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Two People Slightly Injured After Shooting in Lyon, France: Reports

At the moment, there is no official information about any casualties. A French police special unit RAID has been spotted near the site of the incident. According to preliminary reports, a person has barricaded a flat on Avenue Maréchal de Saxe & Rue Paul Bert after shooting at bystanders. According ...

3 days ago

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One Hurt as Blast Rocks Southern Swedish City

A young woman was “seriously injured” by an explosion in the city of Lund, southern Sweden, on Saturday, police said. Police received several calls about a blast in the centre of Lund shortly after 2.30 am (0030 GMT). A woman in her twenties, who was passing by when the explosion ...

1 week ago

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Ukraine leader Says Russia Sanctions Must Remain in Place

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday warned the West against lifting sanctions on Russia as France pushes for rapprochement with Moscow. But speaking on the sidelines of an annual forum in the capital Kiev, the 41-year-old leader told AFP that he had a “feeling” that Russian President Vladimir Putin was ...

1 week ago

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EU Warns Netanyahu Annexation Pledge Undermines Peace Prospects

The EU warned Wednesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s pledge to annex the Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank if he wins next week’s election undermines chances for peace in the region. Netanyahu’s vow was roundly condemned by the Palestinians as well as Arab League, Jordan and Turkey, ...

2 weeks ago

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UK Parliament’s Suspension to Begin Late Monday

The month-long suspension of the British parliament ordered by Prime Minister Boris Johnson in an apparent bid to stop MPs blocking his Brexit strategy will begin late Monday, his spokesman said. “Parliament will be prorogued at close of business today,” the spokesman said, using the parliamentary term for the suspension. ...

2 weeks ago

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French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian

France: Iran Dialogue Channels ‘Still Open’

France on Sunday said channels for dialogue with Iran were still open, as it urged Tehran to halt its moves to downgrade a landmark nuclear pact. “The channels for dialogue are still open, including today… (but) Iran must give up such actions,” French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said a ...

2 weeks ago

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Russia to Produce Non-INF Compliant Missiles After Deal Collapse, but Won’t Deploy Them First: Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated that Russia will be developing missiles, operating in ranges between 500 and 5500 kilometres, previously banned by the INF Treaty, which recently collapsed following Washington’s withdrawal from it. At the same time, the president noted that Russia won’t be deploying these missiles first. The ...

3 weeks ago

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Johnson to Say Brexit Extension a Betrayal of Voters

According to a spokesman for Boris Johnson, the British PM will demand a snap election on Thursday, stating that another Brexit delay would be a betrayal of voters who backed Brexit in 2016. A law aimed at stopping the country from leaving the bloc “would, in essence, overturn the biggest ...

3 weeks ago

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UK Conservative Party to Expel 21 Tory MPs for Trying to Block No-Deal Brexit

At least 21 Tory MPs have been expelled from the governing party after voting against Prime Minister Boris Johnson, in an attempt to block a no-deal Brexit. The Conservative chief whip, Mark Spencer, called the lawmakers, including former Chancellor Philip Hammond and Sir Nicholas Soames, the grandson of Winston Churchill, ...

3 weeks ago

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EU Welcomes any Progress Beyond Maintaining Iran Nuclear Deal: Mogherini

European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini says the 28-nation bloc will continue working to preserve a nuclear deal signed between Iran and world powers in 2015 but will welcome any progress beyond it. Speaking to reporters during a meeting of EU foreign ministers in the Finnish capital of Helsinki ...

3 weeks ago