Soldiers from Operation Sentinel, deployed in the aftermath of the 2015 Paris terrorist attacks, opened fire on a suspicious car that was trying to hit one of them. The driver is currently on the run and is wanted by police.
The incident took place in a suburb of Lille in northern France on Saturday evening. However, the information did not emerge in the French media until the next day. Source RT
Forty-nine rescued refugees and migrants, including 12 minors, remained stranded at sea on Tuesday on board a nonprofit rescue ship as Italy’s Interior Minister Matteo Salvini barred them from disembarking in Italy. Source: Al Jazeera
US Ambassador Richard Grenell is in new trouble: because Donald Trump confidante is interfering in German budget planning, Wolfgang Kubicki, vice-president of the Bundestag, sharply criticises him. There is also discontent within the Union. Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas (SPD) must declare US Ambassador Richard Grenell “immediately” as a persona non grata, FDP Vice-Chairman Wolfgang Kubicki said. Kubicki reacted to the ambassador’s interference in the German budget debate with this drastic demand. Source: Die Welt
Turkey and Iran carried out a joint operation against the PKK terrorists, Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said Monday. “We started staging a joint operation with Iran against the PKK on our eastern border as of 08:00 p.m. (0500 GMT) this morning,” Soylu said. Soylu noted that the government will announce the results soon. Source: Daily Sabah
