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Suspect in Berlin stabbing wanted ‘to kill Jews’
AFP, Published on 22/02/2025
» BERLIN - A Syrian man arrested after a stabbing attack at Berlin’s Holocaust memorial that seriously wounded a Spanish man had been harbouring a “plan to kill Jews”, police and prosecutors said on Saturday.
Man badly wounded in assault at Berlin's Holocaust memorial: police
AFP, Published on 22/02/2025
» BERLIN - German police said on Friday that a man was badly wounded in a possible stabbing at central Berlin's Holocaust memorial near the US embassy with the attacker still at large.
Protests mark death of Russian opposition leader
Published on 17/02/2024
» Hundreds of protesters, many of them Russian emigres, gathered in cities across Europe and beyond to express their outrage over the death of prominent Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.
Niger junta says France plotting to 'intervene militarily'
AFP, Published on 31/07/2023
» NIAMEY: Niger's new junta on Monday accused France of seeking to "intervene militarily" to reinstate deposed President Mohamed Bazoum as tension mounted with the former colonial power and neighbours.
Lese majeste defendant allowed to study in Germany
Online Reporters, Published on 02/04/2022
» Pro-democracy activist Rawisara Eksakul has been granted permission to leave Thailand to study in Germany despite facing a royal defamation charge in connection with a rally outside the German embassy in Bangkok in 2020.
Two British Iranians fly back to UK after Tehran release
AFP, Published on 16/03/2022
» LONDON - Two British-Iranians flew home on Wednesday after being released from years of detention in Iran, as the UK government confirmed it had paid a longstanding debt over a cancelled defence contract.
12 indicted for lese majeste for embassy rally
Online Reporters, Published on 22/07/2021
» Prosecutors have indicted pro-democracy activist Patsaravalee “Mind” Tanakitvibulpon and 11 others on charges of lese majeste for the Oct 26, 2020 rally outside the German embassy in Bangkok.
Russians, Western envoys mark anniversary of Kremlin critic Nemtsov's murder
AFP, Published on 27/02/2021
» MOSCOW - Several thousand Russians and Western diplomats paid tribute at a Moscow bridge on Saturday where opposition politician Boris Nemtsov was shot dead six years ago, as the United States said it was "deeply troubled" by the Kremlin's growing intolerance of free speech.
International pressure mounts on Myanmar junta as protests go on
Reuters, Published on 23/02/2021
» The European Union warned it is considering sanctions on Myanmar while Washington penalised two more generals for links to the military coup, as Western countries sought to pressure the junta to avoid a violent crackdown after weeks of protests.
Myanmar gripped by strike as anti-coup protests build
Published on 22/02/2021
» Businesses in Myanmar shut on Monday in a general strike called to oppose the military coup and thousands of protesters gathered despite a threat from authorities that confrontation could cost lives.