Venezuelan supermarket owner fights state takeover
CARACAS (Reuters) – The U.S.-based owner of a supermarket chain taken over by Venezuela’s socialist government hopes to recover his business despite accusations of hoarding goods to inflate shopping lines.
British teenager found guilty over soldier ‘beheading’ plot
LONDON (Reuters) – A British teenager was found guilty on Thursday of plotting to behead a soldier in London after being influenced by the murder of an Afghan war veteran who was hacked to death by two Islamists in the capital a year earlier.
Georgia condemns Russia, South Ossetia deal as step toward annexation
TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgia condemned on Thursday the signing of a border agreement between its breakaway region of South Ossetia and Russia, accusing Moscow of moving closer to annexing a territory it supported in a five-day conflict in 2008.
Denmark announces $150 million security package after Copenhagen attack
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Denmark on Thursday announced a $150 million package to boost police and intelligence services days in a move that followed deadly weekend shootings in Copenhagen but had been prepared in response to deadly Islamist attacks in Pa…
Colombians sentenced to prison for U.S. drug agent’s murder
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two Colombians have been sentenced to prison for the 2013 kidnapping and murder of a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent in Bogota, the Justice Department said on Thursday.
Pakistan officials say Afghan Taliban signal readiness for peace talks
ISLAMABAD/KABUL (Reuters) – Senior Pakistani army and diplomatic officials said on Thursday the Afghan Taliban have signaled through the Pakistani military that they are willing to open peace talks.
Nigerian warplanes bomb Boko Haram forest training camps: military
MAIDUGURI (Reuters) – Nigerian warplanes bombarded training camps and caches of weapons and vehicles belonging to the Islamist group Boko Haram in the northeasterly Samibisa forest on Thursday, the military said.
German Catholic archdiocese reveals it’s richer than Vatican
PARIS, Feb 19 (Reuters) – The Roman Catholic archdiocese of Cologne in Germany has disclosed it is worth 3.35 billion euros ($3.82 billion), making it richer than the Vatican.
Colombia’s reparation to war victims sacred, government says
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Reparations to victims of Colombia’s five-decade war will be paid no matter how much the government’s finances are affected by a drop in oil revenue, because making good to the millions who suffered is “sacred,” a government official…
Czechs open center for civil society activists from ex-Soviet countries
PRAGUE (Reuters) – An international center to support activists in former Soviet Union countries who face pressure from their governments is to open in the Czech capital Prague.
