‘Deputy pope’ called to testify in Vatican leaks trial
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The ‘deputy pope’ will be summoned to testify before a Vatican court hearing a trial over the theft of confidential papal documents, the first time such a high-ranking official will appear at a public trial inside the city-stat…
Kenyans mock ‘visiting’ president over frequent foreign travel
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has been forced to defend his frequent travel abroad after an outbreak of mass ridicule on the Internet from Kenyans mocking him as a foreign leader making a fleeting visit to their country.
Brutal cartels fight over Mexico’s ‘conflict-free’ gold revenues
CARRIZALILLO, Mexico (Reuters) – Heroin traffickers linked to the abduction and disappearance of 43 students a year ago are battling over millions of dollars paid by Canadian mining giant Goldcorp to a village in Mexico’s southern gold belt, leading to…
Turkey summons Russian envoy over alleged rocket launcher on ship: official
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey summoned the Russian ambassador on Monday after accusing Russia of a “provocation” after a serviceman on the deck of a Russian naval ship allegedly brandished a rocket launcher while the vessel passed through Istanbul at the w…
German court declares 93-year-old Auschwitz SS guard fit for trial
BERLIN (Reuters) – The trial of a 93-year-old former SS guard accused of being an accessory to the murder of at least 170,000 people at the Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau will open in mid-February, a court spokeswoman said on Monday.
No explosives found on German plane grounded in Budapest
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Police said they found no explosives on a German passenger plane after it diverted to Budapest on Monday following a bomb threat.
Serbia’s defense minister to fall over sexist insult to journalist
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbia’s defense minister faced dismissal on Monday after remarking to a crouching female reporter, “I love these journalists who kneel so easily.”
Blocking Muslim refugees supports terrorism: U.N.’s Guterres
GENEVA (Reuters) – Countries that reject Syrian refugees because they are Muslims are fuelling Islamic State and other militant groups and contributing to the threat of terrorism, U.N. refugee chief Antonio Guterres said on Monday.
Russian military satellite lost after launch: agencies
MOSCOW (Reuters) – One of two Russian defense satellites launched on Dec. 5 did not separate from the Soyuz carrier rocket’s upper stage and is considered lost, Russian news agencies reported.
Italy arrests man suspected of helping jihadists enter country
BARI, Italy (Reuters) – Police in the southern Italian city of Bari have arrested an Iraqi man suspected of helping 11 foreign Islamist militants come to Italy, from where they had moved on to France, Belgium and other European countries.
