Police kill gunman in Brussels siege linked to Paris attacks
By Robert-Jan Bartunek, Philip Blenkinsop and Clement Rossignol
North Korean leader says will soon test nuclear warhead
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country would soon test a nuclear warhead and ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads, North Korea’s KCNA news agency reported on Tuesday, in what would be a direct violation of…
Mass killer Breivik gives Nazi salute as he sues Norway for ‘inhuman treatment’
SKIEN, Norway (Reuters) – Mass killer Anders Behring Breivik claimed in court on Tuesday that Norway was violating his human rights by keeping him in isolation for murdering 77 people in 2011, but irritated the judge with a Nazi salute at the start of …
Man accused of stabbing Canadian soldiers cited Allah: police
TORONTO/OTTAWA (Reuters) – A Canadian man accused of stabbing two soldiers in a Toronto military recruitment office claimed he received orders from Allah to kill people, police said on Tuesday, adding that there is no evidence he was working with other…
International election observers say Peru decision must be respected
LIMA (Reuters) – Election observers from the European Union and the Organization of American States said Tuesday that the unprecedented decision by Peru’s electoral board to bar two leading presidential candidates from April elections must be respected…
Israel seizes large tracts of land in occupied West Bank: Army Radio
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel has appropriated large tracts of land in the occupied West Bank near the Dead Sea and the Palestinian city of Jericho, Israeli Army Radio said on Tuesday.
Italy arrests 12 over $17 million Verona art theft in November
ROME (Reuters) – Twelve people suspected of stealing paintings worth some 15 million euros ($16.6 million) have been arrested, Italian police said on Tuesday.
Myanmar parliament elects Suu Kyi confidant as president
NAYPYITAW (Reuters) – Myanmar’s parliament elected a close friend and confidant of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi as president on Tuesday, making Htin Kyaw the first head of state since the 1960s who does not hail from a military background.
Saudi-led air strikes kill 41 civilians in Yemen: health official
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi-led air strikes killed 41 civilians and wounded 75 others on Tuesday in Yemen’s northwestern province of Haja, a senior provincial health official said, a region largely controlled by the Iran-allied Houthi militia.
It felt like a death machine, says migrant forced back to Greece
IDOMENI, Greece (Reuters) – It took Hassan Omar four long hours to cross into Macedonia, his wheelchair pushed by strangers across the muddy paths of Greece’s border – but a day later he found himself back at the squalid migrant camp he had left.
