us-hotdailynews: 2015-06-24 U.S. World

US accused of spying on French leaders
Financial Times
US intelligence services tapped the phones of French president François Hollande and his predecessors Nicolas Sarkozy and Jacques Chirac for at least six years, according to reports in the French press. Late on Tuesday the White House denied that US ...

WikiLeaks: National Security Agency eavesdropped on Nicolas Sarkozy ...   The Indian Express
US spied on Hollande, Sarkozy, Chirac: Here's what the WikiLeaks documents ...   Firstpost
US 'spied on French presidents'   Irish Independent
New York Times
Sydney Morning Herald
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Karachi Heat Wave Death Toll Tops 650 During Ramadan Fast
New York Times
KARACHI, Pakistan — Karachi's poor learned long ago to cope with the many adversities that afflict Pakistan's most crowded and chaotic city, including flooding, street violence and political crises. But since a suffocating heat wave descended on Karachi three ...

Relentless heatwave takes another 337 lives   DAWN.com
Army deployed as Pakistan heatwave death toll hits 700   Irish Independent
Pakistan heatwave: toll exceeds 450   The Hindu
Sky News Australia
Baltimore Sun
The News International
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Iran's Supreme Leader Seems to Pull Back on Nuclear Talks
New York Times
TEHRAN — With exactly a week left before the deadline for a final agreement to limit Iran's nuclear program, the country's supreme leader appeared to undercut several of the central agreements his negotiators have already reached with the West.
Iran's leader issues ultimatums as deadline for nuclear deal nears   USA TODAY
One week to finalise historic Iran nuclear deal   DAWN.com
Khamenei appears to reject key aspect of Lausanne framework   Jerusalem Post Israel News
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Washington Times
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Haaretz

Middle East Updates / ISIS suicide attacks kill 10 in northeastern Syrian city
Haaretz
Middle East Updates: The ethnically-mixed city of Hasaka is divided into separate zones run by Assad and a Kurdish administration. By Haaretz | Jun. 24, 2015 | 4:48 AM. submit to reddit. Fighters of the Kurdish People's Protection Units in Syria. Fighters of the ...

The Kurds Are Building a Country with Every Victory Over ISIS   TIME
Islamic State suicide bombers attack Hasaka, 10 killed | Reuters   Firstpost
Islamic State suicide bombers attack Hasaka, 10 killed   AsiaOne
Reuters Africa
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
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Migrants Board Trucks as Strike in French Port City Snarls Traffic
Wall Street Journal
PARIS—Hundreds of migrants stormed trucks caught in slowing traffic during a strike by workers in Calais on Tuesday, sparking new tensions with police in the French port city. Workers at French shipping company MyFerryLink blocked traffic to the port and ...

Desperate Calais Migrants Stow Away On Trucks Snarled In French Port Strike ...   Huffington Post
Calais crisis: Hundreds of Britons stranded as migrants exploit strike chaos   Telegraph.co.uk
Migrants storm UK-bound trucks caught in Calais strike   Irish Independent
Sky News
Belfast Telegraph
NBCNews.com
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Thousands in Armenia protest steep hikes in electricity rates
Washington Post
MOSCOW — Thousands of protesters returned to a main thoroughfare of downtown Yerevan, Armenia, on Tuesday evening, facing down riot police to protest steep electricity price increases planned in the economically strapped country. Protesters in the ...

Armenia's 'Electric Yerevan' Protesters Return to Streets Despite Arrests and ...   New York Times
Photos of the Day: June 23   Wall Street Journal
Dramatic photo captures the moment a protester is blown over   Stuff.co.nz
RT
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The Daily Star
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Haaretz

Israel must look in mirror held up by UN report
Haaretz
Among the panel's concerns was the fact that the IDF continued the same pattern of aerial and artillery attacks even after it was clear they caused many casualties and much destruction. By Aeyal Gross | Jun. 24, 2015 | 5:31 AM ...

Fresh attempt likely to break Gaza blockade   DAWN.com
Jerusalem pushes democracies to reject UN Gaza report   Jerusalem Post Israel News
IAF strikes in Gaza after rocket explodes in Israel   Ynetnews
Zee News
Washington Times
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Academic defends beer fest in Muslim region ahead of Ramadan
The Star Online
BEIJING: A Chinese Communist party academic defended a government-organised beer festival in a mainly Muslim county ahead of Ramadan by saying that locals enjoy alcohol, state media reported. Islam prohibits alcohol but authorities in Niya county in ...

Ramadan fasting tips for diabetics   Times of India
Having a Smaller Carbon Footprint in Ramadan   Huffington Post
'Many Uygurs like to drink': Chinese academic defends beer festival in Muslim ...   South China Morning Post (subscription)
Patheos (blog)
Telegraph.co.uk
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US higher education official says handled Saudi cheating scandal appropriately
Fox News
HELENA, Montana – The head of a Montana state university appropriately handled a grade-changing scandal involving students from Saudi Arabia, the state's university system spokesman said Tuesday, after recently published Saudi Embassy memos ...

Saudi cables suggest money links with media   Jakarta Post
Chancellor says no conspiracy in flying out Saudi students   San Francisco Chronicle (subscription)
Montana: Saudi cheating scandal handled appropriately   Chron.com
RT
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Hungary flouts EU asylum rule
Sky News Australia
Hungary has indefinitely suspended the application of a key EU asylum rule, which requires a migrant's claim to be processed in the EU country they first arrive in. "The boat is full," government spokesman Zoltan Kovacs told Austrian media on Tuesday, ...

Hungary and migrants   Irish Times
Hungary defies EU, ends migrant asylum   Brisbane Times
Hungary Suspends Taking Back Asylum Seekers From EU Allies   ABC News
Voice of America
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