Kosovo court orders retrial of men convicted of organ trafficking
PRISTINA (Reuters) – Kosovo’s Supreme Court ordered a retrial of doctors and officials convicted of involvement in an organ trafficking ring that performed dozens of illegal kidney transplants between 2006 and 2008, in a ruling published on Friday.
Finnish neo-Nazi jailed after death of man he attacked
HELSINKI (Reuters) – A Finnish member of a neo-Nazi group was sentenced on Friday to two years in jail after the death of a 28-year-old man he had assaulted during a demonstration in Helsinki.
China blocks India’s request for U.N. to blacklist militant chief
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – China has blocked India’s request to add the head of the Pakistan-based militant group Jaish-e-Mohammad to a U.N. Security Council blacklist of groups linked to al Qaeda, India said on Friday.
Record 2016 pushes migrant arrivals in Italy over half million
ROME (Reuters) – Nearly a fifth more migrants arrived in Italy by boat this year, setting a record and bringing the three-year total to more than half a million, the Interior Ministry said on Friday.
Hundreds attend funeral of Polish truck driver killed in Berlin
WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish President Andrzej Duda and hundreds of mourners on Friday attended the funeral of Lukasz Urban, the Polish truck driver who was killed and his vehicle used to crash into a Berlin Christmas market last week.
Tunisian foreign fighters to be dealt with under anti-terrorism law: PM
TUNIS (Reuters) – Returning Tunisian militants will be immediately arrested and judged under anti-terrorism laws, the prime minister said, seeking to calm fears over the homecoming of some of the country’s several thousand jihadists.
Hungary’s Jobbik gets double rebuff for Hannukah greetings to Jews
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s once virulently anti-Semitic Jobbik party tried to show a more tolerant face this year by sending Hannukah greetings to local Jews. Neither their rabbi nor some Jobbik members appreciated the gesture.
Plans for stronger Turkish presidency pass first hurdle
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will be able to appoint and dismiss government ministers, take back the leadership of the ruling party, and govern until 2029 under plans approved by a parliamentary commission on Friday.
UN envoy sees ‘historic opportunity’ for Cyprus reunification in 2017
NICOSIA (Reuters) – A senior United Nations official says ethnically-split Cyprus has a “historic opportunity” to reunite in 2017 and a meeting in Geneva in early January will be crucial for a peace deal that has eluded the island for decades.
China to prosecute former senior spy catcher for graft
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will prosecute one its former spy chiefs after accusing him of bribery and abusing his power to interfere in law enforcement, the ruling Communist Party said on Friday.
