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Dragan Vasiljkovic, aka Captain Dragan, pleads not guilty

Dragan Vasiljkovic, better known as Captain Dragan, has denied that he was guilty of war crimes committed against Croatian soldiers and civilians.

After the indictment against him was read for 20 minutes in a court in the town of Split on Tuesday, Vasiljkovic said he understood the charges, and pleaded not guilty on all counts.

Belgian authorities find a list of targets in Abdeslam’s apartment

Investigators have found a list of targets for future terror attacks in France on a computer used by attacker Salah Abdeslam.

According to information, Belgian authorities discovered a list on the hard drive of the computer in the apartment where the fugitive was captured.

Female Afghan police cadets train in Turkey

A total of 89 female Afghan police cadets began a two-month-long training program in Turkey on May 2.       

Speaking at the opening ceremony of the program, Turkish Deputy Interior Minister Sebahattin Öztürk said a total of 2,627 Afghan policemen and women have joined the training program in Turkey since the two countries signed a cooperation agreement in 2011.

German nuclear research center was among Abdeslam’s targets

Salah Abdeslam, one of the terrorists arrested for the bloody attacks in Paris, had targeted German nuclear research center, German media reports claim.

Authorities found articles and photos of German nuclear research center Juelich, which has atomic waste stored there, as well as its director Wolfgang Marquardt, in Abdeslam’s apartment.

Brussels climbs up terror scale, shuts metro, cancels concerts and is on heightened alert

Just a week after Europe was gripped with shock following the multiple Paris attacks, Belgium raised the alert status for Brussels, its capital, to its highest level. The metro was shut and the public were warned to avoid crowds because of a “serious and imminent” threat of expected attack.

German Police Arrests Three Paris Attack Suspects

German police arrested two women and a man in connection with Friday's attacks in Paris, which had claimed the lives of 129 people and left hundreds injured.

The arrests were carried out in the town of Alsdorf, northeast of the city of Aachen, Deutsche Welle reports.

Special units were deployed to conduct the operation, with the arrests occurring at a job centre.

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