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Hanau attack part of pattern of white supremacist violence flowing from US
Feb 23, 2020 10:55Hanau attack is evidence that “conspiracy theories that are circulated by Americans in the US, and through message boards that are predominantly American, do have an impact in other places.” While no early evidence emerged linking the Hanau attacker to established extremist groups or individuals, analysts said that both the online manifesto and the nine people the gunman chose to murder made it clear that his attack was part of an ongoing pattern of white supremacist terror.
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Pelosi slams Trump's 'dangerous' pick for intelligence chief
Feb 23, 2020 07:05Speaker of US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi has censured President Donald Trump’s decision this week to tap Richard Grenell as the acting director of national intelligence, comparing his inexperience to her being asked to perform brain surgery.
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Erdogan announces 4-way summit on Syria’s Idlib
Feb 23, 2020 06:35Turkey’s president says his country is to join a quadrilateral meeting with Russia, Germany, and France to address the situation in the northwestern Syrian Province of Idlib, where Damascus’ anti-terror advances have posed a threat to the Turkish military presence.
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Germany ups police presence at mosques over 'very high' security threat
Feb 21, 2020 11:49Germany has increased police presence across the country, and at mosques in particular, as part of efforts to counter the "very high" security threat from far-right extremists in the wake of the recent racist attack.
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Trump’s new spy Chief Richard Grenell likened to ‘far-right colonial officer’
Feb 21, 2020 06:19US President Donald Trump has named the current Ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell, as acting Director of National Intelligence, immediately drawing criticism for picking an unusually undiplomatic ambassador with little intelligence experience to lead America’s spy agencies.
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Germany: Shootings at two coffee shops leave eight dead
Feb 20, 2020 05:42Two shootings in Germany have killed at least eight people and injured five others.
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Trump to name US envoy to Germany acting director of national intelligence: Sources
Feb 20, 2020 05:23US President Donald Trump is expected to name US ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell to be acting director of national intelligence, two sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday (February 19).
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Merkel’s defense of Israeli regime’s war crimes undermines ICC & rule of law
Feb 19, 2020 14:11Germany took the shameful form of undermining International Law by contesting The Hague’s jurisdiction, claiming that the International Criminal Court (ICC) lacks the authority to investigate Israeli regime’s war crimes against Palestinians. In a petition filed with the ICC, Merkel’s government requested to be “a friend of the court” in an attempt to prevent The Hague proceeding with charges against the Netanyahu regime.
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German national jailed in Iran sent home in swap deal: Judiciary
Feb 18, 2020 08:16The Iranian Judiciary says a German national, who was jailed in Iran, has been released and is now back in Germany after an Iranian national detained in the European country returned home on Sunday.
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German far-right arrests reveal ‘shocking’ attack plot on mosques
Feb 18, 2020 02:59The newly arrested members of a German far-right group are believed to have been plotting “shocking” large-scale attacks on mosques in Germany similar to the deadly ones carried out in New Zealand last year, a government official says.