France, Belgium widen probe into Paris attacks, Hollande meets with Obama
PARIS/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – An investigation into the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris widened on Tuesday when French prosecutors said a man who provided lodging to the suspected ringleader must have known of a militant plot, and Belgium issued a warrant for a …
Pope in Africa hopes to bridge Christian-Muslim faultlines
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Pope Francis called on Wednesday for ethnic and religious reconciliation at the start of his first tour of Africa, where he will address a fast-growing Catholic population and seek to heal Christian-Muslim divisions.
French comic convicted in Belgium for anti-Semitic jokes
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A Belgian court sentenced controversial French comedian Dieudonne M’bala M’bala on Wednesday to two months in prison and a 9,000 euro ($9,534) fine for making anti-Semitic jokes during a comedy show in 2012.
Lebanon charges network linked to Beirut bombings
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A Lebanese military court charged 26 people on Wednesday with belonging to a terrorist group, Islamic State, which claimed responsibility for twin bomb attacks that killed 44 people in Beirut this month, a judicial source said.
Russian deputies seek accountability for Armenia genocide denial
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian lawmaker Sergei Mironov said on Wednesday his party had submitted a bill to parliament on holding to account anyone who denies that the 1915 killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turkish forces was a “genocide”.
Iran to back Palestinians ‘in any way we can’: Khamenei
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s supreme leader said on Wednesday that Iran would support the Palestinian uprising against Israel “in any way we can”, and rejected U.S. accusations that a recent wave of Palestinian knife and car-ramming attacks amounted to “te…
December deal for British EU reform difficult: chief EU negotiator
DUBLIN (Reuters) – It will be difficult but not impossible for officials renegotiating Britain’s EU membership to have a framework ready for substantial discussion at next month’s European Union summit, the EU’s chief negotiator said on Wednesday.
EU sounds alarm as internal barriers rise in refugee crisis
BRUSSELS/IDOMENI, Greece (Reuters) – The European Union’s chief executive warned on Wednesday that the survival of Europe’s “partially comatose” open border travel zone and its single currency were both at risk if member nations continue erecting inter…
Italy court clears PM Renzi over expense claims when Florence mayor
ROME (Reuters) – A court in Florence has closed its investigation into expense claims filed by Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi when he was mayor of the city between 2009 and 2014 and concluded there was nothing wrong with them, the mayor’s office s…
Tales of crime and struggle in Nairobi’s bustling slums
NAIROBI (Reuters) – “I have lost a lot of people I knew to crime,” says George Kiru, nursing a drink at 2 in the morning in a bar on the edge of Nairobi’s Korogocho slum.
