French experts hunt for Argentina helicopter crash clues
VILLA CASTELLI, Argentina (Reuters) – French and Argentine investigators scoured the charred wreckage of two helicopters in a rugged region of western Argentina on Thursday for clues to what caused an in-flight collision that killed 10 people, includin…
EU to tighten border checks to try to detect Syria fighters
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European countries will carry out by June deeper checks on EU citizens entering the passport-free Schengen area, based on a set of “common risk indicators” aimed at singling out fighters returning from war zones and other dangerous…
EU executive plans no new data retention law
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission will not introduce a new law requiring telecom companies to store the communications data of European Union citizens for security purposes, the EU home affairs commissioner said on Thursday.
Rwanda court jails 11 for conspiring with rebels to topple government
KIGALI (Reuters) – A Rwandan court handed jail sentences ranging from 10 years to life to 11 people on Thursday for conspiring with a rebel movement to topple the government of President Paul Kagame.
British girls were helped into Syria by spy from U.S.-led coalition
ANKARA (Reuters) – A spy who worked for a country in the U.S.-led coalition that is fighting Islamic State had helped three British girls to cross into Syria to join the militants and has been caught, the Turkish foreign minister said on Thursday.
Sudan says not scared of global court, dismisses U.N. move
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan said on Thursday it was not scared of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and dismissed the tribunal’s move to report it to the U.N. Security Council as a sign of failure.
Yemen’s Houthis hold exercises near Saudi border
SANAA/ADEN (Reuters) – Thousands of Shi’ite Muslim Houthi fighters, who control much of Yemen, held military exercises near the border with top oil exporter and Sunni power Saudi Arabia on Thursday, a Houthi commander said, adding to fears Yemen’s chao…
EU leaders unlikely to tighten Russia sanctions at meeting next week: diplomats
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders are unlikely to tighten sanctions on Russia when they meet next week but will haggle over whether they need to act now to prolong economic sanctions on Russia expiring in July, diplomats said on Thursday.
Palestinian activist sentenced to 18 months for U.S. immigration fraud
DETROIT (Reuters) – A Palestinian activist was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Thursday for immigration fraud for failing to tell U.S. authorities that she had been imprisoned in Israel for a 1969 supermarket bombing that killed two people.
Khamenei condemns Republican letter on Iran, bemoans U.S. ‘tricks’
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s Supreme Leader hit out on Thursday at a letter by U.S. Republican senators threatening to undo any nuclear deal between Washington and Tehran, saying he was worried because the United States was known for “backstabbing”, Mehr n…
