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Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 10, 2016
Syrian refugee suspected of planning bomb attack in Germany is captured
German police said Monday they have captured a man suspected of planning a bomb attack who slipped through their grasp during a raid two days ago.
EDITORIALS
Oct 5, 2016
Ratify Paris climate change pact
The government should seek to promptly ratify and join in the implementation of the Paris accord.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 22, 2016
Bangkok edges out London as world's top travel destination
Bangkok has beaten London to be crowned the world's most popular travel destination this year, according to an annual ranking by global payments and technology company Mastercard released on Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 12, 2016
France arrests 15-year-old boy for planning 'imminent' Paris attack
A 15-year-old boy has been arrested in Paris suspected of preparing imminent "violent action," two judicial sources said, the second alleged plot with links to the Islamic State group discovered in France over the last week.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 3, 2016
Two dead, thousands evacuated in France flood emergency
Torrential rain forced thousands of people from their homes south of Paris while the River Seine surged to its highest level for over 30 years in the French capital, shutting down the famed Louvre and Orsay museums and a metro line.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 18, 2016
Trump willing to talk to North Korea's Kim, wants to renegotiate climate accord
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Tuesday he is willing to talk to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to try to stop Pyongyang's nuclear program, proposing a major shift in U.S. policy toward the isolated nation.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 18, 2016
Trump on North Korea, Wall Street regulation, tech stocks
Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump told Reuters in a wide-ranging interview on Tuesday that he would be willing to talk to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to try to stop Pyongyang's nuclear program.
WORLD / Politics
May 9, 2016
Ex-U.K. spy chiefs warn Brexit would pose threat to country, all of Europe
A British vote to leave the European Union next month could make the country more vulnerable to militant attacks and cause instability across the continent, two former senior British intelligence officials said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
May 2, 2016
Connecticut governor gets JFK award for defying foes, taking in Syrian refugees
Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy was honored on Sunday by the family of John F. Kennedy for embracing Syrian refugees at a time when other U.S. leaders sought to turn them away.
SOCCER
Apr 19, 2016
PSG mum on Mourinho reports
Paris St. Germain on Tuesday issued a terse "no comment" following reports in England that the French champions had approached Jose Mourinho to become their new manager.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 14, 2016
Spain nabs Frenchman wanted for allegedly supplying arms to Paris terrorist
Spanish police have arrested a Frenchman suspected of supplying the arms used by an Islamist militant to kill four people at a kosher supermarket and a policewoman in Paris in January 2015, Spain's interior ministry said on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 8, 2016
Australia to strip dual nationals involved in terrorism of citizenship
Australia, a staunch ally of the United States and its battle against Islamist militants in Iraq and Syria, said on Friday it would strip dual nationals convicted of terrorism-related crimes of citizenship.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 31, 2016
Hollande scraps plan to strip terror convicts of French nationality
French President Francois Hollande on Wednesday scrapped contested constitutional reforms he proposed after the Paris attacks, in an embarrassing U-turn for his already beleaguered government.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 30, 2016
Minister admits FBI warned Dutch about wanted El Bakraoui brothers week before Brussels attacks
The FBI told Dutch police that two brothers were being sought by Belgian authorities a week before the pair blew themselves up in suicide attacks in Brussels, the Dutch interior minister said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 28, 2016
Belgium seeks more information on 'man in the hat'; death toll at 35
Belgian police issued a new appeal on Monday for information about a man caught on CCTV at Brussels Airport with two others who are thought to have blown themselves up in the check-in area last Tuesday.
WORLD
Mar 27, 2016
Nails and nail polish remover: Brussels bombers prepared a 'satanic' cocktail
An empty apartment block on a quiet street turned out to be the perfect place for the three suspected Brussels attackers to prepare the home-made nail bombs used in Tuesday's airport and metro attacks, which killed at least 31 people.

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