Islamists arrested in Spain eyed attacks on synagogues, authorities: court
MADRID (Reuters) – Members of a suspected militant Islamist cell arrested this week in Spain were trying to obtain explosives to bomb a Jewish bookshop in Barcelona, an investigating magistrate said on Friday.
Arson in German town shows anti-immigrant mood running high
TROEGLITZ, Germany (Reuters) – The sleepy town of Troeglitz in eastern Germnay had planned to welcome foreign refugees and asylum-seekers to a newly-renovated shelter.
Arson in German town shows anti-immigrant mood running high
TROEGLITZ, Germany (Reuters) – The sleepy town of Troeglitz in eastern Germnay had planned to welcome foreign refugees and asylum-seekers to a newly-renovated shelter.
Brazil police arrest 3 ex-congressmen, broaden corruption probe
CURITIBA, Brazil (Reuters) – Brazilian police arrested three former congressmen on Friday, broadening their corruption investigation beyond state-run oil firm Petrobras to state lender Caixa Economica Federal and the federal health ministry.
Slovenian SD party says to stay in government despite ousting of minister
LJUBLJANA (Reuters) – Slovenia’s center-left Social Democrats (SD), a junior coalition partner, said on Friday they would remain in the government despite parliament’s sacking of the SD defense minister on Thursday.
Ukraine military, rebels accuse each other of increased attacks
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s military and pro-Russian rebels accused each other on Friday of intensifying attacks in separatist eastern territories despite a two-month-old ceasefire deal.
Forty Haitian migrants feared dead in shipwreck off north coast
MIAMI (Reuters) – As many as 40 Haitian migrants were feared dead after their ship bound for the Turks and Caicos Islands capsized in the Caribbean off Haiti’s north coast, the U.S. Coast Guard said on Friday.
More austere, accommodating Rousseff paying off for Brazil
BRASILIA (Reuters) – The “new Dilma” is starting to produce results.
Israeli troops kill Palestinian at militant’s funeral in West Bank
HEBRON, West Bank (Reuters) – Israeli troops killed a Palestinian stone-thrower and wounded several others in the occupied West Bank on Friday after a militant’s funeral turned violent, hospital officials and witnesses said.
After attack and backlash, Kenya faces battle to win over Muslims
GARISSA/NAIROBI, Kenya (Reuters) – Days after Islamists killed 148 people at Garissa university, Kenya’s president held out an olive branch to Muslims and urged them to join Nairobi in the struggle against militant Islam by informing on sympathizers.
