Delivery of shelters for Calais ‘jungle’ migrants delayed
PARIS (Reuters) – The delivery of shipping containers converted to shelters for migrants in Calais has been pushed back a month to early next year, the firm supplying them told Reuters on Friday.
Belgium seeks public help in search for two Paris suspects
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgian federal prosecutors appealed to the public on Friday in the search for two men who traveled with a key suspect to Hungary in September and who they believe may have links to the Paris attacks.
Argentina, Brazil to watch Venezuelan vote closely: Macri
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Argentine President-elect Mauricio Macri said on Friday that Argentina and Brazil will closely follow Sunday’s parliamentary elections in Venezuela, as he appeared to back away from seeking outright Venezuelan suspension from the M…
With an eye on Russia, Estonia seeks security in computing cloud
TALLINN (Reuters) – Concerned about its assertive neighbor Russia, Estonia plans to upload much of its government data to computing clouds to guard against security threats, enabling the Baltic state to be run from abroad if necessary.
EU might take charge of Europe’s borders
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union is considering a measure that would give a new EU border force powers to intervene and guard a member state’s external frontier to protect the Schengen open-borders zone, EU officials and diplomats said on Friday…
Israel trained against Russian-made air defense system in Greece: sources
JERUSALEM/ATHENS (Reuters) – Israel has quietly tested ways of defeating an advanced air-defence system that Russia has deployed in the Middle East and that could limit Israel’s ability to strike in Syria or Iran, military and diplomatic sources said.
German parliament approves military campaign against Islamic State in Syria
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s lower house of parliament on Friday approved government plans to join the military campaign against Islamic State in Syria.
Russian air force hit 1,458 targets in Syria over week: agencies
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s air force flew 431 sorties and hit 1,458 “terrorist targets” in Syria in the week of Nov. 26 – Dec. 4, Russian news agencies quoted the Russian Defence Ministry as saying on Friday.
Bangladesh police arrest 10 on suspicion of militant activity
DHAKA (Reuters) – Security forces in Bangladesh arrested six people on Friday on suspicion of human trafficking and currency smuggling and possible involvement in militant activity, a spokesman for the special forces Rapid Action Battalion said.
EU states clinch deal on sharing air passenger data
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU governments and the European Parliament drew years of wrangling over security forces’ use of airline passenger data toward a close on Friday by agreeing to a compromise deal with the legislature.
