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6/6/17, 11:19 PM CEST
UK police ran security check on London attacker
BY Giulia Paravicini
Youssef Zaghba told Italian authorities ‘I’m going to be a terrorist’ when questioned in 2016.
6/6/17, 10:05 PM CEST
The 27 words Trump wouldn’t say
BY Susan B. Glasser
Here’s the commitment the president refused to deliver at NATO headquarters.
6/6/17, 9:04 PM CEST
Theresa May: I won’t let human rights ‘get in the way’ of anti-terror measures
BY Saim Saeed
British PM wants longer sentences for terrorists and easier deportation of foreign suspects.
6/6/17, 8:15 PM CEST
After years of talk, EU plans defense spending spree
BY Jacopo Barigazzi, David M. Herszenhorn and Harry Cooper
While there is still much skepticism about the defense plan, supporters of closer military cooperation praised the fund as a crucial first step.
6/6/17, 6:37 PM CEST
Belgian police detain 12 in connection to Brussels attacks
BY Saim Saeed and Giulia Paravicini
Police acted on information obtained from a laptop found during the investigation.
6/6/17, 6:33 PM CEST
EU asylum reform deadlocked
BY Jacopo Barigazzi
Number of refugees trying to enter Italy could hit record highs this year, according to new figures.
6/6/17, 5:04 PM CEST
Man shot after police attacked at Notre Dame cathedral
BY Saim Saeed
Police shot and injured assailant, reports say.
6/6/17, 4:20 PM CEST
Italian parliament sets early election in motion
BY Giada Zampano
Proposed new law would introduce a proportional voting system and could see elections held in the fall.
6/6/17, 3:32 PM CEST
Theresa May: Trump ‘wrong’ to criticize London mayor
BY Saim Saeed
Trump had berated the mayor of London over handling of terror attacks.
6/6/17, 3:26 PM CEST
Hung parliament fears set investors’ nerves jangling
BY Johanna Treeck
Uncertain election result would be bad for the markets.
6/6/17, 3:02 PM CEST
Trump: Mainstream media trying to get me to stop using social media
BY Louis Nelson
‘The FAKE MSM is working so hard trying to get me not to use Social Media,’ Trump tweeted.
6/6/17, 2:37 PM CEST
Macron’s party on course for landslide victory in French vote: poll
BY Saim Saeed
Poll predicts La République En Marche winning largest parliament majority since 1968.
6/6/17, 1:58 PM CEST
Donald Trump Jr. joins father in bashing London mayor
BY Louis Nelson
The president first criticized Sadiq Khan, via a post to Twitter, in the hours after the London terrorist attack.
6/6/17, 1:25 PM CEST
Banksy drops ‘legally dubious’ art for non-Tory votes offer
BY Cynthia Kroet
Police had warned that offering such a gift was against the law.
6/6/17, 12:35 PM CEST
Third London attacker told Italian police: ‘I’m going to be a terrorist’
BY Giulia Paravicini
Youssef Zaghba was stopped by Italian police at Bologna Airport in March 2016.
6/6/17, 10:59 AM CEST
Boris Johnson: ‘No reason’ to cancel Donald Trump’s UK visit
BY Cynthia Kroet
‘The invitation has been issued and accepted,’ the British foreign secretary said.
6/6/17, 10:31 AM CEST
Technology helps the U.N. advance the protection of human rights in new ways
BY Microsoft
Globally, human rights abuse tears apart lives, families and nations. Ensuring justice and reconciliation – and intervening early to prevent atrocities – is in the hands of …
6/6/17, 10:14 AM CEST
Sadiq Khan: London police should look into ‘what they knew’
BY Cynthia Kroet
The city’s police defended its decision to downgrade an inquiry into one of the perpetrator’s of Saturday attack.
6/6/17, 8:15 AM CEST
Support floods in for Montenegro PM after Trump shove
BY Cynthia Kroet
Duško Marković said Trump push was ‘a completely harmless event.’
6/6/17, 4:37 AM CEST
Trump aides acknowledge Russia is overwhelming his agenda
BY Matthew Nussbaum and JOHN BRESNAHAN
While President Donald Trump has dismissed the Russia investigations as a ‘witch hunt,’ even White House officials are admitting the probe is a serious distraction.
6/6/17, 4:30 AM CEST
Mike Pence insists US is committed to Article 5 in speech honoring NATO leader
BY Andrew Hanna
‘An attack on one of us is an attack on all of us,’ Pence said.
6/6/17, 4:30 AM CEST
Lib Dems’ Nick Clegg rules out any coalition repeat
BY Charlie Cooper
A minority government would have to ‘borrow, beg and scrape’ for votes.
6/6/17, 4:00 AM CEST
Italian courts feared by politicians, loved by centurions
BY Giada Zampano
In Rome, reformists blame lack of progress on ‘dictatorship’ of magistrates.
6/6/17, 4:00 AM CEST
Why Poles are bearish on Emmanuel Macron
BY Claudia Ciobanu
Poland risks being sidelined in an EU led by France and Germany.
6/6/17, 4:00 AM CEST
Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Tackle Islam or face civil war
BY Cynthia Kroet
‘Political correctness is counterproductive,’ says prominent critic of Islam, a decade after quitting Dutch politics.
