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Shooter Opens Fire Near Israeli Consulate in Germany’s Munich
German police shot dead a man in an exchange of fire near the Israeli consulate in Munich on Thursday, German media reported. German police in Munich said officers exchanged shots with a suspicious person in an area near the Israeli Consulate and a museum dedicated to the city’s Nazi-era history. The suspect was reportedly injured in the shooting and was later pronounced dead, state Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann said. “Due to the ...
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France's High-speed Railway Hit by 'Sabotage' during Olympics
France's high-speed rail network was hit by 'malicious acts' including arson attacks that have disrupted the transport system, train operator SNCF said Friday, hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics. A source close to the investigation told AFP the attacks were coordinated acts of 'sabotage'. 'This is a massive attack on a large scale to paralyse the TGV network,' SNCF told AFP, adding that many routes will have to be ...
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Putin Receives Assad in Moscow: Middle East Tensions on Agenda
President Vladimir Putin met Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad in the Kremlin, the Russian president's press service said on Thursday. Putin told al-Assad he was concerned that tensions were rising in the Middle East, the Kremlin announced, amid the ongoing Israeli war on Gaza. 'I am very interested in your opinion on how the situation in the region as a whole is developing,' Putin told Assad, as cited by Reuters news agency. Presidents ...
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