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South Korea conducts anti-terror drills in Seoul subway

SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) — South Korea conducted drills simulating bomb and poisonous gas attacks at a subway station on Tuesday (August 22) in Seoul. They are part of yearly contingency drills known as the “Ulchi Exercises”, amid mounting tension over North Korea’s weapons programs. About 200 personnel from the Seoul Metro, police, military, fire department, local government as well as about 60 citizens participated in the exercise at the Sadang subway station. The country’s four-day […]

London mosque driver charged with ‘terrorism-related murder’

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — The British van driver who mowed down Muslim worshippers near a London mosque this week was charged Friday with terrorism-related murder and attempted murder, prosecutors said. Darren Osborne, 47, will appear before magistrates in central London later Friday in relation to the charges, the Crown Prosecution Service said, after one man died in the incident early Monday near Finsbury Park Mosque in north London. © Agence France-Presse