Norwegian police say their investigation so far shows Sunday’s blast was caused by an improvised device.
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Police release images of Oslo US embassy explosion suspect
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Blast outside Belgium synagogue was 'antisemitic act', mayor says
The explosion took place around 04:00 in front of the synagogue and caused no injuries, police say.
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‘We should pick up the pace’ – POLITICO
At a dinner last week attended by the European Commission president’s chief of staff, Bjoern Seibert, EU ambassadors rejected the possibility of allowing in new members with limited privileges.
Kallas’ words offer heavyweight backing to the idea that enlargement isn’t simply a…
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Belgian synagogue rocked by explosion in ‘antisemitic’ attack – POLITICO
Belgium’s federal judicial police anti-terrorism unit and the federal prosecutor’s office are investigating the incident.
A spokesperson for the Liège mayor’s office told POLITICO: “The mayor and the municipal executive express their strongest condemnation of this extremely…
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Ukraine’s drone interceptors in high demand in the Middle East
President Volodymyr Zelensky has said Ukrainian drone experts will arrive in the Middle East this week to help Gulf states under attack from Iran.
In recent days, Iran has fired a number of Shahed drones across the Middle East – and some air defences in the region have struggled to cope.
Ukraine…
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EU must ‘urgently’ change its approach to foreign policy, von der Leyen says – POLITICO
But with wars raging in Iran and Ukraine and with U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated threats to take Greenland from Denmark, von der Leyen used her speech Monday to make a full-throated case for the EU to rip up the way it does foreign policy, much of which requires unanimity from all…
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Crise énergétique : le G7 envisage de recourir aux réserves stratégiques de pétrole
PARIS — Les ministres des Finances des pays du G7 discuteront lundi de la possibilité d’utiliser les réserves pétrolières d’urgence dans un contexte de flambée des prix de l’énergie déclenchée par la guerre des Etats-Unis et d’Israël contre l’Iran.
“Le recours aux réserves…
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Franz Ferdinand* gets involved in war – POLITICO
Kapranos wrote: “These warmongering murderers are using our music without our consent. This makes us both nauseous and furious. Kind of typical though, isn’t it? To strut up and take what isn’t theirs with a vile arrogance.”
Last month, Israel and the U.S. launched joint…
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How high is the price of war? – POLITICO
As Iran names its new supreme leader oil prices skyrocket, sending shockwaves across the global economy – but how will the UK government deal with the issue?
US President Donald Trump claims the surge is a “small price to pay” for peace – but as G7 finance leaders hold…
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G7 weighs using emergency oil reserves amid soaring prices driven by war – POLITICO
Talks on using oil reserves — in the range of 300 million to 400 million barrels — were first reported by the Financial Times, which added that the International Energy Agency would join the discussions.
Oil prices surged above $100 a barrel overnight, reaching the highest level…
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