Three jailed for murdering young woman in case that shocked Turkey
ANKARA (Reuters) – Three men convicted of murdering a young Turkish woman after she resisted an attempt to rape her on a minibus were sentenced to life imprisonment on Thursday, with no chance of parole.
German raids yield no link to Paris attacks: prosecutor
DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) – Police found no evidence of “terrorist motives” or a link to the Paris attacks during raids in Germany on Thursday targeting people suspected of trying to acquire forged French passports, a spokesman for the public pros…
Catalonia to pursue split from Spain despite court block, Mas says
MADRID (Reuters) – Catalonia’s government will continue its drive for independence, its acting head said on Thursday, a day after Spain’s Constitutional Court annulled a Catalan assembly resolution calling for a republic to be established within 18 mon…
UK says seeks release of British-Iranian citizen jailed in Iran
DUBAI (Reuters) – Britain’s foreign ministry has said it is seeking the release of a British-Iranian citizen from jail in Iran, where he has been held for four years on espionage charges.
Putin to Turkey: Expect more sanctions for jet shoot-down
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said Turkey’s shooting down of a Russian military jet was a war crime and that the Kremlin would punish Ankara with additional sanctions, signaling fallout from the incident would be long-lasting and serious….
Israel says suspects arrested over fatal torching of Palestinian home
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Members of a “Jewish terror group” have been arrested over a July arson attack on a Palestinian home in the Israeli-occupied West Bank that killed a toddler and his parents, Israeli police said on Thursday.
Pakistan rejects 30 deportees from Greece, sends back plane
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan refused to allow 30 migrants deported from Greece to leave a plane at Islamabad on Thursday, a week after talks with the European Union to settle a dispute over forced repatriations.
Chechen leader: we’ll avenge man beheaded in Islamic State video
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The president of Russia’s Chechnya region, Ramzan Kadyrov, said on Thursday that whoever was responsible for the beheading of a Russian man from Chechnya, purportedly shown on an Islamic State video, will be killed.
Russia says opposition to Nord Stream extension is ‘politicized’
MOSCOW (Reuters) – European Union criticism of a plan to expand the Nord Stream pipeline that supplies natural gas to Germany is politicized, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak was quoted as saying on Thursday by Russia’s RIA news agency.
Russia starts deliveries of S-300 air defense systems to Iran: TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has started the delivery of its S-300 air defense systems to Iran, TASS news agency quoted an aide to President Vladimir Putin as saying on Thursday.
