PARIS, Dec 1 (Reuters) – French authorities have launched an investigation into a group suspected of planning attacks and two minors have been charged and placed in pre-trial detention as a result of it, France’s national anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office said on Monday. In a statement issued after a report in French media, the office also …
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DUBLIN, Dec 1 (Reuters) – Dublin City Council has delayed a decision on whether to remove the name of a former Israeli president from a park amid a heated debate on whether the change would be justified or would represent an attack on the area’s Jewish community. Supporters of the move say the name of …
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MOSCOW, Dec 1 (Reuters) – Russia and Saudi Arabia on Monday signed an agreement to implement a visa-free regime for tourists and business people from the two countries for up to 90 days, the Russian government and the Saudi foreign ministry said. The deal was signed on the sidelines of the Saudi-Russian Investment and Business …
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BAKU, Dec 1 (Reuters) – A court in Azerbaijan on Monday ordered a key opposition figure to be held in pre-trial detention until mid-February following his arrest on charges of plotting to overthrow President Ilham Aliyev. Ali Karimli, who has led the Azerbaijani Popular Front Party since 2000, rejected the charges against him as politically …
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DNIPRO, Ukraine, Dec 1 (Reuters) – Four people were killed and 40 wounded in a Russian missile attack on the eastern-central Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Monday, Ukrainian officials said. The attack came amid an intensified diplomatic push to end the nearly four-year war, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visiting Paris on Monday, a day …
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Dec 1 (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the stand on Monday for the first time since asking the country’s president for a pardon in his long-running corruption trial. Here is what you need to know about the charges that have divided the Israeli public at a time of Middle East turmoil. WHAT …
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MADRID, Dec 1 (Reuters) – Spanish police said on Monday they had broken up the country’s first known cell linked to The Base, a white supremacist group designated as a terrorist organisation by the European Union. Three people were arrested and one, suspected of leading the group, has been remanded in custody in the eastern …
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MOSCOW, Dec 1 (Reuters) – Russia said on Monday that remarks by NATO’s most senior military officer that the U.S.-led military alliance could consider a “pre-emptive strike” to be extremely irresponsible and an attempt to move towards escalation. Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone told the Financial Times that NATO was looking at stepping up its response …
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DUBLIN, Dec 1 (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will pay his first official visit to Ireland on Tuesday, the government said in a statement. His engagements are expected to include a meeting with Prime Minister Micheal Martin and the inauguration of the Ireland-Ukraine Economic Forum, alongside Ireland’s Deputy Prime Minister Simon Harris. Zelenskiy will …
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By Joshua McElwee BEIRUT, Nov 30 (Reuters) – Pope Leo urged political leaders in Lebanon on Sunday to make peace their highest priority in a forceful appeal in a country that remains a target of Israeli airstrikes on the second leg of his first overseas trip as Catholic leader. Leo, the first U.S. pope, arrived …
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