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By Riham Alkousaa and Jan Schwartz HAMBURG (Reuters) -A gunman in Germany shot dead six people before killing himself at a Jehovah’s Witness worship hall in Hamburg, authorities said on Friday, in an attack that is bound to renew calls for stricter gun controls. Eight other people were wounded, including a seven-months pregnant woman who …

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By Jake Cordell TBILISI (Reuters) -Georgia’s parliament on Friday dropped plans for a “foreign agents” bill that had triggered a major domestic political crisis and threatened to derail the Caucasus nation’s bid for closer ties with Europe. Lawmakers voted against the legislation in the second reading on Friday, according to the Georgian parliament’s website, after …

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By Thomas Escritt CHISINAU (Reuters) – A coup attempt, bomb hoaxes, internet hacks, fake conscription call-ups, mass protests: Moldova says it’s had them all in the past year. “We had an explosion of security threats starting February 24 last year,” Interior Minister Ana Revenco told Reuters, describing a catalogue of crises she says has beset …

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By Fabian Bimmer HAMBURG (Reuters) -German police were searching for a motive on Friday after a gunman, believed to have been acting alone, killed several people in a Jehovah’s Witnesses church in Hamburg. Police declined to say how many people had been killed in Thursday night’s attack but said the gunman was believed to be …

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PRISTINA (Reuters) – The European Union expects former wartime foes Kosovo and Serbia to reach a final deal next week on normalising relations after both endorsed a peace plan, the bloc’s envoy said on Thursday. The nations’ leaders are due to meet on March 18 in North Macedonia to discuss implementation of an 11-point EU …

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By Nikolaj Skydsgaard CHRISTIANSÖ in the Baltic Sea, Denmark (Reuters) – Inhabitants of the tiny island of Christiansö in the Baltic Sea found themselves in the glare of global media attention this week after reports alleging a boat moored off the rocky outcrop was used to blow up the Nord Stream gas pipelines. “Practically the …

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