German police arrest two in Berlin suspected of planning attack
BERLIN (Reuters) – German police commando units arrested two people suspected of planning an attack and searched an Islamic cultural center on Thursday, a police spokesman said.
Israeli forces kill three Palestinians in West Bank clashes; Netanyahu strategy debated
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Military commanders and the Netanyahu government argued over the right strategy to end two months of stabbings and shootings on Thursday as Israeli troops killed three Palestinians in confrontations in the occupied West Bank.
Opposition activist’s murder shakes Venezuela before election
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela opened an investigation on Thursday into the murder of a local opposition leader days before a legislative election, stirring fears of renewed political violence in the volatile South American OPEC nation.
Pope, in Africa, says failure of climate summit would be catastrophic
NAIROBI (Reuters) – World leaders must reach a historic agreement to fight climate change and poverty at upcoming Paris talks, facing the stark choice to either “improve or destroy the environment”, Pope Francis said in Africa on Thursday.
Belgian police mount search linked to Paris attacks
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgian federal police searched a house in a small town south of Brussels on Thursday in what prosecutors told local media was part of investigations into the Islamic State attacks in Paris, adding that no one was detained.
Mexico official and Pena Nieto ally resigns amid criminal probe
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A senior Mexican government crime prevention figure and close ally of President Enrique Pena Nieto has resigned from his Interior Ministry post, after it emerged he is being investigated for electoral crimes.
Tunisia identifies bus suicide bomber as Tunisian national
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian authorities have identified as a Tunisian national the suicide bomber from Tuesday’s bus attack which killed 12 presidential guards, the interior ministry said on Thursday.
One dead in shooting at Bangladeshi Shi’ite mosque
DHAKA (Reuters) – Gunmen opened fire at a Shi’ite mosque in Bangladesh on Thursday, leaving one dead and three wounded, police said, in the second such attack on the country’s tiny Shia Muslim community.
Italy says no agreement made at G20 to extend Russia sanctions
ROME (Reuters) – No agreement was reached among leaders at this month’s Group of 20 summit in Turkey to extend sanctions against Russia over its intervention in Ukraine, Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni said on Thursday.
Brussels mosque powder scare turns out to be false alarm
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Firecrews and decontamination teams attended a major mosque in Brussels close to the European Union headquarters on Thursday to investigate a suspect powder that police later said turned out to be flour.
