U.S. appeals court withholds release of memos on targeted killings
(Reuters) – Memorandums on the legal basis for targeted killings of people in other countries that the U.S. government believes are involved in militant attacks can be kept secret, a federal court ruled in a document released on Monday.
Burundi suspends 10 civil society groups as crisis deepens
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Burundi’s interior minister suspended 10 civil society groups, accusing them of fueling widespread violence in recent months, a senior official said on Tuesday.
Australia urges more intelligence sharing in Asia to stop Paris-style attack
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Tuesday called for greater intelligence sharing in Southeast Asia to stop a Paris-style attack and ordered local law enforcement officials to test their readiness to handle a mass casualt…
Senior Chengdu official investigated in China graft crackdown
BEIJING (Reuters) – The deputy Communist Party boss in China’s southwestern city of Chengdu is being investigated, the Chinese corruption watchdog said on Tuesday, the latest senior official to fall in a sweeping anti-graft campaign.
French jets strike Islamic State as Britain offers help
PARIS (Reuters) – French jets from the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier struck Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria on Monday while Britain offered France the use of an air base in Cyprus to hit the militants group behind the Paris attacks.
U.N. chief Ban says ‘positive signs’ from Pyongyang on North Korea visit
SEOUL (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said he was discussing with North Korea the dates for his visit to the isolated state but no decision has been made in his first public comments on the trip since news reports last week said he w…
‘Rambo’ appeal, not the mosque, lures Brussels youths to IS
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Khalid Ben Larbi lived a hedonistic lifestyle similar to other European youths and rarely went to the mosque in Molenbeek, the mainly Muslim Moroccan immigrant area where he and three of the suspected Paris attackers grew up in Bru…
U.N. panel to review airport security after Egypt plane crash
MONTREAL (Reuters) – The United Nations’ aviation agency said on Monday its panel of security experts will review ways to better protect airports from terrorism following concerns of lax security raised after a Russian plane was destroyed on Oct. 31.
Iraqi Kurdistan minister urges Canada to boost aid to fight ISIS
CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) – The top diplomat for Iraqi Kurdistan on Monday urged Canada to provide more aid in the fight against Islamic State, particularly if the newly-elected Liberal government follows through on a pledge to halt airstrikes in Iraq…
Mali TV shows photos of ‘authors’ of hotel attack
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Mali state television showed images on Monday of two dead men that it said were the “authors” of an attack by Islamist militants on a luxury hotel in the capital Bamako and appealed for information as to their identity.
