School Attacked by Swordsman in Sweden

School Attacked by Swordsman in Sweden

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A witness and a police spokesman described the response to a knife-wielding man who killed a student and a teacher in a heavily immigrant and working-class neighborhood of Sweden.









Vladimir Putin accuses US of backing terrorism in Middle East

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Russian president tells gathering of politicians that Washington is playing a ‘double game’ and acting in self-interest
The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has launched a stinging attack on US policy in the Middle Eas,accusing Washington of backing terrorism and playing a “double game” in the Middle East. In a speech on Thursday at the annual gathering of the Valdai Club, a group of Russian and international analysts and politicians, Putin said the US had attempted to use terrorist groups
as “a battering ram to overthrow regimes they don’t like”.He said: “It’s always hard to play a double game – to declare a fight against terrorists but at the same time try to use some of them to move the pieces on the Middle Eastern chessboard in your own favour. There’s no need to play with words and split terrorists into moderate and not moderate. I would like to know what the difference is.”

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Прощание с полицейским 

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Гибель нью-йоркского полицейского потрясла жителей Гарлема. Кадры прощания с Рэндолфом Холдером – на это стоит посмотреть.

Russia's System of Managed Chaos (Op-Ed)

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The Russian System will continue to find places to operate across the world and to project Russian geopolitical and symbolic influence beyond its borders, writes columnist Gleb Pavlovsky.

Посольство России в Анкаре запросило у Турции данные о задержании граждан России - Коммерсантъ

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Посольство России в Анкаре запросило у Турции данные о задержании граждан России
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Пресс-атташе посольства России в Турции Игорь Митяков сообщил, что российское посольство обратилось к турецким властям с запросом в связи с информацией СМИ о задержании в Стамбуле 12 граждан России по подозрению в причастности к террористической организации ...
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Obama Calls For Deeper U.S. Ties With Pakistan

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U.S. President Barack Obama has said he wants to deepen U.S. relations with Pakistan.

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Olympic silver medalist comes out - USA TODAY

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Olympic silver medalist comes out
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Gus Kenworthy, a freeskier who won silver at the Sochi Olympics last year, has come out as gay in an interview published in ESPN The Magazine. Kenworthy, 24, won silver in men's slopestyle in the debut of the sport at the 2014 Winter Olympics. He told ...
Olympic freeskier Gus Kenworthy's next bold move -- coming outESPN
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Hillary Clinton's Opening Statement at Benghazi Hearing | The New York Times 

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From: TheNewYorkTimes
Duration: 01:07

The Democratic presidential candidate delivered her opening statement to a House panel on Thursday during a hearing on an attack in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012, when she was secretary of state.
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Powerful General Eclipses Pakistan's Civilian Leader

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U.S. officials are increasingly looking to the chief of Pakistan’s army, Gen. Raheel Sharif—rather than the civilian prime minister—as the leader who can deliver on critical security-policy matters, including the fight against Islamic extremists.

Clinton: U.S. Must Accept Risks

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Hillary Clinton, in her opening remarks this morning to a House committee investigating a fatal terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, will say the U.S. must accept some risks as it looks to promote its interests in a dangerous world.

China’s Xi says goodbye to queen, set for talks with Cameron

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British Prime Minister David Cameron hopes to discuss the fight against extremism with Chinese President Xi Jinping on a state visit hailed as a landmark by both China and Britain.















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Swedish police spokeswoman says a second victim has died in school knife attack 

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Swedish police spokeswoman says a second victim has died in school knife attack.









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Kerry: Assad the obstacle to agreed principles for Syria

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Secretary of State John Kerry says the U.S., Iran, Russia and Europe agree Syria should be united and that Syrians should choose their own future leadership, but he says President Bashar Assad is the one obstacle to doing that.















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The Latest: Second victim dies in Swedish school attack

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The latest developments in the attack on a Swedish school by a knife-wielding masked man (all times local).















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US Special Forces In Raid On Iraqi IS Prison

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US media report one American special forces operator was killed in the raid on an Islamic State prison in northern Iraq.

