U.N. to hold March summit to resettle, place millions of Syrians
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday announced plans for a summit in March on resettling millions of people who have fled Syria as he expressed concern at “misplaced suspicions about migrants and refugees.”
EU tightens border checks, gun control after Paris
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union will step up checks on its citizens traveling abroad, tighten gun control and collect more data on airline passengers, ministers agreed on Friday in response to the Paris attacks a week ago.
Russian, Syrian, jets bomb Islamic State-held eastern Syria: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Russian and Syrian warplanes launched dozens of air strikes on Islamic State-held areas of eastern Syria on Friday, after the group’s fighters staged an assault on an air base near the city of Deir al-Zor, a monitoring group said.
After stumble, Canada’s Trudeau glides through first world trip
MANILA (Reuters) – New Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau started his first international trip with a stumble before recovering to impress world leaders keen to bask in the success of his big election win last month.
Dutch mayor escorted from restaurant after alert, three questioned
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Rotterdam police escorted the city’s mayor from a restaurant and evacuated the building late on Thursday after a car identified as suspicious was seen parked outside, officials said.
U.S. approves sale of Global Hawk drones to Japan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department has approved the sale of three unmanned drones worth $1.2 billion to Japan, the Pentagon said Friday.
Lithuania’s keystone cops? Blunders follow issue of AK-47s to police
VILNIUS (Reuters) – It seemed a good idea at the time – arm Lithuania’s police with AK-47s routinely as extra security against any militant plots following the Paris attacks.
U.N. asks Vietnam and China to clarify fate of North Koreans
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations voiced alarm on Friday about the fate of nine North Koreans feared to have been deported from Vietnam via China back to their homeland, saying they might face torture or even execution.
Obama says summit to focus on Islamic State militancy
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said summit meetings among world leaders this weekend in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur will focus on the global fight against Islamic State militancy and on the disputed South China Sea.
Kremlin sees Hollande’s visit to U.S., Russia as step to anti-terrorist coalition creation
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin believes that the forthcoming visit of French President Francois Hollande to Washington and Moscow as a step towards creation of anti-terrorist coalition, Russian Presidential aide, Yuri Ushakov, told reporters on Friday….
