British ‘severed heads’ jihadi jailed for 12 years
LONDON (Reuters) – A Briton who helped an Islamist group in Syria record videos of severed heads and then faked his own death in the hope of being able to return home undetected was sentenced to 12 years in jail on Friday.
Car bomber kills two, wounds around 20 in Libya’s Benghazi: medics
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – A jeep filled with explosives killed two people and wounded around 20 on Friday in Benghazi, Libya’s second biggest city that is a front line in the country’s bloody civil conflict, medics and military officials said.
Philippines Aquino faces growing political storm over deadly raid
MAMASAPANO, Philippines (Reuters) – Philippine leader Benigno Aquino is facing his biggest political crisis over a botched operation to capture a wanted militant, amid revelations that a suspended police general who is a close friend of the president p…
UK tribunal says intelligence-sharing with U.S. was unlawful
LONDON (Reuters) – A British tribunal ruled on Friday that some aspects of intelligence-sharing between security agencies in Britain and the United States were unlawful until December 2014, in a ground-breaking case brought by civil liberties groups.
Israeli official suggests Boehner misled Netanyahu on Congress speech
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A senior Israeli official suggested on Friday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had been misled into thinking an invitation to address the U.S. Congress on Iran next month was fully supported by the Democrats.
China newspaper warns against ‘McCarthyism’ at Hong Kong University
HONG KONG (Reuters) – A Chinese state-backed newspaper on Friday defended a mainland student running for university office in Hong Kong against what it described as a dangerous “McCarthyite trend” in the former British colony.
Australian PM to face leadership vote after party-room revolt
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Embattled Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said he will fight a challenge to his leadership at a party-room meeting next week after disgruntled government lawmakers on Friday sought to oust him following weeks of divisive specul…
EU must agree on intercepting Skype to help stop returning militants: report
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU member states must develop a common approach to lawfully intercept services such as Skype to stem the flow of European citizens returning from Syria radicalized and trained, the bloc’s agency on judicial cooperation said.
Taiwan turns to Chinese shipper for help with port in disputed waters
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan had to use a mainland Chinese shipper to get vital materials to a $100 million port it is building on a disputed island in the South China Sea last month after it couldn’t find a local firm to do the job, Taiwanese officials s…
Merkel dampens hopes for Ukraine ceasefire deal in Moscow talks
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said it was unclear whether she and French President Francois Hollande would achieve a breakthrough with Russian President Vladimir Putin in talks later on Friday aimed at resolving the crisis in Ukrai…
