Belgium charges two, detains three over Brussels, Paris attacks
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgium has charged two more men with terrorist offences linked to last month’s bombings in Brussels and also searched a house related to the attacks in Paris, detaining three people, federal prosecutors said on Tuesday.
Controller in German train crash admits to playing game on phone -prosecutors
BERLIN (Reuters) – A signal controller at the center of an investigation into a German train crash that killed 11 people admitted on Tuesday to playing a game on his mobile phone while in charge on the day, the public prosecutor’s office said.
U.S. air strikes kill suspected al Shabaab militants in Somalia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – About a dozen suspected militants from the al Qaeda-linked group al Shabaab were killed in U.S. air strikes in southern Somalia on Monday and Tuesday, the Pentagon said.
Israel gives blessing to Egypt’s return of Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel gave its blessing on Tuesday to Egypt’s return of two Red Sea islands in a strategic strait to Saudi Arabia, and Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon said that Riyadh had undertaken to respect relevant terms of the Israeli-Egyptia…
Iran, France concerned at Syria violence with talks set to resume
BEIRUT/PARIS/DUBAI (Reuters) – France and Iran voiced concern over escalating violence in Syria on Tuesday, echoing warnings from the United States and Russia as fighting near the city of Aleppo put more pressure on a fragile truce agreement.
Few options for Italy as it pressures Egypt over murdered student
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s desire for justice over the killing of one of its students in Cairo is knocking up against the demands of realpolitik, with Rome unwilling to jeopardize commercial ties over the brutal murder.
Bulgarian man arrested for vigilante action on migrants
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgarian police on Tuesday arrested a Bulgarian man who had documented tying up three migrants near the Turkish border in a video posted on social media.
Nocturnal Paris youth protests give government sleepless nights
PARIS (Reuters) – “This is amazing, people are finally taking the political debate into their own hands,” 19-year-old literature student Zoe beamed as she roamed Paris’ Place de la Republique, where thousands are meeting nightly to debate, protest and …
Greece expects first asylum decisions under EU deal in two weeks
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece said authorities would start ruling on asylum applications from hundreds of migrants in the next two weeks, in a major test of a new deal to try to control the flow of people desperate to reach Europe.
Young Arabs see Islamic State as biggest regional challenge: poll
DUBAI (Reuters) – Young Arabs view Islamic State as the biggest challenge facing their region and some blame poor job opportunities for the rise of the militant group, according to a survey published on Tuesday.
