Paris suspect may have slipped past Belgian police: media
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A key suspect in last month’s Islamic State attacks in Paris may have slipped through a Belgian police cordon hidden in a car or even a piece of furniture, public broadcaster RTBF said on Wednesday.
Canada’s Trudeau takes audience questions, says not a lightweight
OTTAWA (Reuters) – New Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sat down in his shirt sleeves on Wednesday for a rare televised town hall, insisting his relaxed style of governing did not mean he was a lightweight.
Riot in Dutch town over plan for asylum-seeker center
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch police on Wednesday fired warning shots in an effort to disperse a crowd, as a protest against plans to house asylum-seekers in a small town turned into a riot.
North Korea sentences Canadian pastor to hard labor for life
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea’s highest court has sentenced a South Korea-born Canadian pastor to hard labor for life for subversion, the North’s official KCNA news agency reported on Wednesday, a punishment Canada condemned as “unduly harsh.”
Kerry to chair U.N. Security Council meeting on Syria on Friday: State Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will chair a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Friday to push efforts to end the conflict in Syria, the State Department said on Wednesday.
U.N.’s Ban sends envoy to Burundi after ‘chilling’ violence
NAIROBI/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on Wednesday for urgent talks to avert civil war in Burundi as the central African country defended the actions of its security forces and rejected any idea of stationing fore…
Nicaragua must compensate Costa Rica for territory violations: court
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Nicaragua violated Costa Rica’s sovereign territory by establishing a military presence in parts of a disputed waterway, and must compensate its neighbor, the United Nations’ highest court said on Wednesday.
Cameron wins Merkel boost before facing EU leaders
BRUSSELS/BERLIN (Reuters) – David Cameron won encouragement from Europe’s powerbroker Angela Merkel as he prepared for a summit on Thursday that could set Britain on course to stay in or quit the European Union.
Kiev ‘ready to pay price’ after Russia curbs trade ties over EU deal
MOSCOW/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Ukraine is “ready to pay the price” for a trade deal with the European Union, President Petro Poroshenko said on Wednesday after Moscow moved to restrict its own trade ties with Kiev over the accord that is due to take effec…
Report and denial that Iranian commander met Putin in Moscow
DUBAI (Reuters) – An Iranian news agency said on Wednesday the commander of foreign operations for Tehran’s elite Revolutionary Guards had met Russian President Vladimir Putin last week, but his spokesman flatly denied the report.
