Austrian officials said Tuesday the perpetrator of an attack in Vienna, Austria that killed at least three people and wounded 15 others was a sympathizer of the Islamic State terror group. “We experienced an attack last night by at least one Islamist terrorist,” Interior Minister Karl Nehammer told reporters. He said the assailant was armed with an assault rifle …
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Britain is set to go into lockdown for a second time Thursday amid a surge in coronavirus infections, with over 20,000 new cases reported daily. It’s the latest European country to impose strict measures, as Henry Ridgwell reports from London.Camera: Henry Ridgwell Producer: Luis da Costa …
Austrian police said Monday that several people were injured and officers were out in force following gunfire in the capital, Vienna. Initial reports that a synagogue was the target of an attack couldn’t immediately be confirmed. Austrian news agency APA quoted the country’s Interior Ministry as saying that one attacker has been killed and another could be …
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel says new coronavirus restrictions that took effect Monday were implemented because the country has seen “exponential growth” in cases in recent weeks, and officials are facing an acute emergency in the nation’s hospitals. Speaking to reporters in Berlin following a Cabinet meeting on the virus Monday, Merkel said the Robert Koch …
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Former National Security Agency contractor-turned whistleblower Edward Snowden says he and his wife will apply for Russian citizenship, in addition to their current status as American citizens. The request marks the latest chapter in Edward Snowden’s often secretive life in Russia, as Charles Maynes reports from Moscow.Videographer: Ricardo Marquina, Producer: Marcus Harton …
Belarus’s human rights record is in the spotlight as the U.N. Human Rights Council begins its Universal Periodic Review of nations’ rights records. Belarus has come under intense criticism for its crackdown on demonstrators who have challenged the outcome of last August’s presidential elections.This is the third time since the review process began in 2008 …
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Rescue teams in Turkey pulled two girls out alive Monday from under the rubble of their collapsed apartment buildings, three days after a strong earthquake centered in the Aegean Sea rocked Turkey and Greece.Fourteen-year-old Idil Sirin was removed from the wreckage after being trapped for some 58 hours.Seven hours later, rescuers pulled out 3-year-old Elif …
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In Bangladesh at least 50,000 people took to the streets of the capital Dhaka Monday to protest French President Emmanuel Macron, who has defended criticism of Islam as a right of freedom of speech. The demonstrators demanded a boycott of French products and tried to march to the French embassy but were blocked by police. France is an important trading partner and a major aid provider for Bangladesh. Police estimated that about 50,000 people participated in the protest, but organizers said more than 100,000 people had gathered for the rally.Bangladeshi Muslims …
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Former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden said on Twitter Monday that he and his wife are applying for Russian citizenship, in addition to their American citizenship. Snowden, 37, also announced he and Lindsay Mills are expecting a baby boy. “After years of separation from our parents, my wife and I have no desire to be separated from our …
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The ruling party in the former Soviet republic of Georgia is claiming victory following Saturday’s closely contested parliamentary election. But the opposition alleges the vote was rigged and staged a rally outside parliament on Sunday in protest.Preliminary results show the ruling Georgian Dream, or GD, led by billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, garnered about 48% of the …
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White House coronavirus adviser Scott Atlas apologized on Sunday for giving an interview to Russia’s Kremlin-backed television station RT, saying he was unaware the outlet was a registered foreign agent in the United States.Atlas, a neuroradiologist and member of the White House coronavirus task force, appeared on the channel on Saturday and criticized coronavirus lockdown …
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Security forces in the Belarusian capital have fired warning shots and begun detaining participants on Sunday in the latest anti-government protest fueled by a disputed presidential election 12 weeks ago. Thousands of demonstrators were taking part in parallel Minsk marches on November 1 as part of almost daily protests and ongoing demands for Alyaksandr Lukashenko’s resignation …
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Security forces in the Belarusian capital have detained more than 200 people in the latest anti-government protest fueled by a disputed presidential election 12 weeks ago.Thousands of demonstrators took part Sunday November 1 in marches in Minsk as part of almost daily protests demanding Alyaksandr Lukashenko’s resignation and a new vote.According to a list published …
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French authorities have announced new arrests related to an apparent Islamist terrorist attack at a church in Nice last week, even as they continue to investigate a separate church attack in another city shortly after. A man carries flowers in a cemetery in Strasbourg, eastern France on Nov. 1, 2020, during All Saint’s day festivities.Sunday marks …
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Britain Sunday became the ninth country with more than 1 million confirmed coronavirus cases. According to data compiled by the Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center, as of early Sunday, Britain had 1,014,794 infections and 46,645 deaths. After resisting mounting calls for weeks to impose a national lockdown as COVID-19 cases were rising, British Prime Minister Boris …
French authorities said that a person suspected of firing a hunting gun and seriously wounding a Greek Orthodox priest outside a church in the city of Lyon, France, Saturday, is in police custody.Nikolaos Kakavelaki was closing his church when he was shot twice in the chest at point-blank range and is currently in a serious …
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Moldovans started to vote in a presidential election Sunday in which the pro-Russian incumbent Igor Dodon is bidding for a second term against former prime minister Maia Sandu, who wants to pull the country closer to the European Union.The election in the nation of 3.5 million, where the West and Russia vie for influence, takes …
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