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Explainer-Germany's Reichsbuerger: Searching for an emperor and fascinated by guns

The 25 suspects detained in Germany on Wednesday for allegedly plotting to overthrow the state subscribed to a mixed bag of conspiracy theories, with the Reichsbuerger and QAnon ideologies among them, authorities said.

Reuters

Migrants flee plane after forcing emergency landing in Barcelona

A commercial airplane flying from Morocco to Turkey made an emergency landing at Barcelona's El Prat airport early on Wednesday after a reported medical event and 28 of the passengers fled across the tarmac, the Spanish government said.

Reuters

10% of Detained Protesters in Iran Are Women

The Iranian regime said Tuesday that women make up 10% of people arrested during the protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini. Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian of Kurdish origin, died on Sept. 16 in custody of the country’s morality police. She was detained for allegedly violating Iran’s strict dress…

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Russian forces killed hundreds of civilians early in Ukraine war -UN report

Russian forces killed at least 441 civilians in the early days of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, the United Nations human rights office said on Wednesday, documenting attacks in dozens of towns and summary executions that it said might be war crimes.

Reuters

Poland Will Place German Patriot Missiles on Its Territory

Poland is preparing to deploy the German Patriot air defense system on its territory, after Berlin refused to place this system in Ukraine, Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said on Twitter. Germany last month offered Poland the Patriot system to help secure its airspace after a stray missile crashed and killed…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Turkish deadline for SDF withdrawal from northern Syria: Source

Turkish source tells Al Jazeera that Ankara has told the US and Russia that the SDF must withdraw within two weeks.

Al Jazeera

Is it the end for Iran's morality police? Activists sceptical of claims body is being disbanded

A three-day general strike is taking place in Iran this week. It's a show of defiance, as the anti-regime protest movement approaches its three-month mark with no sign of abating. On Monday, the strike was observed in dozens of Iranian cities, from the capital Tehran to Isfahan, Tabriz and the…

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Long sentences for militant leader, followers

YALA: The provincial court has given long prison sentences to one of the leaders and other members of a militant group held responsible for widespread violence in the southernmost provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat.

Bangkok Post

Sister of Iran’s Khamenei Condemns His Rule, Urges Revolutionary Guards to Disarm

A sister of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has condemned his crackdown on nationwide protests and called on the widely-feared Revolutionary Guards to lay down their weapons, according to a letter published by her France-based son. Iran has been gripped by unrest since the death of 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Germany conducts nationwide raids to thwart group planning coup

More than 3,000 German law-enforcement officers conducted raids across the country Wednesday and detained 25 people suspected of links to a domestic terrorist group allegedly planning a coup d’etat.

Bangkok Post

Sister of Iran's leader condemns his rule, urges Guards to disarm - letter

A sister of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has condemned his crackdown on nationwide protests and called on the widely-feared Revolutionary Guards to lay down their weapons, according to a letter published by her France-based son.

Reuters

Former Irish Army general Michael Beary survives under-car bomb attack in Yemen

Exclusive: These dramatic photographs show the aftermath of the explosion on the general’s jeep – with local media claiming the mine was planted out by anti-government Houthi rebels.

Irish Mirror

German minister: foiled plot shows threat of far-right "abyss"

Investigations into a far-right plot to overthrow the German state show the threat posed by the "Reichsbuerger" movement, which denies the existence of the modern German state, Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said on Wednesday.

Reuters

EU targets Russian armed forces and banks in new round of sanctions

The EU's executive arm on Wednesday proposed a ninth package of sanctions on Russia, adding nearly 200 new individuals and entities to the sanctions list. Read our live blog to see how all the day's events unfolded. All times are Paris time (GMT+1).

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Evening Standard

Putin’s army setting up ‘self-defence units’ after drone strikes in Russian territory

Russia is extending its defensive positions along its international border with Ukraine, it is believed

Al Jazeera

M23 says ready to ‘withdraw’ in eastern DRC, yet clashes reported

The armed group, which was absent from peace talks, has requested meeting with regional mediators over conflict.

Evening Standard

US has not enabled Ukraine strikes inside Russia, says Antony Blinken

Putin has warned the US and its allies not to cross ‘red lines’

WEKU

Across Germany, 25 are arrested on suspicion of planning an armed coup, officials say

German prosecutors said some 3,000 officers conducted searches in 11 of Germany's 16 states against suspected far-right extremists who allegedly sought to overthrow the state in an armed coup.

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The Independent UK

‘Enemies of democracy’: German police arrest far-right extremists and foil ‘plot to overthrow state’

Plotters allegedly planned to storm the Reichstag and seize power

Asharq Al-Awsat

Mazloum Abdi: US Barred Türkiye from Carrying Out Military Operation in Syria

Commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Mazloum Abdi said the American administration of former President Donald Trump “betrayed” its allies in the SDF when it did not oppose the Turkish infiltration in Syria in late 2019.

Reuters

Germany foils far-right plot to install Prince Heinrich XIII in coup

Germany on Wednesday detained 25 members and supporters of a far-right group that the prosecutor's office said was preparing a violent overthrow of the state to install as national leader a prince who had sought backing from Russia.

Al Jazeera

Germany arrests 25 people over alleged far-right coup plot

The followers of the Reich Citizens were allegedly preparing ‘to violently force their way into the German parliament’.

The National (Scotland)

25 people arrested as German far-right extremists 'planned violent coup'

TWENTY-FIVE people have been detained as part of a series of raids on suspected far-right extremists across Germany, according to reports.

The Independent UK

Germany: 25 arrested on suspicion of planning armed coup

Officials say thousands of police have carried out a series of raids across much of Germany against suspected far-right extremists who allegedly sought to overthrow the state in an armed coup

Asharq Al-Awsat

Germany Arrests 25 Suspected of Far-right Plot to Overthrow State

Twenty-five alleged members and supporters of a far-right terrorist group suspected of aiming to overthrow the German state were detained early on Wednesday during raids across Germany, the federal prosecutor's office said. One active soldier and several reservists are among those being investigated, a spokesperson for the military intelligence service…

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