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Trump’s far-right backers rebel over ‘hoax’ Syria attack

  by Paul Handley Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Far-right backers of US President Donald Trump rebelled Friday after he ordered a missile strike to punish Syria for a suspected chemical weapons attack that killed 86 people. Bandying the hashtag #Syriahoax, leaders of the “Alt-Right” white nationalist fringe lashed out at the president for abandoning his election campaign stances. Some denied the suspected chemical attack took place. Others rejected the broadly accepted […]

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Sweden arrests man for ‘terrorist crime’ after truck attack

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AFP) — Sweden early Saturday arrested a man for a “terrorist crime,” prosecutors said, hours after a beer truck ploughed into a crowd outside a busy department store in central Stockholm, killing four. The man was arrested “on suspicion of a terrorist crime through murder,” Karin Rosander, a communications director at the Swedish Prosecution Authority, told AFP. Police said earlier on Friday after the attack that they had detained the man who “matched […]

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Shocked Stockholm eerily silent after truck attack that killed 4, injured 15

  by Camille Bas-Wohlert and Ilgin Karlidag Agence France Presse STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AFP) — Stockholm’s usually vibrant city centre was eerily silent on Friday evening with restaurants, bars and cinemas shuttered and streets emptied hours after a truck ploughed into a crowd outside a department store, killing four people and injuring 15. Stockholmers appeared to be following police advice to stay indoors and avoid crowded areas, with a number of normally-bustling city streets deserted. The […]

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“Deaths, many injured” in Sweden truck attack

By Pia Ohlin STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AFP) — A truck slammed into a crowd of people outside a busy department store in central Stockholm on Friday, causing “deaths” in what the prime minister described as an “terror attack.” “There are deaths, and many injured,” Nina Odermalm Schei, a spokesperson for Swedish intelligence agency Sapo, told AFP, without giving a precise figure. “Sweden has been attacked. Everything points to a terror attack,” said Prime Minister Stefan Lofven. […]

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China expresses concern after President Duterte’s call to occupy South China Sea islands

  China’s Foreign Ministry on Friday (April 7) expressed concern after a statement from Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s office said he had ordered troops to occupy uninhabited islands and shoals that the Philippines claims in the disputed waterway. The statement, released on Thursday (April 6), was, however, clarified by the Philippines defense department as saying that the order was only for the upgrade of existing facilities in the already inhabited islands of the Philippines. “Regarding the […]

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4 children among 9 civilians dead in US Syria strike: state media

DAMASCUS, Syria (AFP) — A United States missile strike targeting an airbase in central Syria killed nine civilians, including four children, on Friday, state news agency SANA reported. The news agency said five of the civilians were killed in the village of Shayrat just outside the base of the same name. It said four more were killed in two other nearby villages — Al-Hamrat and Al-Manzul. Washington said it fired a barrage of 59 cruise […]

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NATO says Syria to blame for US strikes after attack

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — Syria is to blame for the United States missile strikes carried out after a deadly suspected chemical attack on a rebel-held town earlier this week, North Atlantic Treaty Organization head Jens Stoltenberg said on Friday. “The Syrian regime bears the full responsibility for this development,” Stoltenberg said in a statement. “Any use of chemical weapons is unacceptable, cannot go unanswered, and those responsible must be held accountable,” he added.

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Russian military says Syrian air defenses to be “strengthened”

MOSCOW, Russia (Eagle News) — Russia’s military on Friday said the Syrian forces’ air defenses will be boosted following the United States’ strike on a regime air base ordered by US President Donald Trump. “To protect Syria’s most sensitive infrastructure, a complex of measures will be implemented in the near future to strengthen and improve the effectiveness of the Syrian armed forces’ air defence system,” said spokesperson Igor Konashenkov.

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US Syria strikes show necessary “resolve” after attack: EU’s Tusk

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) –The United States missile strikes on a Syrian airbase Friday demonstrated “needed resolve” against chemical attacks, European Union President Donald Tusk said. “US strikes show needed resolve against barbaric chemical attacks,” tweeted Tusk, who represents the 28 EU member states, adding the bloc will work with the US to “end brutality” in Syria. Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission, the EU executive, expressed his support for the US decision. “President Juncker […]

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AFP to upgrade island facilities, not launch land grab, in disputed S. China Sea

MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines said Friday that it plans to upgrade and improve facilities on islands it already occupies in the disputed South China Sea, not embark on a new land grab. President Rodrigo Duterte said Thursday that he wanted “nine or 10” islands occupied and fortified. “The context with which we take the order is to improve on our already occupied islands, islets and features,” military spokesperson Colonel Edgard Arevalo […]

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