Hungary detains group heading to capital with explosives, finds bomb lab
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungarian anti-terrorist police last week detained four people heading to the capital with explosives in their car, and found a bomb-making laboratory set up for a mass killing, the unit’s chief said on Tuesday, declining to rule o…
Turkey downs Russian warplane near Syria border, Putin warns of ‘serious consequences’
ANKARA/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Turkey shot down a Russian warplane near the Syrian border on Tuesday, saying the jet had violated its air space, in one of the most serious publicly acknowledged clashes between a NATO member country and Russia for half a cen…
Hostages in northern French town safe, no link to Paris attacks
ROUBAIX, France (Reuters) – A hostage situation in the northern French town of Roubaix was apparently not linked to the Paris attacks earlier this month and has ended with the hostages now safe, officials said on Tuesday.
India’s ruling party confronts Gandhis as parliament gathers
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has just suffered a bruising election setback, yet his party appears in no mood to compromise with the main political opposition to get stalled economic reforms back on track.
French jets destroy an Islamic State command center in Iraq: official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – French warplanes destroyed an Islamic State command center at Tal Afar, some 45 kilometers west of Mosul in Iraq, a French official said on Tuesday.
Obama to meet China’s Xi, India’s Modi at Paris climate talks: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama will meet China’s president and India’s prime minister on the first day of the Paris climate talks on Nov. 30 to give momentum to the two-week U.N. negotiations, White House officials said on Tuesday.
Kerry: Palestinian attacks are ‘acts of terrorism’ that must be condemned
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday described a wave of Palestinian knife and car-ramming attacks as terrorism that must be condemned as he held talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders on how to end the violence.
Despite security fears, Germans aim to enjoy Christmas market season
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germans appear determined to enjoy their traditional outdoor Christmas markets this year even after the bloody militant attacks on Paris that have raised fears for public security all over western Europe.
Sweden tightens asylum rules in bid to force EU action
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden will introduce tighter border controls and asylum rules, in a bid to reduce the number of asylum seekers reaching the country and force other EU states to take in more refugees, the government said on Tuesday.
Taliban capture 13 Afghan soldiers after helicopter crash: police
KABUL (Reuters) – Taliban insurgents captured 13 Afghan government soldiers on Tuesday after their helicopter crashed in territory under the militants’ control, police said. Three soldiers were killed in the crash.
