London police hone response to militant attack in huge exercise
LONDON (Reuters) – Police and emergency services took part in the biggest counter-terrorism drill held in London to date on Tuesday, with about 1,000 officers testing their response to a potential militant attack on the British capital.
Turkey says any Syria measures not act of war but to preserve border security
ANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A top aide of Tayyip Erdogan rejected accusations the Turkish president was ready to pitch the country’s armed forces into war in Syria and said any security measures it took would be intended only to secure its southern fro…
Islamic State beheads female civilians for first time in Syria: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The hardline Islamic State group has beheaded two women in Syria, the first time it has decapitated female civilians, the founder of a group monitoring the war said on Tuesday.
Taliban wound 21 Afghans, kill one in attack on NATO convoy
KABUL (Reuters) – A Taliban suicide car bomb attack on a convoy of NATO troops in Kabul on Tuesday wounded 21 Afghan civilians and killed one, police and witnesses said.
WestJet flight diverted after threat, cleared of passengers
(Reuters) – A WestJet Airlines flight bound for Toronto was diverted Monday evening to Winnipeg and evacuated after an unspecified threat and six passengers were injured when leaving the plane, the airline said on its official Twitter account.
Myanmar students in peaceful march to protest political role of military
YANGON (Reuters) – Students in Myanmar led a peaceful march of between 50 and 200 protesters on Tuesday, urging Myanmar’s military to remove itself from politics, days after lawmakers voted down a measure to scrap the military’s effective legislative veto.
Denmark to impose controls on border, risking EU ire
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Denmark will impose controls on its border to stop smugglers and illegal migrants, its new foreign minister said on Tuesday, in a move likely to worry the European Union but please a right-wing party on whose support the governme…
Hamas shuts offices of Gaza’s sole cellular operator
GAZA (Reuters) – The Hamas-appointed attorney general in the Gaza Strip shut down the offices of the territory’s only mobile-phone provider on Tuesday, saying the company, Jawwal, had not paid its taxes.
Does the emergence of global statesmen help or hinder the charity world?
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – With friends in high places and international celebrity status, the transformation of former political leaders into global statesmen able to influence the world agenda and charity spending is raising some concerns,…
France pursues terrorism charge against beheading suspect
PARIS (Reuters) – A man who beheaded his boss, pinned the head on a fence and tried to blow up an industrial gas plant will be investigated on terrorism charges, France’s chief public prosecutor said on Tuesday, dismissing the suspect’s claim that his …
