Gunman’s video says Parliament attack spurred by Canada military action
OTTAWA (Reuters) – The gunman who shot and killed a soldier in Canada’s capital and then stormed Parliament last year said he was retaliating against Canadian military involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq, according to a video recording released on Frid…
Egyptian strikes kill 25 militants in two days: sources
ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) – Egyptian military air strikes have killed 25 Islamist militants in Northern Sinai over the last two days, security sources said, targeting an insurgency that seeks to topple the Cairo government.
New Egypt interior minister makes security appointments
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s newly-appointed interior minister on Friday made a series of appointments to top security posts as his country battles militants who seek to topple the Cairo government.
Church says detained pastor has no ties to purged North Korean official
TORONTO (Reuters) – A Canadian pastor detained in North Korea has done only humanitarian work there, his church said on Friday as it denied a media report that he had ties to a purged and executed uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
Russia defends Ukraine pilot’s detention; U.N., U.S. demand release
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations, the United States and Britain demanded during a United Nations Security Council meeting on Friday that Russia release Ukrainian military pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, but Russia defended her detention as legal…
Iraqi forces clear Islamic State fighters from town near key base
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iraqi forces have cleared Islamic State fighters from the town of al-Baghdadi near a key base where U.S. Marines are training Iraqi military troops, recapturing the police station and three bridges over the Euphrates, the U.S. mi…
Canada failed to protect aboriginal women: U.N. committee
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) – Canada has committed a “grave violation” of aboriginal women’s rights by failing to adequately investigate their numerous disappearances and murders, a United Nations committee said in a report on Friday.
Nemtsov’s friends ask: where were the police when he was shot?
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Last week, when Boris Nemtsov was shot dead as he walked across a bridge next to the Kremlin, it took 11 minutes before a police car arrived at the scene, according to the time stamp on closed circuit television footage.
Kremlin critic Navalny, out of jail, vows to fight on
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny walked out of a Moscow detention center on Friday and said Russia’s opposition would continue to challenge President Vladimir Putin, uncowed by last week’s killing of prominent opposition figure Boris Ne…
Ukraine ceasefire holding, says OSCE head
RIGA (Reuters) – The ceasefire in eastern Ukraine is holding and overall hostilities have dropped, the head of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) said on Friday.
