STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Three teenagers were convicted in Sweden on Monday of being involved in a shooting attack on an office of Israeli defence contractor Elbit Systems in Gothenburg last year. A fourth boy, who was accused of actually carrying out the attack by opening fire at the entrance to the building in October, was …
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Sweden’s Liberal Party leader Johan Pehrson will step down from his post, he said on Monday, adding that the timing of his resignation will give a new candidate a chance to boost the party’s flagging support ahead of a general election next year. Pehrson, who has been Liberal leader for three years, said …
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PARIS (Reuters) – At least 25 suspects were arrested on Monday on terrorism charges related to a spate of attacks against French prisons earlier this month, France’s national anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office (PNAT) said. An initial 22 people were arrested early in the morning, with three detained later, PNAT said. French Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin, who …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday declared a three-day ceasefire in the war with Ukraine next month to mark the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Soviet Union and its allies in World War Two. The Kremlin said the 72-hour ceasefire would run from the start of May 8 to the …
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By Christine Chen and Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) -Sydney non-profit worker Az Fahmi was once a dedicated volunteer for Australia’s ruling Labor party, handing out pamphlets to get her local representative, Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke, re-elected. That all changed for the human rights activist following Israel’s retaliation for an attack by Hamas militants in …
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PARIS (Reuters) -A man has been arrested in Italy on suspicion of stabbing a man to death while the victim was praying inside a mosque in southern France, French authorities said on Monday. The public prosecutor of the southern city of Ales in the Gard region, where the attack took place on Friday, Abdelkrim Grini …
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) – Israel’s army is flattening the remaining ruins of the city of Rafah on the southern edge of the Gaza Strip, residents say, in what they fear is a part of a plan to herd the population into confinement in a giant camp on the barren ground. No food or …
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By Andrius Sytas TALLINN (Reuters) – Estonia has released the oil tanker Kiwala, which is on an EU sanctions list, having detained it for sailing without a valid country flag. The Estonian navy detained and boarded the Russia-bound tanker on April 11. It is suspected to be part of a so-called “shadow fleet” of usually …
By Alasdair Pal SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s ruling Labor Party said on Monday it would raise visa fees for international students to A$2,000 ($1,279) if reelected, the latest measure aimed at the lucrative education sector that has been a major source of immigration. The visa fee hike, from A$1,600 currently, will bring in A$760 million …
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(Reuters) – Ukraine has agreed that the past U.S. aid provided to Kyiv will not be part of a minerals deal it aims to sign with Washington, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Sunday. “Agreements have been reached that the document does not count assistance provided before its signing,” Shmyhal said in a Telegram …
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