Exclusive: Bangladesh police detail suspicions of inside help in central bank heist
DHAKA (Reuters) – A top investigator into the electronic theft of $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank is turning his attention to some IT technicians from the bank whom he suspects hooked up its transactions system to the public Internet, givi…
Germany releases Tunisian suspect in Berlin truck attack
KARLSRUHE, Germany (Reuters) – German authorities have released a Tunisian man detained on suspicion of involvement in the truck attack on a Berlin Christmas market last week that killed 12 people, a spokeswoman for the federal prosecutor’s office said…
Syrian Kurdish groups, allies say approve blueprint for federal system
RMEILAN, Syria (Reuters) – Syrian Kurdish groups and their allies said on Thursday they approved a blueprint for a system of federal government in northern Syria.
Tunisia breaks up militant cell near Sousse: interior ministry
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian security forces said on Thursday that they had broken up an al Qaeda-linked militant cell with 10 members that was active near the coastal city of Sousse.
Russia says no sign of fire or blast in Black Sea jet crash wreckage: TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Thursday that no signs of damage from an explosion or fire had been found on the wreckage of a military plane that crashed into the Black Sea on Sunday, killing all 92 people on board, the TASS news …
Philippines’ Duterte calls U.S. envoys ‘spies’ over alleged ouster plot
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte derided U.S. ambassadors as “spies” on Thursday, responding to a media report of an alleged American plot to destabilize his government, a job he said some envoys were appointed solely to do.
Russia’s Putin says Syrian government, opposition sign ceasefire deal
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Syrian opposition groups and the Syrian government had signed a number of documents including a ceasefire deal that would take effect at midnight on the night of Dec. 29-30.
Syrian rebel charged in Sweden on suspicion of war crimes
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – A former Syrian opposition fighter has been charged with breaching international law over the execution in 2012 of seven soldiers loyal to President Bashar al-Assad, the Swedish prosecutor’s office said on Thursday.
Duterte says once threw man from helicopter, would do it again
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened corrupt government officials with the prospect of being thrown out of a helicopter mid-air, warning he has done it himself before and had no qualms about doing it again.
In parting shot at Israel, Kerry warns Middle East peace in jeopardy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday said Israel’s building of settlements on occupied land was jeopardizing Middle East peace, voicing unusually frank frustration with America’s longtime ally weeks before he is due to…
