After stumble, Canada’s Trudeau glides through first world trip
MANILA (Reuters) – New Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau started his first international trip with a stumble before recovering to impress world leaders keen to bask in the success of his big election win last month.
Dutch mayor escorted from restaurant after alert, three questioned
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Rotterdam police escorted the city’s mayor from a restaurant and evacuated the building late on Thursday after a car identified as suspicious was seen parked outside, officials said.
U.S. approves sale of Global Hawk drones to Japan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department has approved the sale of three unmanned drones worth $1.2 billion to Japan, the Pentagon said Friday.
Lithuania’s keystone cops? Blunders follow issue of AK-47s to police
VILNIUS (Reuters) – It seemed a good idea at the time – arm Lithuania’s police with AK-47s routinely as extra security against any militant plots following the Paris attacks.
U.N. asks Vietnam and China to clarify fate of North Koreans
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations voiced alarm on Friday about the fate of nine North Koreans feared to have been deported from Vietnam via China back to their homeland, saying they might face torture or even execution.
Obama says summit to focus on Islamic State militancy
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said summit meetings among world leaders this weekend in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur will focus on the global fight against Islamic State militancy and on the disputed South China Sea.
Kremlin sees Hollande’s visit to U.S., Russia as step to anti-terrorist coalition creation
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin believes that the forthcoming visit of French President Francois Hollande to Washington and Moscow as a step towards creation of anti-terrorist coalition, Russian Presidential aide, Yuri Ushakov, told reporters on Friday….
Exclusive: Paris police saw woman bomber meet attack chief Abaaoud – source
PARIS (Reuters) – Police on Tuesday followed a woman they knew had links to the suspected mastermind of the Nov. 13 Paris attacks and watched her take him into the building that special forces attacked early the next morning, a police source told Reute…
Turkey summons Russian envoy over bombing of Turkmens in Syria: PM
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey has summoned Russia’s ambassador in protest over the “intensive” bombing of Turkmen villages in northern Syria by Russian warplanes, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told reporters on Friday.
Islamic State claims Yemen attack
ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) – Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack on the army in the eastern region of Hadramawt on Friday that a security source said killed at least 19 Yemeni soldiers and 35 militants.
