Dutch police say Berlin market attack suspect may have passed through Netherlands
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch police said on Wednesday they were investigating whether the man believed responsible for last week’s deadly Christmas market attack in Berlin may have traveled through the Netherlands.
Boko Haram may have used Chibok girls as shields during attack: Nigerian army
LAGOS (Reuters) – Boko Haram fighters fleeing an attack on their base last week may have used some of the girls kidnapped in 2014 from northeast Nigeria’s Chibok as human shields to prevent being fired upon by fighter jets, a military commander said on…
U.S. calls Pakistan student group wing of banned militant organization
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Wednesday announced it was adding the student wing of the Pakistan-based militant organization, Lashkar-e-Taiba, to its list of “foreign terrorist organizations.”
Russia’s anti-doping body says did not admit to sports dope conspiracy
(Reuters) – Russia’s anti-doping agency RUSADA said on Wednesday it had not admitted to mass doping in the country’s sports system and that a report in the New York Times which suggested it had was a distortion of its position.
After 40 days on foot, Turkmens flee fighting in Iraq to reach Turkey
HATAY, Turkey (Reuters) – After trudging for 40 days through the bitter cold and sometimes difficult terrain of northern Iraq, Ahmet Ali Bekir reached Turkey, one of 1,500 Turkmens to arrive in the last two days after fleeing deadly fighting near home….
Russian embassy in Damascus shelled twice: statement
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian embassy in Syrian capital of Damascus was shelled twice on Wednesday afternoon, Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement, calling it a provocation aimed at derailing peace settlement in the country.
Detained Bahraini activist freed and immediately re-arrested
DOHA (Reuters) – A leading Bahraini human rights activist who is on trial for tweets alleging rights abuses was to be freed on bail on Wednesday after months in detention, but was immediately re-arrested in a separate case.
Israel postpones vote on new East Jerusalem homes before Kerry speech
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel pulled back from approving hundreds of new homes for Israelis in annexed East Jerusalem on Wednesday before a speech in which the U.S. Secretary of State was to give further voice to international opposition to settlement b…
Strong earthquake hits Japan, no tsunami warning
TOKYO (Reuters) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 hit eastern Japan on Wednesday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said, adding no tsunami warning was issued.
Russia, Turkey, Iran eye dicing Syria into zones of influence
MOSCOW/ANKARA (Reuters) – Syria would be divided into informal zones of regional power influence and Bashar al-Assad would remain president for at least a few years under an outline deal between Russia, Turkey and Iran, sources say.
