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US will build up to 5 Somali army bases in bid to combat extremist threat

The U.S. will build up to five military bases for the Somali army in a project that seeks to bolster the Somalian national army’s capabilities amid ongoing threats from an extremist group. Somalia’s defense minister and the U.S. charge d’affaires signed a memorandum of understanding Thursday in Mogadishu, the Somali capital. ANTI-GANG TASK FORCE AGREEMENT

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German far-right party criticised over report of extremist meeting

The Alternative for Germany party has said it had no organisational or financial links to the event and that it wasn’t responsible for what was discussed during the meeting. ADVERTISEMENT Germany’s governing parties have assailed a resurgent far-right opposition party over a report that extremists met recently to discuss the deportation of millions of immigrants, including

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Austria tightens law banning Nazi, extremist symbols

Civil servants who are found guilty under the law will be barred from government employment. Austria’s parliament on Friday tightened the law banning Nazi symbols, broadening its scope and increasing punishments for the display and dissemination of any prohibited symbols to counter rising anti-Semitism and extremism. Austria — which the Nazis annexed in 1938 —

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Government urged to ‘cut ties with extremist organisation’ Animals Australia

Rick Wilson MP and Senator Slade Brockman have given speeches urging Federal Agricultural Minister Murray Watt to “cut ties with extremist organisation” Animals Australia, says Sky News host Cory Bernardi. His comments come after “serious claims” were made in Parliament about a “cash for cruelty scandal” involving the organisation. “Animals Australia are now being revealed

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