Freed Canadian hostage appears in court on criminal charges
OTTAWA (Reuters) – A Canadian court on Wednesday postponed a bail hearing for former Taliban hostage Joshua Boyle, who was arrested on Saturday and faces criminal charges including assault, sexual assault and forcible confinement.
Macron wants anti-‘fake news’ law in 2018
PARIS (Reuters) – President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday he would overhaul French media legislation this year to fight the “fake news” spread on social media which he said threatened liberal democracies.
Israeli death penalty advocates win preliminary vote in parliament
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s parliament gave preliminary approval on Wednesday for legislation that would make it easier for a court to impose a death sentence on assailants convicted of murder in attacks classified as terrorism.
Jurors in U.S. trial of Turkish banker ask about partial verdict
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Jurors in the U.S. trial of Mehmet Hakan Atilla, an executive at Turkey’s majority state-owned Halkbank who is charged with helping Iran evade U.S. sanctions, asked in a note on Wednesday what they should do if they agree on some o…
Italy’s Northern League pledges to put right ‘error’ of euro
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s rightist Northern League brushed off on Wednesday suggestions it had dropped its opposition to the euro and renewed its pledge to rectify the “error” of the single currency.
Iran deploys Revolutionary Guards to quell ‘sedition’ in protest hotbeds
LONDON (Reuters) – Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards have deployed forces to three provinces to put down anti-government unrest after six days of protests that have rattled the clerical leadership and left 21 people dead.
Wounded Libyans struggle as fighting in Benghazi draws to close
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Economics student Mutassim al-Misrati lost his leg in an RPG attack in April 2014 while fighting in Benghazi, his home city.
Violent crime rises in Germany and is attributed to refugees
BERLIN (Reuters) – Young male refugees in Germany got the blame on Wednesday for most of a two-year increase in violent crime, adding fuel to the country’s political debate over migrants.
Israel says Iran recruited Palestinian militants via South Africa
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel said on Wednesday it had cracked a Palestinian militant cell suspected of having been recruited and handled by Iranian intelligence officers who worked out of South Africa.
Death toll from Peru bus crash rises to 48 : emergency services
LIMA (Reuters) – At least 48 people were killed in Peru when a bus collided with a truck and careened off a cliff along a sharply curving highway north of the capital Lima, emergency services officials said.
