Germany orders intelligence agency to fix flaws in operations
BERLIN (Reuters) – The German government has ordered its foreign intelligence agency to address flaws in some of its operations, after Der Spiegel reported that agency officials indirectly helped U.S. agencies spy on European firms such as defense manu…
Former AgustaWestland managers investigated over Algerian deal
MILAN (Reuters) – Italian tax police carried out searches in several cities on Thursday relating to allegations of corruption by former managers of Finmeccanica unit AgustaWestland over a helicopter contract in Algeria, Italian prosecutors said.
U.N. expert says secret trade deals threaten human rights
GENEVA (Reuters) – Secret negotiations on international trade deals threaten human rights, and the inclusion of provisions that would allow companies to sue states appears to violate human rights law, an independent U.N. expert said on Thursday.
Iranian ships moving away from Yemen: U.S. official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iranian ships are moving northeast away from Yemen, a U.S. official said on Thursday after a convoy of Iranian cargo ships prompted U.S. concerns that Tehran was sending weapons into region.
U.S.-led forces conduct 21 air strikes in Iraq, Syria: U.S. military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. and coalition forces conducted 16 air strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and five in Syria since Wednesday, the American military said.
Armenian church canonizes victims of 1915 mass killings
VAGHARSHAPAT, Armenia (Reuters) – The Armenian Apostolic Church on Thursday made saints of up to 1.5 million Armenians at an open-air ceremony to commemorate their killing by Ottoman Turks a century ago.
Somalia seeks to drive militants from southern valley bases: PM
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Somali and African forces aim to drive al Shabaab Islamist militants out of one of the last major tracts of territory in southern Somalia that the group still holds and which it uses to launch attacks, the Somali prime minister said…
Indonesia hopes to announce execution date for 10 drug convicts ‘soon’
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian authorities said on Thursday they hoped to announce soon the date of the execution of a group of drug convicts after the highest court rejected the final appeals of all but one.
Rebel seizure of Syrian border post hits exporters across region
AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian rebels’ seizure of the main frontier crossing with Jordan has dealt a heavy blow to the Damascus government’s efforts to revive a once thriving export trade crippled by civil war, and is also hurting businesses across the regio…
British boy charged with inciting Australian ANZAC day attack
LONDON (Reuters) – A 14-year-old British boy is to be charged with inciting a terrorism attack on an ANZAC Day parade in Australia, thousands of miles from his home, Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said on Thursday.
