Spain arrests eight suspected Islamist militants in dawn raid
PIERA, Spain (Reuters) – Eight suspected Islamist militants accused of planning attacks in Spain and recruiting fighters to send to Syria and Iraq were arrested in dawn raids across Spain on Friday, the Interior Ministry said in a statement.
After years of stalemate, Sweden seeks London date with Assange
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Swedish prosecutors want to question Julian Assange in London over allegations of sexual assault, potentially ending an impasse that left the WikiLeaks founder holed up for almost three years in Ecuador’s embassy.
Italy’s 5-Star attacks euro, north-European ‘nazism’
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s anti-establishment 5-Star Movement on Friday called on southern European countries to unite against the euro and the policies of northern European “nazism” which are destroying their economies.
Lithuania says will not renew CIA prison parliamentary enquiry
VILNIUS (Reuters) – Lithuania’s parliament will not hold another parliamentary inquiry into alleged CIA prisons in the Baltic country after the U.S. Senate published a report on torture, the speaker of the parliament said on Friday.
Two placed under investigation for links to Paris killings
PARIS (Reuters) – Two suspects have been placed under formal investigation by French magistrates for alleged links to the Paris attacks of January, the Paris prosecutors’ office said in a statement on Friday.
Islamic State leader accepts allegiance of Nigeria’s Boko Haram
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The leader of the Islamic State militant group that controls tracts of Syria and Iraq has accepted a pledge of allegiance from Nigerian Islamists Boko Haram, his spokesman said, calling on supporters to fight in Africa.
Turkey seizes cargo ship carrying hundreds of Syrian refugees
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish coastguards found more than 300 refugees, mostly Syrians, when they seized a cargo ship they had opened fired on for failing obey an order to stop off Turkey’s western coast, the regional governor said on Friday.
ICC judges agree to withdrawal of Kenyatta charges
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Judges at the International Criminal Court agreed on Friday to withdraw charges against Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, ending the global war crimes court’s highest-profile case before it reached trial, but leaving room for it to…
Resignation and despair in cradle of Syrian revolt
RAMTHA, Jordan (Reuters) – At a new graveyard in a Jordanian border town near the southern Syrian city of Deraa, burial space is already running out.
Russia drops charges against woman accused of treason over Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has dropped treason charges against an activist accused of phoning the Ukrainian embassy in Moscow last year to warn that Russian solders might be heading to eastern Ukraine, her lawyer said on Friday.
