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by Deborah Cole and Hui Min Neo Agence France Presse BERLIN, Germany (AFP) – Chancellor Angela Merkel clinched a fourth term in Germany’s general election on Sunday, but her victory was clouded by the hard-right AfD party winning its first seats in parliament. Merkel, who after 12 years in power held a double-digit lead for most of the campaign, scored around 33 percent of the vote with her conservative Christian Union (CDU/CSU) bloc, according to […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) –An acid attack in east London injured at least five people on Saturday, with police saying they had arrested one man, although they did not believe the incident was terror related. Police said they were called just before 8 pm (1900 GMT) to the Stratford Centre, close to London’s Olympic Stadium, following reports of a group of males spraying what was believed to be a noxious substance. London Ambulance Service tweeted […]
by Ljubomir MILASIN Agence France-Presse RIMINI, Italy (AFP) – Italy’s populist 5-Star Movement (M5S) announces its candidate for prime minister Saturday as it braces to attempt a revolutionary shift from protest to ruling party. Political darling Luigi di Maio, 31, is the reassuring face of Italy’s anti-establishment insurgency and is widely seen as having the vote in the bag. The clean-shaven lawmaker has been openly groomed to run for the top job in the spring 2018 general […]
by Philippe Teisceira-Lessard Agence France-Presse BERLIN, Germany (AFP) – Germans vote in a general election on Sunday after a campaign which has seen parties spar over how closely refugees and immigrants should integrate into the national culture, sparking fierce discussions about what it means to be German. What started the debate? The armies of Turkish “guest workers” brought over for German factories after the devastation of World War II had kept the integration debate simmering for decades. But […]
LONDON, England (Reuters) — London Fire Brigade said on Monday (September 18) it was responding to a large fire at a warehouse and storage units on White Hart Lane in Tottenham district in North London. Social media users shared a video from the scene where 20 fire engines and around 120 firefighters were working, according to the London Fire Brigade. Station manager Sam Kazmanli described said the fire was large and had produced a lot […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Works began Monday to boost security at the Eiffel Tower as an anti-terrorism measure, city hall said, with bulletproof glass walls set to go up around the world’s most visited monument. The changes come after a string of jihadist attacks in the French capital over the past two years in which more than 200 people have died. A bulletproof glass wall will be installed around the monument’s gardens under the 30-million-euro […]
MADRID, Spain (Reuters) — The Spanish foreign ministry said on Monday (September 18) it had asked North Korea’s ambassador to leave Spain before the end of the month due to his country’s repeated refusals to renounce its nuclear weapons program. “Today, the North Korean ambassador was summoned and was told of the decision to consider him as a persona non grata, therefore he must stop working and abandon the country before Sept. 30,” the foreign […]
by Alice Tidey Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain downgraded on Sunday the nation’s terrorism threat from its highest level, after police made a second arrest in their probe days after the bombing of a London Underground train. The bomb went off during Friday’s morning rush hour in a packed carriage and although the device is thought to have malfunctioned, it still wounded 30 people. It was Britain’s fifth terror attack […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — A London-bound British Airways flight was evacuated at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle airport on Sunday after a bomb scare, but was later cleared for take-off. A woman in her 50s was taken into custody on suspicion of claiming that the Heathrow-bound plane, with 130 passengers onboard, was going to explode, a source close to the inquiry said. She was refused access to the plane because she did not have a valid […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — A second man has been arrested in connection with the bombing of a London Underground train, police said Sunday after announcing that they were hunting for more suspects. The 21-year-old man was detained late Saturday in Hounslow, on the western rim of the capital, a statement said. Officers had earlier arrested an 18-year-old man over Friday’s attack at Parsons Green station, which injured 30 people. British police were hunting […]
by Alice Tidey Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom — British police were hunting Sunday for further potential suspects after arresting an 18-year-old man in the ferry departure area of the port of Dover on suspicion of involvement in the bombing of a London Underground train. The man, who has not been named, was arrested Saturday on suspicion of committing, preparing or instigating an act of terrorism after an attack in which 30 people were […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — British police said they arrested an 18-year-old man on Saturday at a Channel port in their investigation into the bombing of a London Underground train. “The 18-year-old man was arrested by Kent Police in the port area of Dover this morning, Saturday, 16 September, under section 41 of the Terrorism Act,” police said in a statement that described the arrest as “significant.” “Although we are pleased with the progress made, […]
