Kenya police shoot dead two during opposition protest: commissioner
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyan police shot dead two people and wounded a third when a crowd tried to storm a police station during an opposition protest against a looming presidential vote re-run, a senior official said.
Border checks to stay in Europe weary of attacks, migration
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – Border controls inside what should normally be Europe’s cherished zone of free travel are here to stay for now, EU ministers said on Friday, citing continued terrorist threats and the need to control migration.
Norway plans to send armored unit close to Russian border
OSLO (Reuters) – Norway said on Friday it planned to send an armored battalion near its arctic border with Russia and buy more tanks and artillery to respond to growing threats.
Kenya police use teargas to disperse opposition protesters in three cities
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyan police used teargas on Friday to disperse protesters in the country’s three main cities, Reuters witnesses said, as a standoff between the government and opposition leaders over a planned repeat presidential election continue…
EU to ban business ties with Pyongyang over nuclear tests
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union is set to agree on Monday to ban business ties with North Korea, part of a new package of sanctions to isolate Pyongyang over its nuclear and missile programs.
Myanmar army opens probe amid reports of killings, abuse of Rohingya Muslims
YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar’s military has launched an internal probe into the conduct of soldiers during a counteroffensive that has sent more than half a million Rohingya Muslims fleeing to Bangladesh, many saying they witnessed killings, rape and ars…
Teenager to stand trial in March over London bomb attack
LONDON (Reuters) – A teenager who moved to Britain after his parents were killed in Iraq will go on trial in March over a bomb attack on a packed commuter train that injured 30 people in London in September.
Joy mixed with caution in Gaza after Palestinian unity deal
GAZA (Reuters) – It didn’t take long after the firework smoke cleared in Gaza for some Palestinians to start questioning whether a unity deal between their two most powerful factions would hold.
Germany, France, Austria say internal EU border checks still needed
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – The European Union’s free-travel zone still needs the temporary border controls set up by some countries in recent years, ministers from Germany, France and Austria said on Friday, citing the continued terrorist threat.
Pakistan official details car chase that freed kidnapped U.S.-Canadian family
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani troops shot out the tires of a vehicle carrying a kidnapped U.S.-Canadian couple and their children in a raid that led to the family’s release after five years of being held hostage, a Pakistani security official said on…
