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Acknowledging that the terrorist threat in the EU has reached its peak in the last two decades, the EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator warned the bloc’s lawmakers that Europe could face new ISIS-coordinated attacks, possibly even involving chemical weapons.
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- Italy to hold referendum on constitutional reform on Dec 4 - govt
- Death toll from militia clashes in central Congo was 49
- US senator seeks SEC probe of Yahoo disclosure on hacking
- US charges 4 Chinese nationals, China-based firm for evading sanctions on N. Korea
- Philippines’ Duterte to forge closer ties with China, Russia
- Okinawa villagers sue authorities for construction of ‘unlivably loud’ US helipads
Two Okinawa villages filed a lawsuit last week against the local government after it allowed US military construction of two heliports on the only virgin forest remaining in Okinawa Prefecture, home of a US base in Japan. - ‘Almost all EU states could follow UK, leave union’ – French MP
Nearly every EU state could follow in the footsteps of the UK and vote to leave the bloc, French Member of Parliament responsible for European affairs in President Francois Hollande’s party, Philip Cordery, has said. - Japan boosts ‘logistics’ cooperation with US military amid tensions with China & N. Korea
Japan has amended its Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement (ACSA) with the United States to enable the provision of military supplies list under the country’s new security legislation enacted earlier this year. - ‘Americans are on our side’: Al-Nusra commander says US arming jihadists via 3rd countries
US weapons are being delivered to Jabhat Al-Nusra by governments that Washington supports, a militant commander told the German media, adding that American instructors were in Syria to teach how to use the new equipment.
- ‘Almost all EU states could follow UK, leave union’ – French MPNearly every EU state could follow in the footsteps of the UK and vote to leave the bloc, French Member of Parliament responsible for European affairs in President Francois Hollande’s party, Philip Cordery, has said.
- Okinawa villagers sue authorities for construction of ‘unlivably loud’ US helipadsTwo Okinawa villages filed a lawsuit last week against the local government after it allowed US military construction of two heliports on the only virgin forest remaining in Okinawa Prefecture, home of a US base in Japan.
- Lone refugee kids may fall prey to traffickers & rapists when Calais camp is bulldozed – UNICEF
Unaccompanied child migrants living in the Calais 'Jungle' camp are likely to go missing or risk being trafficked when France dismantles the shanty town, UNICEF has warned. It urged authorities to speed up the reunion of children with families in the UK. - Japan boosts ‘logistics’ cooperation with US military amid tensions with China & N. KoreaJapan has amended its Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement (ACSA) with the United States to enable the provision of military supplies list under the country’s new security legislation enacted earlier this year.
- Iran seized ‘1,000s of valuable docs’ from detained US sailors, Revolutionary Guard general claims
Iran has managed to seize “thousands” of valuable US military documents when its navy intercepted and detained a group of US sailors in an embarrassing trespassing incident in January, the Revolutionary Guard commander said. - ISIS may strike Europe with car bomb & chemical attacks, warns EU counter-terrorism chiefAcknowledging that the terrorist threat in the EU has reached its peak in the last two decades, the EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator warned the bloc’s lawmakers that Europe could face new ISIS-coordinated attacks, possibly even involving chemical weapons.
- S. Korean helicopter crashes during ‘show of force’ snap drills with US navy
The South Korean military has apparently lost a helicopter during a surprise exercise with US warships in the East China Sea staged as the latest show of military might and readiness to counter “North Korea's unprovoked acts of aggression.” - ‘Americans are on our side’: Al-Nusra commander says US arming jihadists via 3rd countriesUS weapons are being delivered to Jabhat Al-Nusra by governments that Washington supports, a militant commander told the German media, adding that American instructors were in Syria to teach how to use the new equipment.
- ‘Asylum spray’ handed out in Denmark by far-right party ‘to ward off migrant attacks’
The anti-immigrant Party of the Danes has been spotted handing out cans of ‘asylum spray’ on the streets. The “legal and effective” way of opposing the “problem” of migrants was launched in Haderslev – the location of recent harassment reports. - Drowned migrants ‘deserve to die’ – Egyptian MP
An Egyptian member of parliament has claimed the 168 migrants who drowned close to the Mediterranean on September 21 “deserved to die”. Elhamy Agina also blamed the parents of those involved for what happened. - Duterte ‘about to cross the Rubicon’ with US, wants alliances with Russia & China
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has reiterated his intention to distance his country from the US, its former colonial master, saying he is about to pass “the point of no return” with the US. - What you did in Iraq & Libya is the real barbarism – Russian FM spox rebukes US envoy to UN
The US envoy to the UN, who recently called Russia's actions in Syria “barbarism,” is hypocritical, because nothing in modern history is more barbaric than what the US has done in Iraq and Libya, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson said in a fiery rebuke.
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