Tunisia bus bomber arrested, freed before attack
TUNIS (Reuters) – The suicide bomber in Tunisia who blew himself up in a bus packed with presidential guards on Tuesday had been arrested by police before on suspicion of jihadist ties but was released for lack of evidence, a security official said.
Tunisia puts suspected returning jihadists under house arrest
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian authorities arrested dozens of people raids and put scores more under house arrest on suspicion that they were militants returning from Syria and Iraq, the Interior Ministry said on Friday, three days after a bus attack which…
Iranian hard-liners said to intensify crackdown ahead of key votes
(Reuters) – Ahead of two key elections in Iran in February, the Supreme Leader’s hard-line allies have cracked down on activists, journalists and artists to try to tighten their grip on the country’s faction-ridden politics, officials and analysts say.
NATO split on message to send Georgia on membership hopes
BRUSSELS/BERLIN (Reuters) – NATO allies are split over what message to send Georgia over its long-delayed membership bid, diplomats said, with some European capitals arguing the alliance would be unable to defend the ex-Soviet state in the event of a c…
Turkish journalists’ arrests draws protests home and abroad
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Around 2,000 people protested on Friday over the arrest of two prominent journalists on charges of espionage and terrorist propaganda, a case that has revived long-standing criticism of Turkey’s record on press freedom under Presid…
Berlin police release men suspected of planning attack
BERLIN (Reuters) – Berlin police said they had released two men on Friday who were suspected of planning an attack and had been arrested on Thursday evening in connection with a search at an Islamic cultural center in the German capital.
UK child sex abuse inquiry to probe VIP, political allegations
LONDON (Reuters) – A major British inquiry into decades of child sex abuse will investigate allegations involving “people of prominence” and politicians as well as the Catholic and Anglican Churches, councils and schools, its head said on Friday.
Russia-Ukraine row over Crimea escalates as Moscow cuts coal to Kiev
KIEV (Reuters) – Russia has begun to restrict coal supplies to Ukraine, Energy Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn told parliament on Friday, days after the Kremlin threatened to punish Kiev for a power blackout of Russian-annexed Crimea.
‘Putin is not forever’, says daughter of slain opposition leader
BERLIN (Reuters) – Kremlin critics live in fear under President Vladimir Putin but there will come a time when Russia is ready for a new brand of politician, said the daughter of slain opposition leader Boris Nemtsov.
Kurdish militant killed in clashes with Turkish police: sources
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A Kurdish militant was killed on Friday in clashes with police in southeastern Turkey’s biggest city of Diyarbakir, security sources said.
