Veteran Mexican drug lord says he didn’t kill DEA agent
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Veteran drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero denied carrying out one of the most notorious murders in Mexico’s narco wars — the killing of U.S. anti-drugs agent Enrique “Kike” Camarena in 1985 — and said he was no longer involved in…
Munich gunman fixated on mass killing, had no Islamist ties
MUNICH (Reuters) – A German-Iranian teenager who shot dead nine people in Munich was a deranged lone gunman obsessed with mass killings who drew no inspiration from Islamist militancy, police said on Saturday.
Five killed, 12 injured in clash in southern Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Five people, including a local mayor, were killed in a confrontation on Saturday morning in a picturesque small town in southern Mexican state of Chiapas, a government official said.
Spy agencies struggle to spot threats from lone, mentally ill attackers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Recent attacks on civilians in the U.S. and Europe have exposed a gap in the intelligence community’s efforts to track suspected extremists and prevent mass killings, a half dozen American, British and French counterterrorism officials told Reuters.
Turkey’s Erdogan shuts schools, charities in first state of emergency decree
ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan tightened his grip on Turkey on Saturday, ordering the closure of thousands of private schools, charities and other institutions in his first decree since imposing a state of emergency after the fail…
German military training 100 Syrian migrants in pilot project
BERLIN (Reuters) – The German military is training more than 100 Syrian migrants for civilian roles suited to helping the eventual reconstruction of their country, Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen said in remarks released ahead of publication on S…
Black Lives Matter protest Rio police violence ahead of Olympics
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – American activists from the Black Lives Matter movement marched with Brazilian partners through central Rio de Janeiro on Saturday, to protest police violence before the city hosts the first-ever Olympics in South America nex…
Canadian authorities seek to contain oil spill moving down river
(Reuters) – Authorities are building a new containment boom to fight an oil spill in a major western Canadian river, officials said on Saturday, after the spill breached a previous barrier and threatened the drinking water of several communities along …
Gunmen in Armenia release last hostages, demand president’s resignation
YEREVAN (Reuters) – Armed men holed up for almost a week at a police station in the Armenian capital refused to lay down their weapons after freeing their last four hostages on Saturday, instead demanding the resignation of President Serzh Sarksyan.
Pokemon GO blamed for illegal border crossing from Canada to U.S.
(Reuters) – Two youths unaware of their surroundings when they were playing Pokemon GO on their cell phones made an illegal border crossing this week from Canada into the United States in a remote part of Montana, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol said.
