French back plan to strip dual citizens’ nationality in terrorism cases: poll
PARIS (Reuters) – Plans to strip dual citizens of their French nationality in terrorism cases have strong popular support, a poll showed on Tuesday after the government said it would pursue the measure despite fierce left-wing criticism.
Russia names Boris Nemtsov murder mastermind, allies see cover-up
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian police named a Chechen man as the alleged mastermind behind the high-profile murder of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, but the dead politician’s supporters said he was only a low-level figure and that a cover-up was underway…
Burkina Faso’s first new leader in decades sworn in
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Burkina Faso’s constitutional court swore in Roch Marc Kabore as president on Tuesday, making the former prime minister the country’s first new leader in almost 30 years following his election last month.
Austria turns away hundreds of migrants for lying about nationality
VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria has sent hundreds of migrants back to neighboring Slovenia in the past three days for lying about their nationality in an apparent attempt to improve their chances of being granted asylum, a police spokesman said on Tuesday.
Swiss shopping center evacuated after bomb threat
ZURICH (Reuters) – A Swiss shopping center in a town near the northern city of Basel was evacuated on Tuesday due to a bomb threat, police said.
Two arrested in Belgium over suspected New Year’s Eve attack plot
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Two people were arrested in Belgium on Sunday and Monday, both suspected of plotting an attack in Brussels on New Year’s Eve, federal prosecutors said.
German states to spend around 17 billion euros on refugees in 2016: Die Welt
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s federal states are planning to spend around 17 billion euros ($18.7 billion) on dealing with the refugee crisis in 2016, the newspaper Die Welt said on Tuesday, citing a survey it conducted among their finance ministries.
Indonesia extradites convicted UAE Islamist activist: police
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia has extradited an Emirati Islamist activist who was sentenced to jail in absentia two years ago for allegedly plotting a coup in the Gulf state, an Indonesian police spokesman said.
Germany’s Steinmeier warns Ukraine ceasefire is fragile
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier warned on Tuesday that the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists was becoming more fragile.
Chile’s Bachelet says good bye, good riddance to 2015: report
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – It has been a bad year, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet told a local newspaper on Tuesday, admitting that corruption scandals have sapped confidence in the country’s institutions while sparking a reform drive that should bear f…
