Canada dismemberment killer had troubled childhood, his father says
MONTREAL (Reuters) – The Canadian man who killed and dismembered a Chinese student in 2012 was raised by a domineering mother who would get drunk on vodka and was obsessed with germs, the man’s father testified on Friday, while describing himself as an…
Houthi rebels give Yemen’s president 10 days to form government
SANAA (Reuters) – Shi’ite Houthi rebels set an ultimatum on Friday for Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi to form a government in 10 days or face “other options”, raising the tension in a political standoff that has crippled the country.
Italy PM picks Paolo Gentiloni as new foreign minister in surprise choice
ROME (Reuters) – Prime Minister Matteo Renzi appointed Paolo Gentiloni, a close ally and former communications minister, to be Italy’s new foreign minister on Friday, in a surprise decision.
Canadian who killed police gets five life sentences
(Reuters) – A man who shot and killed three Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers and wounded two others in June has been given five life sentences in prison, with no possibility of parole for 75 years, an unprecedented sentence in Canada, according t…
Italy to end sea rescue mission that saved 100,000 migrants
ROME (Reuters) – Italy said on Friday it would close a sea rescue mission that has saved the lives of more than 100,000 migrants from Africa and the Middle East, a move one rights group warned could lead to a “surge of deaths” in the Mediterranean.
Muslim men over 50 pray at Jerusalem’s Aqsa mosque amid tight security
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Muslim men over 50 prayed at the Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City on Friday amid intense security, a day after Israel closed all access to the sacred compound for the first time in more than a decade following violence on the s…
Europe won’t recognize vote in eastern Ukraine, Merkel tells Putin
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Russian President Vladimir Putin on the phone that Sunday’s planned elections in eastern Ukraine were illegitimate and would not be recognized by European leaders, a Berlin government spokesman sa…
South Sudan famine temporarily averted, but risks remain: U.N.
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Aid and some small harvests have helped stave off a feared famine in South Sudan, but any more fighting there could still leave millions facing severe hunger next year, a senior World Food Program (WFP) official said on Friday.
Canada security services struggle with extremist threat, resources gap
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada’s spy agency and national police force are so constrained by a lack of resources that they can’t keep close track of all the Islamic extremists who may be a potential threat at home and they have also had to abandon some counter-espionage work and criminal investigations, according to current and former intelligence and police officials.
South Sudan famine temporarily averted, but risks remain: U.N.
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Aid and some small harvests have helped stave off a feared famine in South Sudan, but any more fighting there could still leave millions facing severe hunger next year, a senior World Food Programme (WFP) official said on Friday.
