Heaviest air strikes yet rock Yemeni capital Sanaa: residents
CAIRO (Reuters) – Dozens of air strikes hit the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Thursday, in what residents described as the heaviest aerial attacks yet in nine months of war, days after a Saudi-led coalition trying to restore a Saudi-backed government ended a…
Spain’s Socialist leader rules out pact with ruling PP
MADRID (Reuters) – The leader of Spain’s opposition Socialist party, Pedro Sanchez, ruled out a pact with the ruling People’s Party during a visit to Portugal on Thursday to study its leftist coalition government’s success in booting out a right-wing l…
Paris police kill man armed with meat cleaver on Charlie Hebdo anniversary
PARIS (Reuters) – French police shot dead a man wielding a meat cleaver after he tried to enter a police station on Thursday, the anniversary of militant attacks in Paris, shouting “Allahu akbar” (God is Greatest) and wearing what turned out to be a fa…
Prosecutors say no information Istanbul airport attack caused by mortar fire
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish prosecutors denied on Thursday a media report that they had concluded an attack on Istanbul’s second airport last month that killed an aircraft cleaner was caused by mortar fire.
U.S. imposes sanctions on Lebanese man, company for Hezbollah links
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States imposed sanctions on Thursday on Lebanese financier Ali Youssef Charara and his telecommunications company, saying they supported the militant group Hezbollah.
French financial prosecutor opens inquiry into Le Pen’s wealth
PARIS (Reuters) – The French financial prosecutor’s office announced on Thursday it had launched a preliminary investigation into far-right leader Marine Le Pen and her father Jean-Marie Le Pen on suspicions that they misrepresented their wealth.
Merkel sees progress on Ukraine crisis in ‘Normandy format’ over next months
MAGDEBURG, Germany (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday she believes there will be progress in the “Normandy format” negotiations on the Ukraine crisis over the next few months.
No winner emerges in first round of Central African election
BANGUI (Reuters) – Central African Republic looks set for a run-off vote to elect a new president to try to end a cycle of Muslim-Christian violence after former prime minister Anicet Georges Dologuele topped the poll but fell short of a majority.
Two Indian men extradited to U.S. from Spain for smuggling missiles
MADRID (Reuters) – Two Indian men arrested in Spain for smuggling Russian anti-aircraft missiles were extradited to the United States, Spanish military police said in a statement on Thursday.
Merkel promises firm action after ‘intolerable’ Cologne assaults
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel promised to respond decisively to assaults on women in Cologne on New Year’s Eve which have stoked a fierce debate about her refugee policies after police said the attackers appeared to be of foreign o…
