Snowden documents show UK spies stored journalists’ emails: report
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s GCHQ eavesdropping agency stored emails from journalists working for several large media organizations, according to documents released by former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden, the Guardian newspaper reported.
Bahrain opposition leader to go on trial on January 28
MANAMA (Reuters) – A Bahraini opposition leader will go on trial this month on charges of promoting violent regime change, the public prosecution and his lawyer said on Monday, in a move that could further inflame tensions in the Western-allied kingdom…
Exclusive: Syria begins destruction of chemical weapons facilities – sources
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Syria has started the long-delayed destruction of a dozen underground bunkers and hangars that were used for the production and storage of chemical weapons, diplomatic sources told Reuters on Monday.
Afghan leader in cabinet setback as nominee quits, others in doubt
KABUL (Reuters) – The Afghan president’s bid to form a cabinet nearly four months after taking office ran into fresh trouble on Monday after his candidate for finance minister withdrew and doubt was cast over as many as 11 nominees believed to hold dua…
EU to appeal ruling that Hamas should be off terror list
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union said on Monday it would appeal against an EU court ruling that the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas should be removed from the bloc’s terrorist list.
Turkish police chief detained over Armenian editor’s 2007 murder
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A Turkish police chief handed himself in to authorities on Monday in connection with the murder of a prominent ethnic Armenian journalist who was gunned down outside his newspaper offices in Istanbul eight years ago to the day.
Hundreds of thousands protest in Chechnya against Mohammad cartoons
GROZNY, Russia (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of people protested in Russia’s Chechnya region on Monday against what its Kremlin-backed leader called the “vulgar and immoral” cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad published by French newspaper Charlie Heb…
UK plea to imams to fight extremism draws charge of Islamophobia
LONDON (Reuters) – Muslim groups accused the British government of copying the language of the far right on Monday and of stoking Islamophobia after ministers wrote to imams asking them to explain to Muslims how Islam is compatible with being British.
Gaza jihadist supporters rally against France, praise Islamic State
GAZA (Reuters) – Hamas security forces allowed a rare rally on Monday by rival jihadist Salafi activists in the Gaza Strip in support of Islamic State and the deadly attacks by three Islamist gunmen in France.
German leaders regret terror threat curbs PEGIDA’s right to protest
BERLIN (Reuters) – German political leaders said it was regrettable that a terror threat had led to the cancellation of a planned march by the anti-Islam movement PEGIDA in Dresden on Monday night, regardless of how one views the group itself.
