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EU mission starts work in Armenia

EU mission starts work in Armenia

The EU is launching the civilian mission in Armenia (EU Mission in Armenia / EUMA) under the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) today. "The European Union is launching today the EU civilian mission in Armenia under the …

Hanau shooting: victims number increases to 9

Hanau shooting: victims number increases to 9

The number of victims of the shooting in Germany’s Hanau has increased to nine, local police said. "The number of victims, mortally wounded at the Heumarkt and Kurt-Schumacher-Platz scenes, have increased to nine," the …

Turkish nationals and Kurds clash in Herne

Turkish nationals and Kurds clash in Herne

Turkish nationals and Kurds clashed yesterday evening in the German city of Herne, injuring five people. According to dpa, around 350 YPG supporters were protesting against the Turkish military's anti-terror operation in …

Man rams vehicle into crowd in Germany

Man rams vehicle into crowd in Germany

A 50-year-old man  targeted several people with his car in the German city of Bottrop on New Year's Eve, injuring at least four people, law enforcement said. Police reported that the driver repeatedly tried to hit passers-by in …

German policeman shoots man with knife at Berlin Cathedral

German policeman shoots man with knife at Berlin Cathedral

Berlin police shot and wounded a 53-year-old Austrian man who allegedly waved a knife inside the cathedral in the center of the German capital yesterday, Berlin police spokesman Winfrid Wenzel said. According to the spokesman, …

Armed man barricades himself in German restaurant

Armed man barricades himself in German restaurant

An armed man has barricaded himself inside a restaurant in the western German city of Saarbruecken. A police elite counter-terrorism unit has been scrambled to storm the building, RT reported citing German media. The armed man, who was …

Saudi Arabia to aid German investigators over July attacks

Saudi Arabia to aid German investigators over July attacks

In the report on Saturday, the German news magazine "Spiegel" cited a senior Saudi government official as saying that Riyadh wanted to help Germany find those behind Islamist bomb and ax attacks in July that left 20 people injured and …

Germany under attack by lone-wolf terrorists

Germany under attack by lone-wolf terrorists

A series of attacks carried out by lone terrorists is continuing in Germany. Yesterday evening, there was a powerful explosion at a bar in the city of Ansbach which killed one person - a terrorist himself, another 12 were injured. …