The area around the European Parliament in Brussels has been shut down following yet another bomb scare in a European capital... #Brussels is going crazy ... Suspect red van parked there for 3 days, bystanders say....
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BAMAKO. At least 27 people were reported dead on Friday after Malian commandos, assisted by foreign special forces, stormed a luxury hotel in the capital Bamako with at least 170 people inside, many of them foreigners, that had been seized by militants. Ministerial adviser Amadou Sangho told the French television station BFMTV that no more hostages were being held. Malian troops take position outside the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako ... ....
WASHINGTON. Islamic State militants released a video on Thursday threatening the White House with suicide bombings and car blasts and vowing to conduct more attacks on France... ....
Gunmen went on a shooting rampage at the luxury Radisson Blu hotel in Mali's capital Bamako on Friday, seizing 170 guests and staff in an ongoing hostage-taking, the hotel chain said. Automatic weapons fire could be heard from outside the 190-room hotel in the city-centre, where security forces have set up a security cordon, an AFP journalist said ... As per our information two persons have locked in 140 guests and 30 employees"....
(Source. HRW - Human Rights Watch). (Paris -- November 14, 2015) – The multiple attacks in Paris and the suburb of Saint-Denis on November 13, 2015, were a despicable act, Human Rights Watch said today ...Nothing can justify these despicable attacks, which show a callous disregard for human life,' said Bénédicte Jeannerod, France director for Human Rights Watch. 'Our thoughts are with the victims and their loved ones.' ... distributed by....
(Source. Alstom SA). Alstom Transport has inaugurated its new regional 'Services' centre in an entirely renovated new building at its site in Tarbes. The inauguration took place in the presence of Jean Glavany and Jeanine Dubie, deputies of the Hautes-Pyrénées, Pierre Fleury, site director, and Bénédicte Ganivet, director of the Services activity in France... Added to this is an activity for spare parts ... About Alstom Transport ... (noodl....
The authorities in Hong Kong are trying to find a regulatory balance that will be less constricting for start-ups without posing systemic risks ... "We are focusing on measures needed to promote fintech in Hong Kong, especially to address any potential and existing gaps ... Bénédicte Nolens, the head of risk and strategy at the Securities and Futures Commission, also sounded a note of caution ... ....