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A Year after ‘Je Suis Charlie’, A Divided France Struggles

One year on, an anxious, fragmented France is paying tribute to the victims of the killings at Charlie Hebdo magazine, with old divisions made worse by what President Francois Hollande has called “a terrible year”. After the Islamist attacks that

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Corbyn Replaces Europe, Defence Chiefs

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn on Wednesday sacked his Europe policy chief for disloyalty and gave the defence post on his top team to a lawmaker who shares his view that the country’s nuclear deterrent should not be renewed. After days

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Slovakia to Send Police to Help Macedonia Guard its Border

Slovakia will send 25 police officers to help Macedonia guard the Balkan country’s borders strained by migrants flooding to the European Union, Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Tuesday. More than 1 million refugees and migrants came to the European

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Britain Set for First Mass Strike by Doctors in 40 Years

The British government said it was seeking to hold talks with doctors in its state-funded health service in a last-ditch bid to avert a series of mass walkouts, potentially the first such strikes for four decades. Junior doctors, or doctors

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More British Businesses Supporting Brexit

The majority of big British businesses that favour Britain remaining in the European Union has dwindled over the last six months, according to a quarterly survey of chief financial officers published on Monday. Accountancy firm Deloitte said 62 percent of

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Government Promises More Money to Improve Flood Defences

Prime Minister David Cameron has promised more than 40 million pounds to rebuild and improve the country’s flood defences that failed to protect thousands of homes over the Christmas holidays. Homes and businesses across northern England, Scotland and northern Ireland were

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Belgium Holds Three People Over New Year’s Attack Plot

Belgian police held three people for questioning on Thursday, as part of an investigation into an alleged plot to carry out an attack in the capital on New Year’s Eve. Authorities on Wednesday called off the usual New Year’s Eve

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Israel Cracks Down on Islamic State Volunteers

Ayoob Kara, a deputy Israeli cabinet minister, used to double as an unofficial intermediary with the few of his fellow Arab citizens who have left to join Islamic State insurgents in Syria or Iraq. Negotiating discreetly through relatives and go-betweens,

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ISIS Issues Ruling on Female Slaves

Islamic State (ISIS) theologians have issued an extremely detailed ruling on when “owners” of women enslaved by the extremist group can have sex with them, in an apparent bid to curb what they called violations in the treatment of captured

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Israeli Government Targets Foreign Government Funding of NGOs

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A bill that would impose new regulations on Israeli non-profit groups that receive funds from foreign governments won ministerial approval on Sunday, a move critics said targets pro-Palestinian organisations. Dubbed a “transparency bill” by its sponsor, far-right

Tension Remain High At Israeli Gaza Border

Israeli Missile Defense Director Dismissed Over Security Breach

Israel’s missile defense director has been dismissed for a “grave breach of information security”, his ministry said on Sunday, a setback for U.S.-backed projects the country deems crucial for any future war with Iran or its allies. In a statement,