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Mattis says Assad took Trump's chemical warning 'seriously'

US President Donald Trump's warning to the Syrian government not to carry out a chemical weapons attack appears to have worked, Pentagon chief Jim Mattis said Wednesday. "It appears that they took the warning seriously," Mattis said, referring to the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad....

Brexit to blow 20 bn euro hole in EU budget

Britain's withdrawal from the European Union could leave the remaining 27 countries with a 20-billion-euro hole in their budget to fill, a commissioner said Wednesday. EU Budget Commissioner Guenther Oettinger, of Germany, called on the bloc to improve the efficiency of its spending in the...

Mattis rebukes Putin for international 'mischief'

Pentagon chief Jim Mattis accused Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday of making international "mischief" and said America's commitment to NATO remains unwavering. Speaking to students in Germany to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Marshall Plan to rebuild a ravaged Europe...

Six suspected ISIS extremists arrested in Europe

Six suspected members of Daesh (ISIS) were arrested in Spain, Britain and Germany on Wednesday in an operation led by Spanish authorities investigating an extremist recruiting network, the Spanish interior ministry said. Raids were continuing Wednesday morning targeting the group, based on...