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.
Peru’s Fujimori asks for pardon ahead of presidential transition
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s imprisoned former authoritarian leader Alberto Fujimori has filed a new request for a presidential pardon, the prime minister said on Saturday, five days before President-elect Pedro Pablo Kuczynski takes office.
French president’s support rating inches up despite Nice attack: poll
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande’s popularity rating has inched up from a record low this month, despite the heavy criticism he has received over security matters since the Bastille Day attack in Nice, a poll showed on Saturday.
Thirteen Welsh teenagers injured in French bus crash
PARIS (Reuters) – A bus from Wales tipped over on its side in eastern France on Saturday, injuring 13 people, two of them seriously, a French police official said.
