Exclusive: Paris police saw woman bomber meet attack chief Abaaoud – source
PARIS (Reuters) – Police on Tuesday followed a woman they knew had links to the suspected mastermind of the Nov. 13 Paris attacks and watched her take him into the building that special forces attacked early the next morning, a police source told Reute…
Turkey summons Russian envoy over bombing of Turkmens in Syria: PM
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey has summoned Russia’s ambassador in protest over the “intensive” bombing of Turkmen villages in northern Syria by Russian warplanes, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told reporters on Friday.
Islamic State claims Yemen attack
ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) – Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack on the army in the eastern region of Hadramawt on Friday that a security source said killed at least 19 Yemeni soldiers and 35 militants.
Italian leader Renzi wins confidence vote over budget
ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Friday won a confidence vote in the Senate on next year’s budget that scraps a hated tax on primary residences and slows deficit reduction.
Syrian opposition say working towards Saudi meet, but no date set
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian opposition figures said on Friday efforts were under way to hold a conference in Saudi Arabia aimed at unifying President Bashar al-Assad’s opponents, but that no date had yet been set, after a report it would take place mid-D…
Under pressure as never before, Merkel marks 10 years in office
BERLIN (Reuters) – People who have witnessed Angela Merkel in private over the past weeks describe a changed woman.
Balkan border controls leave migrants in limbo: aid agencies
GENEVA (Reuters) – New border controls in the western Balkans are leaving thousands in limbo as winter sets in, aid agencies said on Friday.
Bus driver who turned Paris attacker skipped police watch
PARIS/DRANCY, France (Reuters) – One of the attackers who blew himself up in Paris’s Bataclan concert hall had missed at least three weekly check-ins with French police who were investigating him on suspicion of terrorism-related activity.
Portugal’s ousted PM says Socialist government proposal unstable
LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal’s caretaker premier told the president on Friday that the Socialists, who ousted him last week, must come up with a more viable proposal than a minority government with unreliable parliamentary support from the far left.
Argentine voters weigh possible sharp turn toward free markets
SAN JUSTO, Argentina (Reuters) – Argentineans heading to the polls on Sunday face a choice between a sharp turn toward free markets and extending a 12-year run of interventionist policies by outgoing President Cristina Fernandez and her now-deceased hu…
