Taliban kill 12 Afghan police with silenced weapons
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Taliban fighters in the southern Afghan province of Helmand attacked a checkpoint with silenced weapons and hand grenades early on Tuesday killing 12 policemen and stealing weapons and ammunition, officials said.
Police search Berlin properties linked to Christmas market attacker’s mosque
BERLIN (Reuters) – German police on Tuesday raided more than 20 sites in Berlin with links to a mosque visited by a Tunisian asylum seeker who killed 12 people in an attack on a Christmas market in December.
Five sentenced to death for killing of Japanese citizen in Bangladesh
DHAKA (Reuters) – A Bangladesh court handed down the death sentence on Tuesday for five Islamist militants found guilty of killing a Japanese citizen, court officials said.
Scottish leader says Britain’s hard Brexit stance raises chance of new independence vote
LONDON (Reuters) – The “sheer intransigence” of the British government over Brexit could lead to a second Scottish independence referendum, the head of the devolved Scottish government said on Tuesday.
Cambodia’s Hun Sen says he and Trump object to ‘anarchic’ media
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodia’s authoritarian Prime Minister Hun Sen has expressed sympathy for U.S. President Donald Trump’s antipathy toward the media, saying both he and Trump saw the media as stirring anarchy.
Mosul caught in ‘strange and terrifying’ battle as IS foreign soldiers fight to the end
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – The families cowered in basements, huddling in the dark as war raged overhead between Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants fighting for control of the streets of Mosul.
After Jammeh, Gambians seek justice for the disappeared
BANJUL/DAKAR (Reuters) – When Gambian intelligence officers arrested journalist Ebrima Manneh at his newspaper, he asked an office guard to save some tea.
Samsung Group dismantles nerve center as chief faces bribery charge amid scandal
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean prosecutors said on Tuesday they will charge Samsung Group [SARG.UL] chief Jay Y. Lee with bribery and embezzlement as the top conglomerate announced the dismantling of its corporate strategy office, the latest developmen…
Australia man arrested on charges of helping Islamic State develop missile technology
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian counterterrorism police arrested an unidentified man after a raid on a countryside property on Tuesday and accused him of seeking to help the Islamic State group by developing missile technology, the first arrest of its ki…
Saudi king to work with Indonesia to combat Islamic State: ambassador
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s King Salman is expected to sign 10 agreements during his visit to Indonesia, with a focus on combating militant group Islamic State, the kingdom’s ambassador to Indonesia told Reuters on Tuesday.
