Danish police charge Syrian man with attempted terrorism
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Danish Police have charged a 30-year-old Syrian man, an asylum-seeker to Sweden, with attempting to commit a “terrorist act” in Copenhagen in November 2016, according to a police statement.
Two Palestinians killed in anti-U.S. protests after U.N. vote on Jerusalem: health official
GAZA (Reuters) – Israeli troops shot dead at least two Palestinians on Friday, a Gaza health official said, as protests intensified against Washington’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
U.S. backs re-election of Honduran president despite dispute
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Friday backed the re-election of Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, a U.S. ally, who was certified the winner in last month’s presidential contest in Honduras despite allegations of fraud by the oppos…
Spain’s crisis re-ignited as Catalan separatists win vote
BARCELONA/MADRID (Reuters) – Separatists looked set on Friday to regain power in Catalonia after voters rejected Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s attempt to neuter its independence movement, instead re-igniting the country’s biggest political cri…
Contrasting realities in Libya for French minister’s visit
TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – A hundred meters from the office of Libyan Prime Minister Fayaz al-Seraj in Tripoli, guards at a detention center for migrants had a message for a visiting French delegation: no minister, no journalists, nobody is allowed in.
Legal action to see whether UK could unilaterally stop Brexit gets go-ahead
EDINBURGH (Reuters) – A group of anti-Brexit Scottish lawmakers has been given the go-ahead to pursue legal action to establish whether the United Kingdom can unilaterally stop the process of leaving the EU, a Scottish court said on Friday.
Malaysia arrests 20 over suspected terror links
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia has arrested 20 suspected militants, including 13 foreigners, police said on Friday, adding to a list of hundreds detained in recent years accused of having links to terror groups.
Palestinian killed in anti-U.S. protests after U.N. vote on Jerusalem: health official
GAZA (Reuters) – Palestinians launched more anti-U.S. protests on Friday, and at least one demonstrator was killed in the Gaza Strip, a health official said, after the U.N. General Assembly rejected Washington’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s cap…
UHNCR says Australia abandoned refugees, must clear up the mess it made
GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N refugee agency on Friday accused Australia of abandoning hundreds of refugees and asylum seekers on Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island and said it must take responsibility for the mess it created with its “offshore processing” s…
U.N. hails first step on Syria detainees, cautious on Sochi plan
GENEVA (Reuters) – U.N. Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura said Syria talks in the Kazakh capital Astana on Friday had agreed on a “working group” for the release of detainees, which he said was a commendable first step towards an arrangement between the w…
