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A humanitarian group has urgently requested permission from Italy to enter Lampedusa's port so that more than 100 migrants still aboard a rescue boat after nearly three weeks can disembark. Italy's anti-migrant interior minister, Matteo Salvini, has so far refused to let the boat dock.

Sun, 18 Aug 2019 13:10:27 -0400

Several migrants jumped into the sea from a Spanish rescue boat Sunday in a thwarted bid to reach shore in Italy, where the government's hard-line interior minister has refused to let the 107 passengers disembark. "We have been warning for days, desperation has its limits," said Open Arms founder Oscar Camps, who released a video showing four migrants wearing orange life vests swimming toward Lampedusa island. In the evening, Open Arms said it had urgently requested permission to enter Lampedusa's port so the migrants, aboard for 17 days, could finally get off.

Sun, 18 Aug 2019 13:09:48 -0400

JERUSALEM/GAZA, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Israeli forces opened fire at a group of Palestinian gunmen as they tried to cross the Gaza border, the military said on Sunday and Palestinian health officials said three of the men were killed. "A short while ago, IDF (Israel Defence Forces) troops spotted a number of armed suspects adjacent to the security fence in the northern Gaza Strip. Palestinian medics said they retrieved three bodies from the site and Gaza hospital officials said a fourth man was injured.

Sun, 18 Aug 2019 13:05:34 -0400

An Indiana lawmaker who posted nooses under a Facebook story about a black man pleading guilty to rape is drawing criticism for using acist imagery. Republican state Rep. Jim Lucas, from Seymour, posted a picture of a gallows with two nooses under a WISH-TV story about Marquise Dozier's case. Lucas says he wanted to punish the man and believes in capital punishment.

Sun, 18 Aug 2019 13:01:37 -0400

Italy's anti-establishment 5-Star Movement said on Sunday that Matteo Salvini, leader of the far-right League, was no longer a credible partner, apparently closing the door on any possibility of resurrecting the ruling coalition. Top brass of 5-Star met on Sunday at the villa of the movement's founder, comedian Beppe Grillo, to discuss their stance after Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte addresses the Senate on Tuesday on the government crisis. "All those present were agreed in defining Salvini as no longer a credible interlocutor," 5-Star said in a statement.

Sun, 18 Aug 2019 12:51:33 -0400