Islamic State kills 24 with Baghdad car bomb, attack police stations in Samarra
BAGHDAD/TIKRIT, Iraq (Reuters) – An Islamic State car bomb killed 24 people in Baghdad’s Sadr City district on Monday and the militants also attacked two police stations in the city of Samarra as Iraqi forces fought to oust the group from Mosul, its la…
Murders in notoriously violent El Salvador drop 20 percent in 2016: police
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – Murders in El Salvador fell by more than a fifth in 2016 after soaring to one of the highest rates anywhere around the globe the previous year, police data in the Central American nation showed on Monday.
Migrants in U.S., Mexico fret about Trump threat to halt remittances
CLEARWATER, Fla. (Reuters) – In central Mexico’s Mezquital Valley, new pick-up trucks bounce along unpaved roads and U.S.-style houses are springing up alongside cornfields. But people are afraid that remittances from family members abroad, a primary source of funding for such purchases, may soon dry up.
Suicide bombers attack two police stations in Iraq’s Samarra: sources
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Gunmen wearing suicide vests attacked two police stations in the central Iraqi city of Samarra on Monday, killing at least seven policemen, security sources said.
Pope tells bishops to have zero tolerance for sexual abuse
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis has told bishops around the world they must adhere to a policy of zero tolerance for clergy who sexually abuse children and begged forgiveness for “a sin that shames us”.
Syrian suspected of planning truck attack in Germany arrested: prosecutors
BERLIN (Reuters) – A Syrian migrant who arrived in Germany two years ago has been arrested on suspicion of seeking funds from Islamic State to drive truck bombs into a crowd, a German state prosecutor’s office said on Monday.
Israeli police question Netanyahu over alleged gifts: media
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Police investigators began questioning Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his official residence in Jerusalem on Monday on suspicion of receiving gifts from businessmen in breach of his role as a public servant, Israeli media sa…
Daughter of South Korean leader’s friend arrested in Denmark amid graft probe
SEOUL (Reuters) – The daughter of one of the central figures in a South Korean influence-peddling scandal that led to President Park Geun-hye’s impeachment will face extradition proceedings in Denmark after Danish police arrested her on an Interpol req…
Gambian authorities shut three radio stations amid post-election crisis
DAKAR (Reuters) – Gambian security agents closed three private radio stations near the capital, Banjul, amid an escalating political crisis triggered by President Yahya Jammeh’s refusal to accept his election defeat.
Islamic State claims Istanbul attack, gunman remains at large
CAIRO/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Islamic State claimed responsibility on Monday for a New Year’s Day mass shooting in a packed Istanbul nightclub that killed 39 people, an attack carried out by a lone gunman who remains at large.
