From Dakar to N’Djamena, hotels boost security after Burkina attack
DAKAR (Reuters) – West African hotels from Dakar to N’Djamena are strengthening security, adding armed guards and increasing cooperation with local authorities as a pair of high-profile attacks have exposed a growing Islamist threat to foreign traveler…
Dreadlocks and poets herald new face of Spanish parliament
MADRID (Reuters) – When Alberto Rodriguez of Podemos turned up for the new Spanish parliament’s first session in the grand chamber in Madrid, his dreadlocks, jeans and scruffy jumper drew a look of disapproval from the staid prime minister, Mariano Raj…
Ukraine investigates Coca-Cola and Pepsico over Crimea map row: MP
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation into the online publication by U.S. drinks companies Coca-Cola and Pepsico of a map that showed Crimea as a part of Russia, a Ukrainian lawmaker said on Thursday.
Taliban warns TV station staff not to promote immorality after attack
KABUL (Reuters) – The Taliban warned media organizations on Thursday not to promote immorality and foreign cultures a day after claiming responsibility for killing seven journalists for the country’s most-watched television channel. The suicide car bom…
Turkish PM says no role for ‘terrorist groups’ in Syria talks
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu accused Russia on Thursday of jeopardizing peace talks on Syria planned for next week by insisting on the inclusion of “terrorist groups” such as the Kurdish YPG militia on the oppos…
Some 200,000 at risk in Turkey’s fight against Kurdish militants: Amnesty
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Security operations in Turkey’s mainly Kurdish southeast have put up to 200,000 people at risk, placing them in the crossfire or cutting them off from emergency and basic services such as water, rights group Amnesty International s…
Denmark considers moving migrants to camps outside cities
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Denmark is considering moving migrants into camps outside its towns and cities, a tactic that the anti-immigration Danish People’s Party (DF) hopes will shift the focus of government immigration policy to repatriation rather than…
Europe has two months to address refugee crisis, EU at risk: Swedish PM
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – European countries have roughly two months to agree a common approach to the refugee crisis or the European Union will be at risk, Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said on Thursday.
Arab, Kurdish forces to get more support to fight Islamic State: Hollande
PARIS (Reuters) – Arab and Kurdish forces will be given additional support to help retake Islamic State’s bastions in Syria and Iraq, French President Francois Hollande said on Thursday, adding that 2016 had to be the year of transition in Syria.
Belgium detains two further suspects over Paris attacks
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgium has arrested two more men suspected of links to the Paris attacks on Nov. 13 in which 130 people were killed, the Belgian federal prosecutor’s office said on Thursday.
