New Ebola cases hit Liberia after country declared virus free
MONROVIA (Reuters) – Three new cases of Ebola emerged in Liberia on Friday, a setback for a country that had been declared free of the disease on September 3 and also a blow for the wider region as it struggles to end an epidemic that has killed around…
Canada to detail Syrian refugee plan next week
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada will release details next week concerning its pledge to take in 25,000 refugees from Syria by the end of the year, Immigration Minister John McCallum said on Friday.
Guatemala to punish ‘coyotes’ who smuggle migrants
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Guatemala’s Congress has voted to impose harsher sentences for anyone helping migrants skirt the law, as it faces pressure from the United States to stop human trafficking and slow the flood of people passing through its bord…
U.N. to hold March summit to resettle, place millions of Syrians
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday announced plans for a summit in March on resettling millions of people who have fled Syria as he expressed concern at “misplaced suspicions about migrants and refugees.”
EU tightens border checks, gun control after Paris
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union will step up checks on its citizens traveling abroad, tighten gun control and collect more data on airline passengers, ministers agreed on Friday in response to the Paris attacks a week ago.
Russian, Syrian, jets bomb Islamic State-held eastern Syria: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Russian and Syrian warplanes launched dozens of air strikes on Islamic State-held areas of eastern Syria on Friday, after the group’s fighters staged an assault on an air base near the city of Deir al-Zor, a monitoring group said.
After stumble, Canada’s Trudeau glides through first world trip
MANILA (Reuters) – New Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau started his first international trip with a stumble before recovering to impress world leaders keen to bask in the success of his big election win last month.
Dutch mayor escorted from restaurant after alert, three questioned
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Rotterdam police escorted the city’s mayor from a restaurant and evacuated the building late on Thursday after a car identified as suspicious was seen parked outside, officials said.
U.S. approves sale of Global Hawk drones to Japan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department has approved the sale of three unmanned drones worth $1.2 billion to Japan, the Pentagon said Friday.
Lithuania’s keystone cops? Blunders follow issue of AK-47s to police
VILNIUS (Reuters) – It seemed a good idea at the time – arm Lithuania’s police with AK-47s routinely as extra security against any militant plots following the Paris attacks.
