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Paris knife attack: Suspect ‘French citizen born in Russia’s Chechnya’
The suspect in a deadly knife attack in central Paris on Saturday evening is a French citizen born in 1997 in Russia’s republic of Chechnya, sources say. Named by media as Khamzat Asimov, he was on a French watch list of people who could pose a threat to national security, the sources said. Police shot…
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World War 3: ‘NEW ERA’ of Russian aggression says ex-general, after warplanes intercepted
RUSSIAN attempts to intimidate America and its allies have become a routine feature of international politics, a former general has claimed, after Russian bombers flying close to the Alaskan coast sparked World War 3 fears. The world has entered a new era of superpower confrontation between the USA, Russia and China, analyst Jack Keane claimed, although he…
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WORLD WAR 3 FEARS: Russia BACKS Iran as Putin STARES DOWN Trump
WORLD War 3 fears are growing after Russia rushed to back Iran in the Middle East’s escalating nuclear crisis – a move which plunges Vladimir Putin into a deadly standoff with Donald Trump. Last night Iran fired rockets into Israeli-occupied territory in the Golan Heights, prompting a ferocious response from Israel. Israel pummelled “nearly all” of Iran’s…
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Turkey says it will retaliate if U.S. halts weapons sales
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey will retaliate if the United States enacts a proposed law that would halt weapons sales to the country, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Sunday. Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives released details on Friday of a $717 billion annual defense policy bill, including a measure to temporarily halt weapons…
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Russia tensions: US and NATO put ships in Atlantic Ocean as hostility rises
US ships will move into the Atlantic Ocean (Getty) The US is to re-establish a naval fleet in the Atlantic Ocean amid rising tensions with Russia. The new ships, announced by The Pentagon today, will bolster the NATO presence in the area. The decision reflects escalating worries across Europe and within NATO over Russia’s increased…
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Israel and Iran on Path to War as Mideast Tinderbox Awaits Spark
Iran vows revenge after airstrikes target its assets in Syria There’s no broker: U.S. is sidelined, Russia not ‘in control’ There have been coups and revolutions, external invasions and proxy conflicts, but the Middle East hasn’t seen a head-to-head war between major regional powers since the 1980s. There’s a growing risk that one is about…
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Opinion How Putin’s Syria Gambit Could End With Israel Revealing Its Military Superiority
For the first time since the beginning of the Russian intervention in Syria, Putin may find himself in direct confrontation with Israel. Russian President Putin and Prime Minister Netanyahu shake hands at an event marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Moscow in January, 2018.\ MAXIM SHEMETOV/ REUTERS When Russia becomes the U.S.S.R. on steroids, Israel…
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Russia’s ‘floating Chernobyl’ nuclear power plant heads out to sea
The twin reactors have left their home port of St. Petersburg for a long, slow journey to Siberia. Environmentalists have slammed the mobile maritime reactors, saying an accident could damage parts of the Arctic. Russia launched a floating nuclear power plant out of its shipyard in St. Petersburg on Saturday. The Akademik Lomonosov, built at…
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