BRUSSELS, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Belgium has charged two new suspects in connection with the attacks in Paris in November 2015, claimed by the Islamic State group, which killed 130 people, federal prosecutors said Thursday. The suspects, identified only as Farid K. and Meryem E. B., “are suspected of having provided Khalid El Bakraoui with fake documents […]
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Belgium charges two new suspects over Paris attacks: prosecutor
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Japan PM first foreign leader to visit Duterte’s Philippines
MANILA, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in the Philippines on Thursday, becoming the first foreign leader to visit since President Rodrigo Duterte took office last year and launched his deadly war on crime. Abe is intent on maintaining Japan’s strong ties with the Philippines as Duterte shakes up his nation’s foreign policy […]
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US successfully test one of world’s largest micro-drones swarms
WASHINGTON,(MILLAT+APP):The US department of Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) has successfully tested one of the world’s largest micro-drone swarms, which will give the United States an edge over its adversaries. Named Perdex, one of the most significant autonomous systems, micro-drones are capable of low altitude Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance and other missions, according to a statement […]
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Relative guilty of Chinese-Australian family hammer murder
SYDNEY,(MILLAT+APP/AFP) – A former surgeon was Thursday found guilty of murdering five members of a Chinese-Australian family in Sydney, including two children, in a gruesome case that shocked the country. Robert Xie, 53, was charged with killing his Chinese-born brother-in-law Norman Lin, Lin’s wife Lily, their sons Henry, 12, and Terry, 9, and Lily’s sister […]
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French Socialists face off in pre-primary debate
PARIS, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Seven candidates chasing the presidential nomination of France’s Socialists face off Thursday in a debate to try to rally the left, which faces the threat of annihilation in this year’s polls. Former prime minister Manuel Valls went into the race as the favourite to represent his party after President Francois Hollande said […]
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Trump hit with claims Russia has compromising info on him
WASHINGTON, MILLAT+(APP/AFP) – US President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday faced explosive claims that Russian intelligence gathered compromising information on him which the Kremlin dismissed as fake and aimed at damaging ties. Trump denounced a report circulating in US media with damaging claims over his personal and professional life as a “political witch hunt” as he […]