAMMAN - At least 50 bodies were retrieved from buildings leveled to the ground after Syrian army missiles hit residential areas in the rebel-held northeast of Damascus on Saturday, rescue workers said.

More than a dozen killed in two car bomb attacks in Somalia8/22/2015 8:54:20 PMMOGADISHU - At least 21 people were killed in two separate suicide car attacks in Somalia on Saturday, one in Mogadishu and another at a military training base in the southern port city of Kismayu, police and military sources said.

Explosion at chemical plant in eastern China, nine injured: state media8/22/2015 9:12:21 PMSHANGHAI - An explosion hit a chemical plant on Saturday night in eastern China, the official Xinhua state news agency said, citing local authorities.

Refugees tear through police lines at Macedonian border8/23/2015 1:21:40 AMGEVGELIJA, Macedonia - Thousands of migrants stormed across Macedonia's border on Saturday, overwhelming security forces who threw stun grenades and lashed out with batons before apparently abandoning a bid to stem their flow through the Balkans to western Europe.

Kabul bomb targets foreign contractors, kills mostly Afghans8/23/2015 12:31:59 AMKABUL - A car bomb targeting a convoy carrying civilian NATO contractors killed 12 people outside a Kabul hospital on Saturday, part of a wave of attacks in the capital since news broke last month of the death of Taliban leader Mullah Omar.

North, South Korea officials meet at DMZ in bid to ease tension8/23/2015 1:13:22 AMSEOUL - Aides to the leaders of North and South Korea held talks at the Panmunjom truce village straddling their border on Saturday and into the early hours of Sunday, raising hopes for an end to a standoff that put the rivals on the brink of armed conflict.

Greek opposition leaders weigh coalition despite crises, poll pressure8/22/2015 9:34:34 PMATHENS - Greek opposition politicians embarked on Saturday on the laborious and apparently futile exercise of trying to form a new government, oblivious to pressure for rapid elections so the nation can start tackling an array of crises.

IMF official says 'premature' to speak of Chinese crisis8/22/2015 6:53:35 PMRIMINI, Italy - China's economic slowdown and a sharp fall in its stock market herald not a crisis but a "necessary" adjustment for the world's second biggest economy, a senior International Monetary Fund official said on Saturday.

Netanyahu pressed for Iran attacks, but was denied: ex-defense chief8/22/2015 7:32:26 PMJERUSALEM - Israel's political leaders pushed to attack Iran at least three times in the past few years but had to back down on the advice of the military and due to concerns about its ally the United States, former defense minister Ehud Barak said.

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