Oslo stabbing investigated as terrorist attack – police – World
OSLO (Reuters) – A knife attack in a supermarket in Oslo is being investigated as a possible act of terrorism, the head of the Norwegian police’s security service (PST) said …
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Divisions overshadow Lebanon’s Arab summit as few leaders come to Beirut – World
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Divisions among Arab states over Syria, and internal Lebanese disputes, have overshadowed a summit to be held in Beirut this weekend, with several leaders who had planned …
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Poet quits Swedish Academy after being found to leak Nobel winner names – World
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – The scandal-plagued Swedish body that awards the Nobel Prize for literature said on Friday that one of its members would leave after an investigation determined she had …
Read More France to try 14 people over 2015 militant attacks – World
PARIS (Reuters) – France will put 14 people on trial over suspected connections to deadly attacks in and around Paris in January 2015, including an attack on the satirical publication …
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U.S., North Korean diplomats meeting in Stockholm
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – High-ranking diplomats from the United States and North Korea are currently holding talks in Sweden, a diplomatic source told Reuters on Friday.
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Germany’s lower house moves to reject Maghreb, Georgia asylum claims – World
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, voted to reject asylum claims from Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria and the Caucasian state of Georgia on Friday by designating them …
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Kenya police detain nine in connection with deadly hotel attack – World
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyan detectives have arrested nine suspects in connection with a Somali militant attack on a Nairobi hotel and office complex that killed 21 people, police said on Friday, …
Read More Sudanese police shoot at mourners outside home of killed protester – Reuters witness – World
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudanese police fired live ammunition at mourners outside the home of a 60-year-old protester who died early on Friday from a gunshot wound he sustained on Thursday …
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Russia dismisses Islamic State responsibility claim for deadly blast – World
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian investigators on Friday dismissed the veracity of a claim by the Islamic State militant group that it was responsible for a deadly apartment building explosion in …
Read More Iran’s American-born journalist detained by FBI to appear in U.S. court – Iranian state TV – World
DUBAI (Reuters) – An American journalist working for Iran’s state television channel Press TV who Iran says has been detained in Washington will appear in a U.S. court on Friday, …
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