France, Britain dismiss calls to renew relations with Syria’s Assad
PARIS (Reuters) – France and Britain dismissed on Friday any suggestion of restoring relations with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, saying this would likely end all hope of a political transition and push moderates into the arms of radical Islamist g…
Ukraine crisis seen softening political ground for foreign farm land sales
ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The crisis in Ukraine looks set to trigger major changes in its vast agricultural sector with state-owned farm land and small family plots likely to go up for sale despite concerns over the impact on local farmers, a…
Swiss train collision caused by stop signal being ignored: operator
ZURICH (Reuters) – A collision between two Swiss passenger trains that injured several people last week was caused when one of the trains ignored a stop signal, rail operator SBB said on Friday.
Former Kremlin banker Pugachev loses appeal to keep trust income hidden
LONDON (Reuters) – Sergei Pugachev, a Russian tycoon once dubbed “the cashier to the Kremlin,” must disclose further information about the trusts he uses to bolster his income, a London Court of Appeal judge ruled on Friday.
Mexico attorney general who handled student massacre probe to step down
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s attorney general Jesus Murillo, under fire for months over his handling of the investigation into the abduction and apparent massacre of 43 students, will step down, a senior government official said on Friday.
Eight killed in Baghdad bombs and rocket fire
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – At least eight people were killed by bombs and rocket fire in Baghdad on Friday, police and medical sources said.
Traces of sedatives found in Kazakh dissident hanged in Austrian jail
VIENNA (Reuters) – Sedatives have been found in the body of Rakhat Aliyev, a prominent Kazakh dissident found hanged in an Austrian prison this week in what authorities say was suicide.
U.S.-led coalition air strikes against Islamic State target Kobani
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S.-led coalition launched 20 airstrikes in Syria since early Thursday, targeting 13 of them near the key border town of Kobani, where the Combined Joint Task Force said they hit eight units of Islamic State fighters.
Danish police arrest man suspected of links to February 14-15 shootings
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Danish police said they arrested a young man on Friday and charged him with complicity in the shootings in Copenhagen on Feb. 14 and 15 in which two people were killed and five police officers wounded.
China draft counterterror law strikes fear in foreign tech firms
BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China is weighing a far-reaching counterterrorism law that would require technology firms to hand over encryption keys and install security “backdoors”, a potential escalation of what some firms view as the increasingly o…
