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Germany alarmed by reports of IS militants escaping Syrian prisons
Reports of militants from the Islamic State escaping from prisons in Syria are causing concern among Germany’s security authorities. In recent days, Syria’s transitional government has advanced further into areas in the country’s north-east that were previously under the control of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), prompting the SDF to withdraw from several camps…
Read MoreDeath toll in Sunday’s train crash in Spain rises to 45
The death toll from the serious train crash in southern Spain has climbed to 45 after the bodies of two more men were found in the wreckage, the Andalusian regional government reported on Thursday. The men are thought to be the two people who were still listed as missing after the accident, which occurred when…
Read MoreGermany expels Russian embassy staffer over links to Russian spy
Germany is expelling a Russian embassy staffer over links to a woman arrested on suspicion of spying for Moscow, Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said on Thursday. It comes after authorities in Berlin arrested a woman on Wednesday suspected of spying for a Russian intelligence agency and passing on information related to the war in Ukraine.…
Read More‘Last plane to leave Tehran’: Mossad’s final Iran chief Eliezer Tsafrir dies at 92
Eliezer “Geizi” Tzafrir, former Mossad chief for Iraqi Kurdistan and last before the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, poses for a Maariv interview back in 2022. (photo credit: YOSSI ALONI/MAARIV) Tsafrir, a veteran Mossad and Shin Bet official and Israel’s last station chief in Tehran before 1979, played a central role in Israel’s early regional…
Read MoreSociété Générale shares rise after announcement of 1,800 job cuts
French banking group Société Générale is planning to cut 1,800 jobs in France by the end of 2027 as part of a wide-ranging reorganisation, according to a statement from the CGT union, which says the plan had been presented to staff representatives without a dedicated support package. By Thursday afternoon in Europe, Société Générale shares…
Read More‘Several lightly injured’ after train hits crane in southern Spain, operator Renfe says
A commuter train hit a crane in the southeastern Spanish region of Murcia on Thursday leaving “several lightly injured,” state operator Renfe said, the latest rail accident to strike within a week. “There are several lightly injured” and the crane did not belong to Renfe, a spokesperson told the AFP news agency. Murcia emergency services…
Read MoreAfter presidential election, Ugandan police detain a key ally of opposition figure Bobi Wine
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Police on Thursday detained a key ally of opposition figure Bobi Wine, accusing him of participating in bouts of violence in a remote part of central Uganda during last week’s election. Muwanga Kivumbi, a lawmaker who is a deputy president of Wine’s National Unity Platform party, is likely to face criminal…
Read MoreEU Parliament sends Mercosur deal for court review
The European Parliament has voted to refer the long-negotiated EU-Mercosur trade agreement to the bloc’s highest court, a move that could delay a final decision on the pact for at least a year. In a closely split vote, 334 MEPs backed a resolution requesting a legal opinion from the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on…
Read MoreOld protest video misrepresented as Iranians rejoicing at ‘elimination of hijab law’
As people poured onto the streets in mass protests in Iran, a video of a woman dancing and throwing her headscarf on a bonfire was shared in posts falsely claiming it showed people celebrating the end of the hijab mandate in the Islamic republic. While analysts and activists say authorities have slackened off on imposing…
Read MoreSouth African police not yet able to defeat gangs, minister says
South Africa’s Police Minister Firoz Cachalia has said that the security forces are not yet able to defeat deadly criminal gangs, in a stark admission that underscores the scale of the country’s crime crisis. Gang violence, alongside robberies, accounts for many murders in South Africa, which has one of the world’s highest homicide rates. Cachalia…
Read MoreOver 6,000 affected by disposal of unexploded bomb in German city
An unexploded US-made bomb has been discovered in the city centre of Aachen, near Germany’s borders with Belgium and the Netherlands, during construction work, local authorities said on Wednesday. Even more than 80 years after the end of World War II, it remains common for bombs from the conflict to be discovered in Germany. The…
Read MoreHow the aviation industry handles airspace closures safely – and what to expect if you’re flying
When tensions rise in various conflicts across the globe, it’s a running joke that netizens swiftly log on to ‘monitor the situation’. That typically involves loading up X, your favourite news website’s live blog, and, of course, Flightradar24. As an airspace closes, flights swiftly leave the area, and we end up with a stream of…
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