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Trump announces pick to lead national intelligence

WASHINGTON, 29 July 2019 [Fik/News Sources]: President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that congressman John Ratcliffe of Texas would be nominated as new director of national intelligence.  Dan Coats, the current Director, will depart the position on Aug. 15. "I am pleased to announce that highly respected Congressman John Ratcliffe of Texas will be nominated by me to be the Director of National Intelligence. A former U.S. Attorney, John will lead and inspire greatness for the Country he loves," Trump said on Twitter.  Coats, a Republican who served in the Senate in the 1990s and was elected again in 2010, was appointed in March 2017.  "I would like to thank Dan for his great service to our Country. The Acting Director will be named shortly," Trump added.  The Senate must still

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German police chief warns of far-right terror threat

BERLIN, 17 August 2019 [Fik/News Sources]: Germany is facing growing danger from far-right extremists and terrorist groups, head of the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) said on Friday. In an interview with news portal t-online, Holger Muench warned that the number of violent far-right extremists and crimes committed by them have significantly increased in recent years. “We are also aware of the risk that they could form new structures, even terrorist groups,” he said, referring to the neo-Nazi groups “Oldschool Society” and the “Gruppe Freital” which planned attacks against refugee centers and mosques. Muench said German security agencies have recently adopted a new strategy to disrupt such structures as early as possible, before they transformed themselves into terrorist

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Pakistan hosts trilateral meeting in Islamabad

ISLAMABAD, 08 Sep 2019 [Fik/News Sources]: China, Pakistan and Afghanistan have reiterated their support for a politically negotiated settlement of the long-standing conflict in Afghanistan. A joint statement issued after the third round of China-Afghanistan-Pakistan foreign ministers' dialogue held in Pakistan's capital city Islamabad on Saturday said the three sides had been closely following recent developments in the region and taken note of the talks between the U.S. and Taliban. "Hope that intra-Afghan negotiations including direct negotiations between the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the Taliban begin soon and lead to full cessation of violence bringing lasting peace for the people of Afghanistan", the foreign ministers of three countries said. They underlined the need for an inclusive, Afghan-led

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