French lawmakers back easy-spying bill in counterterror move
PARIS (Reuters) – French lawmakers approved a bill on Tuesday to let intelligence services deploy fly-on-the-wall spying devices more easily against suspected terrorists after Islamist militant attacks killed 17 people in January.
Turkey’s Kurdish opposition accuse Erdogan of breaching constitution
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s Kurdish opposition accused President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday of breaching the constitution with speeches backing the ruling AK Party ahead of a June election, deepening a rift that could jeopardize a Kurdish peace process….
France, Saudi Arabia: Iran nuclear deal must be verifiable, no threat to region
RIYADH (Reuters) – France and Saudi Arabia believe that any future nuclear accord between Iran and six major powers must be robust, verifiable and no threat to Tehran’s neighbors, the two countries said ahead of a summit in Riyadh on Tuesday.
What’s in a name? Cuban cigars plant legal seeds for U.S. future
MIAMI (Reuters) – Miami cigar maker Jose Montagne has been fighting for more than a decade to protect his catchy Cuban brand name, Guantanamera, from Cuban government trademark lawyers.
Britain could face second election before Christmas, warns deputy PM
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain faces a disruptive second election before Christmas if either of the two main parties try to govern alone as minority governments after Thursday’s ballot, Nick Clegg, the deputy prime minister and Liberal Democrat leader, war…
Bad weather disrupts links with avalanche-hit Nepal village
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Bad weather has cut links with a remote village in Nepal where dozens of villagers and trekkers are believed to be buried under an avalanche set off by last month’s devastating earthquake, officials said on Tuesday.
Hezbollah clashes with Nusra Front on Lebanon-Syria border
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Hezbollah fighters and gunmen from al Qaeda’s Syria wing Nusra Front clashed on Tuesday in eastern Lebanon near the border with Syria, Hezbollah’s television channel and a military source in the Lebanese group said.
France’s Le Pen disowns daughter after party suspension
PARIS (Reuters) – National Front founder Jean-Marie Le Pen disowned his daughter and party leader Marine on Tuesday after she suspended him from the far-right French movement, saying he hoped she would lose the 2017 presidential election.
Syrian barrel bomb attacks are ‘crimes against humanity’: Amnesty
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Syrian government forces are targeting civilians in barrel bomb attacks in Aleppo that have forced hospitals and schools to move underground, Amnesty International said on Tuesday, describing the bombings as “crime…
EU says seeking closer security cooperation with China
BEIJING (Reuters) – Europe aims to improve security and defense cooperation with China, especially in the Middle East and in the fight against human trafficking, the European Union’s foreign policy chief said on Tuesday following high-level talks in Be…
