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Vienna knife attacker had Islamist sympathies

VIENNA (AFP)- The Austrian of Egyptian origin who was shot dead Sunday night after attacking a soldier with a knife outside the Iranian ambassador's residence in Vienna had Islamist sympathies, authorities said. Preliminary indications suggest that the 26-year-old man "clearly had...

Germany on alert for possible attacks on Turkish sites

BERLIN (Reuters)- German security agencies are on alert for signs of violence against Turkish facilities in Berlin, Stuttgart and other cities, the Interior Ministry said, after fires damaged several Turkish-run mosques over the weekend. Firefighters battled for over 90 minutes to...

'Unsafe even to bury the dead' in besieged Ghouta

Thousands of families are sleeping in the open in the streets of the biggest town of Eastern Ghouta enclave, where there is no longer any room in packed cellars to shelter from government bombardment, local authorities said. The regime army's onslaught in Eastern Ghouta, backed by air...