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Danish immigration minister escorted from deportation centre as tensions boil over

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Danish immigration minister escorted from deportation centre as tensions boil over

Inger Støjberg and security guards’ cars shortly after the incident at Sjælsmark. Photo: Jens Dresling/Polfoto/Ritzau Denmark’s minister for Immigration and Integration Inger Støjberg was hastily evacuated from the Sjælsmark deportation centre for rejected asylum seekers after tensions escalated during a tense visit to the facility. Støjberg was escorted from the centre by security guards after […]

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Trump to tour Asia under cloud of a nuclear North Kore

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Trump to tour Asia under cloud of a nuclear North Kore

President Donald Trump paid a solemn visit to the memorial at Pearl Harbor, a sacred journey for a commander-in-chief about to depart on an Asia trip that © Jim Watson AFP | US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump arrive at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii on November 3. will be shadowed […]

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Italian police seize €50 million stash of ‘Isis drugs’

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Italian police seize €50 million stash of ‘Isis drugs’

Police in Italy have seized a stash of drugs that they believe Isis planned to sell to finance terrorist attacks, authorities said on Friday. Italy’s largest container port, Gioia Tauro. Photo: Filippo Monteforte/AFP. Police in Italy have seized a stash of drugs that they believe Isis planned to sell to finance terrorist attacks, authorities said […]

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Trump warns China ‘warrior Japan’ could take action on N Korea

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Trump warns China ‘warrior Japan’ could take action on N Korea

U.S. President Donald Trump has warned China that “warrior nation” Japan could take matters into its own hands if the threat posed by North Korea is not addressed. U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping  Photo: AFP Trump’s remarks come ahead of his first visit to Asia since taking office, with soaring tensions over […]

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White House on lockdown, man arrested for making bomb threat

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White House on lockdown, man arrested for making bomb threat

Incident took place just after US President Donald Trump left for his trip to Hawaii and Asia  The White House went under lockdown on Friday due to “suspicious activity”, the US Secret Service said. “North fence line of @WhiteHouse is closed due to suspicious activity, uniformed division is responding,” the Secret Service tweeted. It later […]

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‘Putin is very important’: Trump on possible meeting with Russian leader at APEC summit

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‘Putin is very important’: Trump on possible meeting with Russian leader at APEC summit

US President Donald Trump says he might meet with Russian president Vladimir Putin during his 12-day Asia tour, calling him “very important.” The meeting would come amid the ongoing Congressional probes into alleged Russian meddling in US elections. FILE PHOTO © Steffen Kugler / Global Look Press Asked by Fox News host Laura Ingraham on […]

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Deported Russian plane hijacker jailed after returning to Sweden ‘for cat’

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Deported Russian plane hijacker jailed after returning to Sweden ‘for cat’

The man was banned from Sweden over a bomb threat against Arlanda airport. Photo: Tomas Oneborg / SvD / TT A Russian man previously given a lifetime ban from Sweden has been sentenced to a month in jail after returning to Sweden. According to court documents seen by The Local, the man said his reason […]

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Iraqi forces enter al-Qaim, last ISIS bastion in Iraq

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Iraqi forces enter al-Qaim, last ISIS bastion in Iraq

Iraqi forces and members of the Popular Mobilisation units advance toward al-Qaim on November 2, 2017. (AFP)   Iraqi forces on Friday entered Al-Qaim, the main town in ISIS’s last bastion in the country, military commanders said. Early Friday morning, Iraqi forces unleashed a barrage of artillery fire against militant positions inside the town, backed […]

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Spain detains eight members of Catalonia’s deposed government

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Spain detains eight members of Catalonia’s deposed government

A Guardia Civil vehicle believed to be transporting members of the deposed Catalan regional government leaving Madrid’s National Court. Photo: Javier Soriano/AFP A large chunk of Catalonia’s deposed government was behind bars early on Friday after a Spanish judge ordered the detention of eight ministers pending probes into their role in the region’s independence drive, […]

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Putin’s Cousin Earned $95,000 Every Day in 2016

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Putin’s Cousin Earned $95,000 Every Day in 2016

President Vladimir Putin’s cousin, estimated to be worth worth $573 million, reportedly earned nearly $100,000 per day last year. Kremlin Press Service A recent investigation revealed Mikhail Shelomov to be a part of Putin’s inner circle which has amassed almost $24 billion. Shelomov, 49, is the son of the president’s cousin who earns an official […]

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