'Russian airstrike' targets relief workers – video

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Video posted to Twitter from the Syria White Helmets purports to show alleged Russian airstrikes targeting civilian rescue workers in Sarmin in the north-western province of Idlib in Syria on Tuesday. The footage shows the moment a rocket explodes and the immediate aftermath 
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Obama Administration Draws Up Economic Rescue Plan for Puerto Rico 

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The Obama Administration has proposed a plan to rescue the U.S. Caribbean territory of Puerto Rico from $72 billion in debt. The Treasury Department unveiled a plan on Wednesday that would allow the island to seek bankruptcy protection in federal court so it can restructure its debt, an option that is only available for individual cities and municipal agencies.   Puerto Rico's Government Development Bank broke off talks with creditors Wednesday when they refused to accept...

Reports: US Special Forces in Hostage Rescue Bid in Iraq

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U.S. commandos are reported to have taken part in an operation to free Kurdish hostages in northern Iraq. Details are sketchy, but Iraqi officials quoted by The New York Times said the operation involved American helicopters, Kurdish and American special operations forces, and airstrikes. Kurdish fighters have had some success in pushing Islamic State fighters out of areas in northern Iraq with the backing of airstrikes from the U.S.-led coalition that has been operating for more than...

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Civilians Under the Gun In Syria

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Since Russia launched its first round of airstrikes in Syria three weeks ago, reports have emerged that civilians were making up a shockingly large portion of the casualties. A report by a Syrian activist group is lending further weight to that accusation. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said this week civilian deaths constitute nearly one-third of the 370 people killed by Russian warplanes since the campaign began. "One-hundred twenty-seven civilians, 36 of them...

Hillary Clinton in the Hot Seat | The New York Times

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From: TheNewYorkTimes
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Hillary Rodham Clinton, who will speak Thursday before a House panel about a Benghazi, Libya, attack in 2012, has been testifying in congressional hearings since 1993.
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Benghazi Hearing Committee Chairman on Hillary Clinton's Emails | The New York Times 

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Representative Trey Gowdy, Republican of South Carolina, said Hillary Rodham Clinton’s “unusual email arrangement” complicated the investigation into the attack in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012.
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Albuquerque Police Say Officer Shot Outside a Store - ABC News

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Albuquerque Police Say Officer Shot Outside a Store
ABC News
Contingents of law officers searched an Albuquerque area Wednesday night after a police officer was shot outside a store. Police say the officer was wounded around 7:45 p.m. at the Walgreen's at the junction of Central and Eubank, in the eastern part ...
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Sword Attack at Kronan School in Trollhattan Injures 4 Students, Adult - NBCNews.com

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Sword Attack at Kronan School in Trollhattan Injures 4 Students, Adult
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Four students and one adult were injured by a masked man with a sword at a school in Sweden, police said. The man behind the attack at the Kronan School in Trollhattan was shot. Police did not immediately have information on the condition of the ...
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US and Kurdish Commandos Said to Raid ISIS Prison in North Iraq - New York Times

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US and Kurdish Commandos Said to Raid ISIS Prison in North Iraq
New York Times
BAGHDAD — An American soldier was killed on Thursday morning as American and Kurdish commandos raided an Islamic State outpost near the northern Iraqi town of Hawija, freeing prisoners there and capturing some of the militants themselves, Iraqi and ...
First on CNN: American killed as hostages rescued in Iraq, sources sayCNN
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ISIS Attacks Soared in Past 3 Months, Says IHS Jane’s Database 

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The number of average daily attacks carried out by ISIS worldwide jumped 42 percent over the past three months, according to new data published Thursday.
IHS Jane’s Terrorism and Insurgency Centre recorded a total of 1,086 ISIS attacks worldwide between July 1 and Sept. 30 — and the average daily number of attacks jumped to 11.8 from 8.3 in the preceding quarter.
The true number of attacks was likely “far higher,” according to IHS, because the data only included operations claimed by the militants or definitively linked to them by governments.
The average daily death toll also jumped significantly over…

Syria air strikes push Putin's rating to new high: Russian state pollster

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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin's approval rating has hit a record high of almost 90 percent, primarily as a result of his decision to launch air strikes against Islamist militants in Syria, Russia's state pollster said on Thursday.









