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London Attack Summary

London Attack Summary

Four people are still being questioned The statement from the Metropolitan Police says there are now four people who remain in police custody pending further inquiries. They are:  A 58-year-old man arrested on Thursday morning at an address in Birmingham A 27-year-old man arrested late on Thursday, also in Birmingham A man of 35 arrested […]

ISIL militants attack Russian National Guards in Chechnya

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ISIL militants attack Russian National Guards in Chechnya

A group of eight militants who swore allegiance to the Islamic State terrorist organisation (banned in Russia) attacked a military unit of Russian National Guard (Federal National Guards Troops Service) in the village of Naurskaya in Chechnya. According to law enforcement agencies of the republic, there were eight attackers. Six of them were killed on […]

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Egypt’s Mubarak walks free for first time in six years: Reuters

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Egypt’s Mubarak walks free for first time in six years: Reuters

File Photo: Egypt’s former president Hosni Mubarak (Photo: Reuters) Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president overthrown in 2011 and the first leader to face trial after the Arab Spring uprisings that swept the region, walked free on Friday for the first time in six years, his lawyer Faree El-Deeb said. He left the Maadi Military Hospital […]

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UN: 300,000 civilians at risk in Damascus fighting

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UN: 300,000 civilians at risk in Damascus fighting

‘Starvation around the corner’ if humanitarian aid is not allowed into besieged areas in the capital, UN officials say. The UN has said 300,000 people in and around Damascus are at risk if they do night receive humanitarian aid in the coming days [Bassam Khabieh/Reuters] The United Nations said fighting around Syria’s capital has cut […]

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Norway grants asylum to torture-fearing Turkish officers

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Norway grants asylum to torture-fearing Turkish officers

A Turkish Airlines aircraft leaving from Oslo’s Gardemoen Airport. File photo: Vidar Ruud / NTB scanpix Turkish military personnel have ignored orders to return home following last year’s attempted coup and have now been granted asylum in Norway, saying they fear torture should they return home. Four officers, as well as a military attaché, have […]

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IS burn western Mosul women who refused to slaughter co-civilians

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IS burn western Mosul women who refused to slaughter co-civilians

MISIS executed a youth in Hawija by firing squad. Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) Islamic State militants have burned three women who refused to slaughter fellow residents who had tried to flee areas held by the group in Mosul, eyewitnesses said. Shafaaq news website quoted the witnesses saying that the group had sentenced a group of civilians to […]

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U.S. Senators From Both Parties Sponsor Bill Tightening Iran Sanctions

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U.S. Senators From Both Parties Sponsor Bill Tightening Iran Sanctions

VU.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corke  U.S. senators from both major political parties introduced legislation on March 23 to tighten sanctions on Iran over its ballistic missile launches and other non-nuclear military activities. Authored by leaders of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and co-sponsored by seven senators each from the Republican and Democratic […]

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Iran ‘harassed’ US aircraft carrier in Strait of Hormuz

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Iran ‘harassed’ US aircraft carrier in Strait of Hormuz

The USS George HW Bush aircraft carrier transits the Strait of Hormuz on March 21, 2017. Laura Mackenzie / The National ABOARD THE USS GEORGE HW BUSH // A US aircraft carrier was “harassed” and “threatened” by armed Revolutionary Guard vessels while passing through the Strait of Hormuz this week, as the ship’s captain said […]

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US general: Russia may be supplying Taliban fighters

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US general: Russia may be supplying Taliban fighters

Russia is ‘perhaps’ aiding the Taliban in fighting against US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, US general alleges. Taliban officials have said Russian involvement does not extend beyond “moral and political support” [Reuters: File] The top US general in Europe said on Thursday he has seen growing Russian influence on the Afghan Taliban, and raised […]

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Report says China’s sharing economy to grow 40% annually

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Report says China’s sharing economy to grow 40% annually

A group of bikers riding ofo bicycles pass by Chang’an Avenue, Beijing, on March 10, 2017. [Photo/China Daily] China’s sharing economy will maintain a high 40 percent annual growth rate in the coming years, according to estimates in a report released by the State Information Center. The report, released by the center’s sharing economy research […]

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