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Six people detained in Athens and Thessaloniki on Wednesday in connection to bank robberies and possible terrorist activity faced a prosecutor on Thursday.

The suspects, four Greek men, aged 23, 26 and 30, a Greek woman aged 25 and a 30-year-old Albanian national were detained following police searches of their homes.

Three members of a violent robbery ring that has wielded Kalashnikov assault rifles in several raids on homes and stores in parts of Attica as well as Thiva and Larissa, have been detained by authorities while police seek to trace their accomplices.

YDG-H members set alight schools in Cizre by pouring fuel on the buildings and throwing Molotov Cocktails

The police officer who shot dead Uğur Kurt at a cemevi in Okmeydanı in May said in his testimony that he opened fire to “neutralize an individual throwing Molotov cocktails” as he feared for his life.

Japan and the United States are exploring the possibility of Tokyo acquiring offensive weapons that would allow Japan to project power far beyond its borders, Japanese officials said, a move that would likely infuriate China.
   

Ten people were detained and four were arrested after unknown assailants hurled Molotov cocktail bombs at police in Exarchia, central Athens, early on Sunday.

Two policemen were injured during the attack, which occurred when officers joined a group of firemen who had been called to the scene to put out fires in several trash bins.

European food producers are reportedly seeking to bypass Moscow’s ban on western food imports by deceiving authorities over the origin of the products with tags claiming the food is produced in countries that are not banned, including Turkey.

Two people were shot and dozens arrested overnight Monday in the Missouri town of Ferguson as racially charged unrest continued to roil its streets more than a week after a killing of an unarmed black teen by a white policeman.
      

Missouri Governor Jay Nixon has signed an order sending in the National Guard to help deescalate the situation in the town of Ferguson.

Unrest sparked in Ferguson after Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, was shot by police on August 9 after allegedly taking part in a robbery.

Russia has banned most food imports from the West in retaliation for sanctions over Ukraine, raising Turkey’s hopes of boosting its exports to the country, which will turn to alternative suppliers.