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.
Congo forces arrest dozens after deadly anti-Kabila protests
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Congo authorities swept through the southeastern mining hub of Lubumbashi on Thursday making dozens of arrests, local activists said, after at least 34 people died in protests against President Joseph Kabila.
U.N vote on Israeli settlement postponed, ‘potentially indefinitely’: source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A United Nations Security Council vote on a draft resolution demanding an end to Israeli settlements has been postponed, “potentially indefinitely”, a western diplomatic source said on Thursday.
Poland’s Kaczynski calls EU democracy inquiry ‘an absolute comedy’
WARSAW (Reuters) – The head of Poland’s ruling party mocked an EU inquiry into the state of Polish democracy as “an absolute comedy” and brushed off accusations his country was veering into authoritarianism.
