Police take three for questioning after anti-terror raids in Brussels
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgian police detained three people for questioning after carrying out house searches in Brussels that were related to an anti-terrorism investigation, prosecutors said on Saturday.
Ricardo Lagos, ex-Chile president, runs to lead country again
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Ricardo Lagos, a leading opponent of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet who later went on to serve as president from 2000 to 2006, on Saturday accepted his party’s nomination to run in the 2017 presidential election.
Iraqi forces advance at Mosul University, take areas along Tigris: officials
MOSUL, Iraq/BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi special forces drove back Islamic State militants in the Mosul University campus on Saturday, while elite police units took over large areas along the east bank of the Tigris river, military officials said.
Venezuela’s Maduro oversees military drill to guard ‘socialist fatherland’
CARACAS (Reuters) – His finger on a rifle trigger and wearing an olive green hat, President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday oversaw military exercises in crisis-wrought Venezuela, which he says is under threat of imperialist” invasion due to its oil wealth….
‘We are Europe’ French presidential candidate Macron tells rally
PARIS (Reuters) – “We are Europe, we are Brussels, we wanted it and we need it,” French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron told thousands of supporters on Saturday in a call for a stronger and united European Union.
Kosovo blocks entry of ‘provocative’ train from Serbia
PRISTINA (Reuters) – Kosovo police blocked the entry on Saturday of a train from Serbia painted in the colors of the Serbian flag and with the words “Kosovo is Serbia” printed down the side, in a standoff seen as a test for the tiny Balkan country.
Riots in Tunisia on revolt’s anniversary, protests greet president
TUNIS (Reuters) – Hundreds of protesters demanding jobs clashed with police in several Tunisian towns on Saturday, blocking the route of visiting President Beji Caid Essebsi in one region, on the sixth anniversary of the country’s revolution.
Trump team struggles for cohesion on tougher China policy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The incoming U.S. administration’s tough talk against China has set the stage for showdowns on everything from security to trade and cyberspace, but contradictory signals are sowing uncertainty over how far President-elect Donald Trump is prepared to go in confronting Beijing.
At least 19 dead in India as boat capsizes in Ganges
BHUBANESHWAR (Reuters) – At least 19 people have drowned after a boat capsized in the Ganges river in India’s eastern state of Bihar on Saturday, a government official said.
Bahrainis protest over fears for three convicts on death row
DUBAI (Reuters) – Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of the Bahraini capital Manama on Saturday over reports on social media that the authorities may be preparing to execute three Shi’ite men convicted of a deadly 2014 bomb attack.
