Macron meets with Syrian leader al-Sharaa

French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday, May 7, told visiting Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa to protect all people in the multi-confessional country. Alarm over clashes that have left hundreds dead among minority communities have overshadowed the first months of the government that overthrew longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad in December. Macron has been criticized for hosting…

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Israeli embassy in London was target of suspected terror plot

The Israeli embassy in London was the alleged target of five Iranian men arrested on suspicion of preparing an act of terrorism, the BBC understands. Police have not yet confirmed that the embassy in Kensington was the suspected target, as first reported by the Times, citing operational reasons. But the BBC understands the report is…

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Explosions rock Indian Kashmir in suspected drone attacks

Blasts rang out across the city of Jammu in Indian Kashmir late on Thursday during what Indian military sources said they suspected was a Pakistani drone attack across the region on the second day of clashes between the nuclear-armed neighbours. There was no immediate comment from Pakistan on what appeared to be an escalation in…

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Public urged not to speculate on terror arrest

The public has been urged not to speculate about an arrest made in public as part of a major counter-terrorism investigation. A 29-year-old Iranian man in Swindon was among eight men arrested on Saturday in two separate operations into an alleged plot to “target a specific premises”, the Metropolitan Police said. Wiltshire’s Police and Crime…

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Ukrainian drones keep targeting Moscow

Attacks by Ukrainian long-range drones caused flight disruption at Moscow’s main airports for a third straight day on Wednesday, authorities said, as Russia prepared to receive the Chinese president and other foreign leaders for the annual Victory Day military parade in Red Square. Russian flag carrier Aeroflot canceled more than 100 flights to and from…

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Sudan cuts ties with UAE over alleged paramilitary support

Sudan has cut diplomatic ties with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), after repeatedly accusing the Gulf nation of backing the rival Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the country’s civil war. Both the UK and the US have singled out the UAE in separate appeals for outside countries to stop backing Sudan’s warring parties. Read more:…

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India strikes Pakistan over tourist killings, Pakistan says it will retaliate

India hit Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir with missiles on Wednesday and Pakistan said it had shot down five Indian aircraft and vowed to retaliate, in the worst clash in more than two decades between the nuclear-armed neighbours. India said it struck nine “terrorist infrastructure” sites, some of them linked to an attack by Islamist militants…

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Sinaloa cartel leader among 16 arrested in historic U.S. fentanyl bust

Sixteen people have been arrested and three million pills laced with fentanyl were seized in what federal prosecutors said Tuesday was the “largest fentanyl bust in DEA history.” The operation, which spanned several states along in the West, “marks the most significant victory in our nation’s fight against fentanyl and drug trafficking to date,” Attorney…

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Druze near Damascus resist demand to turn in arms as tensions boil

Druze residents near Syria’s capital are resisting a demand by the Islamist-led government to hand in their light weapons, saying authorities have yet to address fears of new attacks by Sunni Muslim militants after days of sectarian violence. The Druze, an Arab minority sect who practise a religion originally derived from Islam, live in Syria,…

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