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Germany Christmas Market Attack Kills 5, Injures 200 Others
Five people were killed and dozens injured after a car plowed into a crowd at a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg on Friday. A toddler was among those who died in the attack and the suspected driver has been arrested, the prime minister of Saxony-Anhalt state, Reiner Haseloff, said in a televised statement. Haseloff also said that more than 200 people in total were injured, many seriously, when a ...
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Erdogan Says Time to ‘Eradicate’ Daesh, PKK
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday it was time to destroy 'terrorist' groups that posed a threat to Syria's survival, referring to ISIL Takfiri group and Kurdish militants. 'Daesh, the PKK, and their affiliates which threaten the survival of Syria must be eradicated,' he told journalists while returning from a Cairo summit, using an Arabic acronym for IS. 'It's time to neutralize the existing terrorist organizations in Syria.' President Erdogan: ...
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No Agreement Yet for Russia’s New Envoy to Washington, Senior Diplomat Says
Russia has not yet received a response from the US to its inquiry with regard to an agreement for a new ambassador to Washington, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told reporters. 'Not yet, but not much time has passed since our request for an agreement was sent,' he noted. In late November, Russian media outlets reported that Director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s North America Department Alexander Darchiev may become Russia’s ...
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Russian Forces Liberate Vesyoly Gai, Pushkino in Donbass Region
Russian forces have liberated the localities of Vesyoly Gai and Pushkino in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Sunday. 'As a result of decisive actions by units from the Battlegroup South, the settlement of Vesyoly Gai in the DPR has been liberated. Units from the Battlegroup Center have liberated the settlement of Pushkino in an active offensive,' the ministry specified. Battlegroup Center Ukrainian forces sustained roughly 280 casualties ...
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