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Dozens of refugees trying to reach Europe drown as boat sinks off Mauritania
Dec 05, 2019 14:23At least 58 refugees trying to reach Europe from West Africa die as their makeshift boat capsized off the coast of Mauritania, but dozens of survivors managed to swim to shore.
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NATO spending plans confirm Russia concerns over alliance's military expansion
Dec 04, 2019 11:05Russia says reports about NATO's plans to boost its military spending confirm Moscow's concerns over the US-led alliance’s eastward expansion, which President Vladimir Putin said was threatening his country.
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Malta's PM ‘to resign in January’ over slain reporter's case
Dec 01, 2019 14:04Malta’s Prime Minister Joseph Muscat will reportedly resign next month as a police investigation into the 2017 murder of a journalist reaches the highest ranks of his office.
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US-China trade friction sends European shares lower
Nov 20, 2019 12:43European stocks were on track for their worst day in six weeks on Wednesday, as a threat of US-China trade negotiations hitting an impasse weighed, while a slump in Germany’s Wirecard and falling oil prices added to the gloom.
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UN: Daesh militants’ home states must take them back
Nov 12, 2019 14:29UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres says the home countries of Daesh terrorists captured in Iraq and Syria must take back their terrorist nationals.
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Turkey to crush Kurdish militants if they don’t leave Syria safe zone: Turkish President
Oct 24, 2019 15:25On Thursday, Erdogan renewed a threat to resume a military offensive in northeast Syria through a televised speech, saying Ankara would implement its plans for another cross-border operation if YPG militants did not withdraw from border areas.
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Lorry of dead bodies unveils Tories’ ugly immigration policy
Oct 23, 2019 13:20Underneath the 39 bodies which were found dead inside a truck container in southeastern England lingers evidence of a grotesque Tory immigration policy.
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HRW: Europe must repatriate Daesh inmates from Syria
Oct 15, 2019 09:39Human Rights Watch (HRW) has warned against the transfer of the Daesh terror group’s European members from prisons in northern Syria to Iraq in the wake of an ongoing Turkish offensive, saying that the European states should instead repatriate them for prosecution.
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Erdogan threatens EU with opening border to millions of refugees
Oct 10, 2019 11:41President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned the European Union that Ankara will allow millions of refugees to make their way toward Europe if the bloc keeps criticizing Turkey’s military operation in northeast Syria.
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US defense secretary warns Europe of growing threats from China, Russia
Sep 07, 2019 08:03US Defense Secretary Mark Esper has warned European nations to tackle what he called growing security and economic threats from China and Russia, the latest sign that Washington has shifted its main focus from the US wars in the Middle East to confronting Beijing and Moscow.