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BBC: Vehicle driven into people in Stockholm

A vehicle has been driven into people in the Swedish capital Stockholm, injuring several people – police. Read more here.
BBC

NATO ‘was warned of U.S. strikes in Syria’

U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis informed NATO’s leadership in advance that the United States would launch a missile strike on an air base in …
Illia Ponomarenko

Reuters: Further airstrikes reported in Syria, hours after Trump orders missile attack

A warplane on April 7 bombed the Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun, where a chemical attack killed scores of people this week and prompted U.S. missile …
Reuters

Los Angeles Times: Syria says several killed and wounded in US airstrike on Syrian airfield

Syrian officials denounced a missile strike launched on Syria by U.S. forces early April 7 in retaliation for a poison gas attack, calling it a …
Los Angeles Times

RFE/RL: Clinton calls for action to stop Russian meddling in US elections

Hillary Clinton said she is “deeply concerned” about allegations of Russian interference in last year’s U.S. presidential election and called for an …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Associated Press: France’s Le Pen says US trying to be world cop

French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen says U.S. President Donald Trump is trying to be the “world’s policeman” with airstrikes on …
Associated Press

Al Jazeera: Saudi Arabia, Iran, others react to US strike in Syria

The United States had fired nearly 60 Tomahawk missiles at a military airfield in Syria, the first direct military action Washington has taken against …
Al Jazeera

Deutsche Welle: EU to toughen up external border security in its fight against terrorism

New legislation introduced by the European Commission will require all states to register all citizens travelling in and out of the Schengen area. …
Deutsche Welle

Associated Press: Timeline of the Syrian civil war and US response

The U.S. attack on a Syrian air base came after years of heated debate and deliberation in Washington over intervention in the bloody civil war. Read …
Associated Press

Reuters: Reaction to US strikes in Syria

U.S. President Donald Trump said on April 6 he ordered a targeted military strike against an airfield controlled by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s …
Reuters

Associated Press: Tillerson visiting Moscow as US, Russia face fresh tensions

WASHINGTON – A proxy battle with Russia in Syria and multiple Russia-related investigations in the U.S. will follow Secretary of State Rex Tillerson …
Associated Press

Washington Post: US strikes Syrian military airfield in first direct assault on Assad’s government

The U.S. military launched 59 cruise missiles at a Syrian military airfield late on April 7, in the first direct American assault on the government of …
Washington Post

BBC: Latest updates and global reaction to Trump strike

U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered US air strikes on a target in Syria. 59 Tomahawk missiles targeted Shayrat airfield near Homs. The action …
BBC

New York Times: Dozens of US missiles hit air base in Syria

WASHINGTON — President Trump said April 6 night that the United States had carried out a missile strike in Syria in response to the Syrian …
New York Times

Associated Press: GOP defense hawks urge Trump to take out Syria’s air force

Two Republican senators are calling on President Donald Trump to take out Syria’s air force in response to a chemical weapons attack that killed more …
Associated Press

Reuters: PM May and EU’s Tusk will seek to reduce tensions in Brexit talks

British Prime Minister Theresa May and European Council President Donald Tusk agreed on April 6 to try to lower tensions in upcoming Brexit talks, …
Reuters

Associated Press: Turkey – Syria autopsies show chemical weapons used in attack

Turkey said April 6 that autopsies of Syrian victims from this week’s assault in Syria’s Idlib province show they were subjected to chemical weapons, …
Associated Press

Reuters: Philippines’ Duterte orders occupation of isles in disputed South China Sea

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on April 6 ordered troops to occupy uninhabited islands and shoals it claims in the disputed South China Sea, …
Reuters
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