6/6/17, 3:15 AM CEST
Trump wants you to take his tweets seriously. His aides don’t.
BY Matthew Nussbaum
As the US president vents his frustration through Twitter, his aides are advising against reading too much into his musings.
6/6/17, 12:17 AM CEST
Spotlight falls on Theresa May’s mixed security record
BY Charlie Cooper and Giulia Paravicini
Tories tout her experience. Labour knocks her cuts to police. Argument to be settled at Thursday’s election.
6/5/17, 9:29 PM CEST
Sadiq Khan: ‘Sick and evil extremists’ will be defeated
BY Annabelle Dickson
London mayor told a vigil for victims of Saturday’s terror attacks that extremists would ‘never succeed in dividing our city.’
6/5/17, 8:34 PM CEST
7 Trump moments Theresa May could have done without
BY Annabelle Dickson
Following Trump’s criticism, the British PM said it was ‘wrong’ to suggest London Mayor Sadiq Khan was not doing a good job.
6/5/17, 7:45 PM CEST
Police name two London attackers
BY Joshua Posaner and Giulia Paravicini
Police name attackers as Khuram Shazad Butt, 27, a British citizen born in Pakistan, and Rachid Redouane, 30, who claimed to be both Moroccan and Libyan.
6/5/17, 4:51 PM CEST
Trump intensifies criticism of London mayor on Twitter
BY Nolan D. McCaskill
Saturday’s attack on London Bridge and Borough Market claimed seven lives and left dozens more hospitalized.
6/5/17, 4:13 PM CEST
UK election back into full campaign mode after London attack
BY Tom McTague
Prime Minister Theresa May under fire over record on police cuts.
6/5/17, 3:03 PM CEST
Conway: I won’t allow media to blame Trump after London attack
BY Louis Nelson
Conway disputed the notion that Trump’s tweets represented his most relevant remarks on the subject of the weekend’s attacks in London.
6/5/17, 2:32 PM CEST
Theresa May backs Sadiq Khan after Trump tweet
BY Annabelle Dickson
UK PM says London mayor doing a good job following Saturday’s attack; ‘wrong to say anything else.’
6/5/17, 2:22 PM CEST
Corbyn says May should resign — three days before general election
BY Joshua Posaner
Opposition leader says PM should step down over her record on policing.
6/5/17, 2:13 PM CEST
Germany’s foreign minister fails to reach deal over Turkish airbase access
BY Joshua Posaner
Crisis talks in Ankara fail to bridge divide over 260 troops stationed at the Incirlik air base.
6/5/17, 2:07 PM CEST
Israel’s secret plan to nuke the Egyptian desert
BY Avner Cohen
Fifty years ago, Israel built a nuclear device — and then had to decide what to do with it.
6/5/17, 1:23 PM CEST
Trump national security team blindsided by NATO speech
BY Susan B. Glasser
They thought the president would commit to the principle of collective defense. They were wrong.
6/5/17, 11:37 AM CEST
Cyprus re-unification talks back on in Geneva
BY Joshua Posaner
UN Secretary-General António Guterres brokered the deal over a four-hour dinner in New York.
6/5/17, 11:24 AM CEST
Theresa May: London terror strike ‘an attack on the free world’
BY Joshua Posaner
UK PM dismisses criticism that police cuts made country vulnerable.
6/5/17, 8:58 AM CEST
Trump’s sluggish hiring could hamper anti-terror plans
BY Andrew Restuccia
Perhaps most crucially, Trump has not yet decided on a permanent leader of the FBI.
6/5/17, 4:03 AM CEST
How to fight terror: Start with the facts
BY Robert Muggah
The past three years have been bloody, but terrorism is far from Europe’s leading killer.
6/5/17, 4:01 AM CEST
Merkel and Schulz fight over who’s better European
BY Janosch Delcker
The German chancellor and her challenger are fighting on two fronts to claim the title of European champion.
6/5/17, 4:00 AM CEST
When going home is a death sentence
BY Anna Shea
Forcibly sending refugees back to an unsafe country violates international laws.
6/5/17, 3:54 AM CEST
Trump again denounces ‘horrific terrorist attack’
BY Rebecca Morin
‘As president, I will do what is necessary is to prevent this threat from spreading to our shores,’ President Donald Trump said.
6/5/17, 3:28 AM CEST
Putin denies having compromising information on Trump
BY Rebecca Morin
Russian President Vladimir Putin said he never met with Trump during the latter’s visits to Moscow.
6/5/17, 2:35 AM CEST
ISIS claims responsibility for London attack
BY Zoya Sheftalovich
It was the third attack in Britain this year.
6/4/17, 10:42 PM CEST
Comey hearing consumes Washington
BY Kyle Cheney and Austin Wright
The ousted FBI director’s testimony on his interactions with Trump could rock the White House.
6/4/17, 9:52 PM CEST
Jeremy Corbyn breaks post-attack truce
BY Charlie Cooper
Labour leader says Theresa May trying to ‘protect public on the cheap.’
6/4/17, 6:11 PM CEST
London attackers killed in ‘unprecedented’ hail of bullets
BY Carmen Paun
‘There were three men wearing what appeared to be suicide belts. They had to be stopped immediately.’
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