Tapped phone led Paris attack leader to his death
PARIS (Reuters) – Police watched the suspected mastermind of the Paris attacks being led by a woman into an apartment the evening before both died there in a raid by special forces, a police source said on Friday.
In rare admission, U.S. says civilians killed in Iraq strike
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. air strike that targeted an Islamic State checkpoint in Iraq in March likely killed four civilians, one of whom may have been a child, the U.S. military said on Friday in a rare statement acknowledging the death of civilia…
Israeli spy Pollard released after 30 years in U.S. prison
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard was released on Friday after 30 years in an American prison but he will stay in the United States under strict parole conditions in a case that strained relations between the two allies for decades.
Russians inscribe ‘For Paris’ on bombs destined for Syria
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian ground crew are inscribing the words “For Paris” on some bombs destined to be dropped on targets in Syria, in a message of solidarity with the victims of last week’s Paris attacks.
New Ebola cases hit Liberia after country declared virus free
MONROVIA (Reuters) – Three new cases of Ebola emerged in Liberia on Friday, a setback for a country that had been declared free of the disease on September 3 and also a blow for the wider region as it struggles to end an epidemic that has killed around…
Canada to detail Syrian refugee plan next week
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada will release details next week concerning its pledge to take in 25,000 refugees from Syria by the end of the year, Immigration Minister John McCallum said on Friday.
Guatemala to punish ‘coyotes’ who smuggle migrants
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Guatemala’s Congress has voted to impose harsher sentences for anyone helping migrants skirt the law, as it faces pressure from the United States to stop human trafficking and slow the flood of people passing through its bord…
U.N. to hold March summit to resettle, place millions of Syrians
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday announced plans for a summit in March on resettling millions of people who have fled Syria as he expressed concern at “misplaced suspicions about migrants and refugees.”
EU tightens border checks, gun control after Paris
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union will step up checks on its citizens traveling abroad, tighten gun control and collect more data on airline passengers, ministers agreed on Friday in response to the Paris attacks a week ago.
Russian, Syrian, jets bomb Islamic State-held eastern Syria: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Russian and Syrian warplanes launched dozens of air strikes on Islamic State-held areas of eastern Syria on Friday, after the group’s fighters staged an assault on an air base near the city of Deir al-Zor, a monitoring group said.
