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Government & Politics
Trump accuses European countries of failing to help relocate ISIS prisoners
(Politico) President Donald Trump complained Tuesday that European countries are not carrying their weight in the effort to relocate captured Islamic State soldiers after the militant group’s physical territory in Syria crumbled earlier this year. “We have 1,800 ISIS Prisoners taken hostage […]
Banks & Banking
Le Havre hostage-taker consumed by plight of Palestinians, say police
(Reuters) The armed man who seized six hostages in a French bank on Thursday spoke to negotiators of hardships facing Palestinians and called himself a mujahid but made no reference to Islamist groups, a police source involved in the operation said. The […]
Government & Politics
Turkish leader: EU must act to forestall Afghan migrant wave
(AP) The European Union should assist Afghans in Afghanistan and in neighboring countries to avoid a new migration wave, Turkey’s president told Greece’s prime minister in a telephone call Friday. Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Greece’s Kyriakos Mitsotakis discussed developments in Afghanistan in […]