Despite security fears, Germans aim to enjoy Christmas market season
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germans appear determined to enjoy their traditional outdoor Christmas markets this year even after the bloody militant attacks on Paris that have raised fears for public security all over western Europe.
Sweden tightens asylum rules in bid to force EU action
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden will introduce tighter border controls and asylum rules, in a bid to reduce the number of asylum seekers reaching the country and force other EU states to take in more refugees, the government said on Tuesday.
Taliban capture 13 Afghan soldiers after helicopter crash: police
KABUL (Reuters) – Taliban insurgents captured 13 Afghan government soldiers on Tuesday after their helicopter crashed in territory under the militants’ control, police said. Three soldiers were killed in the crash.
Iran expects nuclear deal to be implemented in early January
VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran expects a deal it reached with world powers in July, under which sanctions will be lifted in return for it scaling down its nuclear program, to be implemented at the start of next year, Iranian nuclear negotiator Abbas Araqchi s…
Venezuelan opposition wants prisoners free, economy revamped after vote
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition will prioritize laws to free jailed activists and reform the crisis-hit economy if it wins Dec. 6 elections to take control of the legislature away from the ruling socialists for the first time in 16 years.
IS militants claim hotel attack that killed seven in Egypt’s Sinai
CAIRO (Reuters) – Islamic State’s Egyptian branch claimed responsibility for a bombing that killed at least seven people in a hotel in North Sinai on Tuesday where judges overseeing a parliamentary election were staying.
Egypt, Israel rebuff bid to trim Sinai peacekeepers: official
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The U.S.-led peacekeeper force in the insurgency-wracked Sinai peninsula will remain unchanged after Egypt and Israel together rebuffed proposals to scale it back, an Egyptian official said on Tuesday.
Pakistani man sentenced in U.S. to 40 years prison for al Qaeda plot
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Pakistani man was sentenced to 40 years in prison on Tuesday for plotting to bomb a shopping center in England as part of an al Qaeda plan for attacks in Europe and the United States.
Vatican puts journalists on trial amid human rights furor
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Five people, including two Italian reporters, went on trial in the Vatican on Tuesday, to outrage from rights groups, on charges arising from publication of books in which the Holy See was portrayed as mired in mismanagement an…
Experts pore over evidence of downed Malaysian Airlines plane
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A team that includes Dutch and Ukrainian investigators have begun examining evidence from the MH17 Malaysia Airlines flight that was downed in eastern Ukraine in July 2014, killing all on board, Dutch prosecutors said on Tuesday.
