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France probed migrant communities to fight ISIS-K threat to Olympics
PARIS, July 23 (Reuters) – French security services have been probing migrant communities from former Soviet republics in an effort to safeguard the Olympics from the ISIS-K militant group, the interior minister said, confirming a Reuters report published last week. Gérald Darmanin, interviewed in a Le Parisien article published on Tuesday, said ISIS-K was “undoubtedly…
Europe Raises Interest Rates; What Will the Fed Do?
The ECB is ‘monitoring current market tensions closely and stands ready to respond as necessary to preserve price stability and financial stability.’ The European Central Bank lifted its key lending rate by 50 basis points Thursday, defying market forecasts that the region’s simmering banking crisis, triggered in part by the failure of Silicon Valley Bank…
Swedish security service says Iran uses criminal networks in Sweden
STOCKHOLM, May 30 (Reuters) – Swedish security service SAPO said on Thursday that the Iranian government had been using criminal networks within Sweden to carry out violent acts against other states, groups, and individuals. The Security Service said that Iran recently had targeted the interests of other states in Sweden, and specifically Israel, and had…
France’s far-right leader Le Pen sentenced to prison and banned from office in embezzlement trial
Le Pen may still appeal the four-year sentence, two years of it suspended, and five-year political ban, which came after she was found guilty of misusing $3 million to pay party staff. Far-right French leader Marine Le Pen was handed a four-year prison sentence and banned from holding public office for five years by a…
US drops $10M terrorism bounty offered for capture of Syrian rebel leader who ousted Assad
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The Biden administration said Friday it has decided not to pursue a $10 million reward it had offered for the capture of a Syrian rebel leader whose forces led the ouster of President Bashar Assad earlier this month. The announcement followed a meeting in Damascus between the leader of Hayat Tahrir…


