Partying on a Friday, many Paris victims were bright young things
PARIS (Reuters) – Standing before a makeshift memorial to the dead, strewn with candles, flowers and scribbled notes, Caroline Pallut hid her tears behind dark glasses.
Lutherans, Catholics, should seek pardon for past persecutions, pope says
ROME (Reuters) – Pope Francis, in a visit to Rome’s Lutheran church on Sunday, said both sides, Catholics and Lutherans, should seek forgiveness for past persecutions.
From small French town to Syria: the journey of a Western jihadi
CAIRO (Reuters) – An online profile of one of the men in a video posted by Islamic State after mass shootings and suicide bombings in Paris shows how hard it is to predict where the next threat will emerge.
Israel okays immigration for last group of Ethiopian Falash Mura
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel on Sunday approved the entry of some 9,000 Ethiopians known as Falash Mura who claim Jewish lineage, ending decades of debate on whether to allow their immigration despite uncertainty over their right to settle in the Jewis…
Russia says Hezbollah not a terrorist group: Ifax
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Moscow does not consider Shi’ite Muslim group Hezbollah to be a terrorist organization, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov was quoted by the Interfax news agency as saying on Sunday.
Exclusive: U.S. delivers ammunition to Syrian Arab fighters battling Islamic State
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has carried out a fresh delivery of ammunition to fighters from the Syrian Arab Coalition battling Islamic State in northern Syria, pushing ahead with a strategy that initially unnerved ally Turkey, a U.S. offic…
Holder of Syrian passport found in Paris traveled through Balkans
ATHENS (Reuters) – The holder of a Syrian passport found near the body of one of the gunmen who died in Friday night’s attacks in Paris was registered as a refugee in several European countries last month, authorities said.
Niger opposition figure arrested after returning from exile
NIAMEY (Reuters) – Niger opposition leader Hama Amadou was arrested when he flew in to the capital on Saturday as security forces blocked off the airport, a year after he fled the country when sought by investigators probing a child trafficking ring.
Japan to beef up security measures in wake of Paris attack: PM spokesman
BELEK, Turkey (Reuters) – Japan will take anti-terrorism measures at home and to protect its citizens overseas in the wake of the attacks in Paris that killed more than 120 people, a spokesman for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Sunday.
Three militants, one soldier killed in Tunisia clashes: source
TUNIS (Reuters) – At least three Islamist militants and a Tunisian soldier were killed on Sunday in clashes in the central Kasserine province, near the Algerian border, a security source said.
