Tensions were running high outside the Greek parliament on Sunday as some 7,500 protesters flooded the central Syntagma Square, waving Greek flags, chanting slogans and demanding the plan to make vaccinations mandatory for all health professionals starting September 1 be reversed. Footage shared on social media showed protesters burning flares …
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In a statement issued on Monday, the regional police headquarters confirmed that a 26-year old foreign citizen had been arrested for “disturbing public order.” According to officials, “during the unfurling of the Ukrainian flag on the Potemkin Stairs, the man behaved defiantly and provoked a conflict with people taking part …
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In a statement to TASS on Thursday, an unnamed official confirmed that Alexander Kuranov, the boss of engineering firm NIGS, is being held by authorities. The press service of the Lefortovo Court in the capital later confirmed that prosecutors are seeking to keep him behind bars initially for two months …
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The attack took place on an Odakyu Electric Railway line late on Friday in Tokyo’s southwestern suburb of Setagaya. One of the victims was gravely injured after getting stabbed multiple times, local media reported citing police sources. Immediately after the incident, the train stopped between two stations, with the suspect …
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During prayers at a service marking the Eid al-Adha holiday in the Bamako Grand Mosque, an attacker attempted to stab Mali’s interim president, Colonel Assimi Goita, before being overpowered by security officers and thrown into a military truck. Goita, unharmed, was quickly surrounded by bodyguards and moved to safety, but …
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In a statement issued through the agency’s press service, officials said that Laette has been taken into custody after being “caught red-handed while receiving materials of a classified nature from a Russian citizen.” The FSB stated that such activities “are incompatible with the status of a diplomatic representative and are …
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An hours-long standoff between activists and dozens of police had ensued in Kenmure Street in southern Glasgow from Thursday morning, after two immigrants were taken from a flat there by immigration officers. Police were filmed trying to remove protesters, many of whom sat in the road to stop the UK …
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Dozens of protesters attempted to march in Istanbul’s iconic Taksim Square, marking Labor Day. Groups of demonstrators tried to approach the square from different directions, but they were met by a massive force of riot and plainclothes police officers. Footage from the scene shows multiple police officers handling protesters, wrestling …
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The MT ‘Hankuk Chemi’ tanker was permitted to leave Iran on Friday morning, South Korea time, the ministry said in a statement, noting that the captain and crew are “in good health” and that the vessel is in working order. Departing from the Rajai Port near Bandar Abbas, Iran, the …
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Kiev-based news network Strana reported on Tuesday that Vitaly Grechin, originally from the Ukrainian capital, had been arrested by officers in Dubai. Footage shot by a startled neighbor showed the group posing for naked pictures on the terrace of a high-rise apartment, and went viral online. Authorities in the Gulf …
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