Mexico official and Pena Nieto ally resigns amid criminal probe
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A senior Mexican government crime prevention figure and close ally of President Enrique Pena Nieto has resigned from his Interior Ministry post, after it emerged he is being investigated for electoral crimes.
Tunisia identifies bus suicide bomber as Tunisian national
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian authorities have identified as a Tunisian national the suicide bomber from Tuesday’s bus attack which killed 12 presidential guards, the interior ministry said on Thursday.
One dead in shooting at Bangladeshi Shi’ite mosque
DHAKA (Reuters) – Gunmen opened fire at a Shi’ite mosque in Bangladesh on Thursday, leaving one dead and three wounded, police said, in the second such attack on the country’s tiny Shia Muslim community.
Italy says no agreement made at G20 to extend Russia sanctions
ROME (Reuters) – No agreement was reached among leaders at this month’s Group of 20 summit in Turkey to extend sanctions against Russia over its intervention in Ukraine, Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni said on Thursday.
Brussels mosque powder scare turns out to be false alarm
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Firecrews and decontamination teams attended a major mosque in Brussels close to the European Union headquarters on Thursday to investigate a suspect powder that police later said turned out to be flour.
U.S., allies lead 27 strikes against Islamic State: U.S. military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies staged 27 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria on Wednesday, the coalition leading the operations said in a statement on Thursday.
Burundi says U.S. sanctions on officials, others ‘scandalous’
NAIROBI (Reuters) – A U.S. decision to impose sanctions on four current and former Burundi government officials is scandalous and part of a campaign to vilify the African country, a Burundian presidential aide said on Thursday.
Exclusive: Lebanon army chief sees growing risk from Syrian camps
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Lebanese army commander says camps that are home to refugees from neighboring Syria represent a growing security risk as potential hideouts for militants who have been prevented from using other areas to launch attacks and rig ca…
Paris airport traffic down after attacks, security tighter
PARIS (Reuters) – Paris airports have seen a reduction in traffic since the attacks that killed 130 people in the French capital this month, while security has been expanded, a senior executive said.
Ten people, including Rosneft workers, killed in helicopter crash in Siberia
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Ten people on board a Mi-8 helicopter, including employees of Russia’s state oil company Rosneft, died when the aircraft crashed in the Krasnoyarsk region in Siberia on Thursday, regional transport prosecutors said.
