Belgium eases alert level but threat still ‘serious’
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgium lowered the security threat level in Brussels on Thursday, ending six days on maximum alert, but the prime minister warned that the risk of a Paris-style attack remained serious.
North, South Korea plan further talks to improve ties after standoff
SEOUL (Reuters) – North and South Korea agreed to hold talks at the vice-minister level next month, after a meeting on Thursday aimed at further easing tensions following the end to an armed standoff in August.
Putin says to keep cooperating with U.S.-led coalition over Syria
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia will keep cooperating with the United States and its partners to fight Islamic State in Syria, but that cooperation will be in jeopardy if there are any repeats of Turkey’s shooting down of a Russian jet, Russia’s Vladimir Put…
Russia seeks economic revenge against Turkey over jet
ISTANBUL/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia threatened economic retaliation against Turkey on Thursday and said it was still awaiting a reasonable explanation for the shooting down of its warplane, but Turkey dismissed the threats as “emotional” and “unfitting….
Hollande, Putin agree to work more closely to combat Islamic State in Syria
MOSCOW (Reuters) – France and Russia will exchange intelligence on Islamic State and other rebel groups to improve the effectiveness of their aerial bombing campaigns in Syria, French President Francois Hollande said on Thursday after talks with Vladim…
Niger says Boko Haram gunmen kill 18 in village bordering Nigeria
NIAMEY (Reuters) – Niger’s government said on Thursday that Boko Haram militants killed 18 people, including a local religious leader, in an attack on a village in Niger’s southern border area of Diffa on the Nigerian border.
Turkey arrests two journalists on terrorism charges: CNN Turk
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Two prominent Turkish journalists were arrested on Thursday on charges of assisting terrorists, CNN Turk said, after they published footage that purported to show the state intelligence agency helping send weapons to Syria.
Khodorkovsky says Putin is leading Russia towards stagnation, collapse
LONDON (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin will survive Western sanctions and lower oil prices but the Kremlin chief has brought such stagnation that Russia could eventually collapse, former tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky said on Thursday.
Senior El Salvador priest fired over alleged sex with minor
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – El Salvador’s Roman Catholic Church said on Thursday it had fired a senior priest and former secretary of murdered Archbishop Oscar Romero after allegations that he had sex with a minor.
Mali says arrests two suspects linked to Bamako hotel attack
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Mali authorities arrested two people on Thursday suspected of links to an attack on a luxury hotel in the capital that killed 20 people, the security ministry said.
