Moon rising? South Korea presidential hopeful quietly takes stage
SEOUL (Reuters) – As hundreds of thousands of South Koreans poured into the streets every weekend for two months to call for President Park Geun-hye to resign, the opposition’s leading contender to replace her appeared reluctant to seize the moment.
Nigeria in talks to secure release of more Chibok girls, official says
LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigerian authorities are involved in negotiations aimed at securing the release of some of the more than 200 girls kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014 in the northeastern Nigerian town of Chibok, the president’s spokesman said on Thursday…
Monitoring group says Islamic State video shows two Turkish soldiers burned alive
LONDON (Reuters) – Islamic State in Syria released a video on Thursday purporting to show two captured Turkish soldiers being burned to death, according to the U.S.-based SITE Intelligence Group which monitors militant groups online.
Exclusive: Dashcam shows truck speed into Berlin Christmas market
BERLIN (Reuters) – A video clip from a car-mounted dashcam appears to show the moment a truck drove into a Berlin Christmas market on Monday in an attack that killed 12 people.
U.S. says it killed 28 al Qaeda militants in strikes in Yemen
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military said on Thursday it killed 28 members of the militant group al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in nine strikes in Yemen since September.
Death toll in Mexico fireworks market blast rises to 35
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The death toll from a chain of explosions at a popular fireworks market on Mexico City’s outskirts rose to at least 35 after two more people were added to the list, the local government said on Thursday.
Snowden still has contacts with Russian intelligence: U.S. House report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden “has had and continues to have contact” with Russian intelligence services, according to a newly declassified U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee report r…
Peru’s Kuczynski denies taking bribe from Brazilian firm Odebrecht
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski on Thursday denied receiving $20 million in bribes from Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht SA in exchange for help winning a contract in 2005, when he was prime minister.
Morocco searching for authors of posts praising Russian ambassador’s assassination
RABAT (Reuters) – Morocco’s government said on Thursday it was working to identify the authors of social media posts praising the assassination of the Russian ambassador to Turkey this week.
Migrant in Italy gets 30-year sentence for murder of U.S. woman
FLORENCE, Italy (Reuters) – A Senegalese migrant was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Thursday for the murder of Ashley Olsen, a U.S. woman who was killed in the Tuscan city of Florence in January.