  

Turkey's Erdogan sees Syrian intelligence, Islamic State, PKK hand in Ankara attack

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ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday he believed Islamic State, Kurdish militants, and the Syrian "mukhabarat" secret police had all played a role in a double suicide bombing which killed more than 100 people in Ankara this month.









  

U.S., allies target Islamic State with 22 fresh airstrikes: statement

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State targeted the militant group with 22 air strikes in Syria and Iraq on Wednesday, according to the Combined Joint Task Force leading the operation.
  

Saudi says Assad must be removed from power to crush Islamic State

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DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Thursday that to eliminate militant group Islamic State, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must be removed from power.









  

U.S. Special Forces mount hostage rescue operation in Iraq: CNN

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Special Forces mounted an operation in northern Iraq to rescue Kurdish hostages, CNN reported on Thursday, citing unidentified U.S. officials.
  
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Russia says worried about concentration of Islamist terror groups in Afghanistan

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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is concerned about the concentration of Islamist terror groups in northern Afghanistan, Maria Zakharova, a spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, said on Thursday.









  

Russia denies U.S. claims it used cluster bombs in populated areas in Syria

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MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian Defence Ministry official, Igor Konashenkov, on Thursday denied U.S. allegations that the Russian military had used cluster bombs in populated areas in Syria, RIA news agency reported.
  

Sword attack at Swedish school leaves one person dead

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One person has died and four are injured after being attacked by a masked man with a sword at a school in Sweden. The suspect has been shot. Report by Lauren Hampshire.

Suspect in NYC officer's fatal shooting a longtime criminal

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NEW YORK (AP) -- A man suspected of gunning down a police officer had been let out of jail and allowed to enter a drug treatment program despite an extensive arrest record that included felony convictions, leading to questions about why he was chosen for the program in the first place....

The Latest: Sweden's king: Country 'in shock' after attacks

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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) -- The latest developments in the attack on a Swedish school by a knife-wielding masked man (all times local):...

Clinton Testifies Before Benghazi Committee

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US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton arrives to testify in front of the House Select Committee on Benghazi on Capitol Hill in Washington

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American Killed in Raid to Rescue Kurd Fighters in Iraq

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American special operations forces troops conducted a raid with Kurdish peshmerga fighters inside Iraq and freed as many as 70 prisoners held by Islamic State in a rare, joint mission in which at least one American service member was killed.

Russia Gives International Media Look at Syrian Operations

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Russian officials have given international news organizations their first inside look at Russia's air operations in Syria. The Russian Defense Ministry flew Moscow-based reporters to the Hemeimeem Air Base near the coastal city of Latakia and gave them a tour of the facility Thursday. Journalists witnessed Russian combat jets streaking into the sky for another day of bombing runs on targets in Syria, and helicopter gunships flying around the vicinity of the base to make sure there...

Putin says Russia close to swapping data on Syria militant positions with West

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MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday Russia was close to exchanging data about the positions of Islamist militants in Syria with Western countries, something Moscow has wanted for weeks.
  

FBI agent indicted for drug trafficking - CNN International

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FBI agent indicted for drug trafficking
CNN International
Los Angeles (CNN) For two years, investigators decoded text messages, conducted surveillance and leaned on informants to unravel a drug trafficking network that allegedly distributed heroin and methamphetamine in a city park and California prisons.

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U.S. special operations make overnight hostage rescue attempt in Iraq; one killed 

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At least one U.S. military member has been killed in Iraq where U.S. special operations forces were involved in an attempt to rescue Kurdish hostages overnight, CNN reported Thursday.
U.S. officials told CNN an American was killed in the attempt. This is the first known combat fatality on the ground ...

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