Nigeria sentences 54 troops to death for mutiny
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria has sentenced 54 soldiers to death by firing squad for mutiny while fighting against insurgents in the northeast, their lawyer said on Thursday.
Putin says central bank, government taking adequate measures
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday the central bank and government were taking adequate measures to support the rouble and that Russia’s current economic situation was caused by external factors.
Anti-Islam politician Wilders faces prosecution for Moroccan comments
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders will be prosecuted in the Netherlands for alleged discrimination and inciting hatred against Moroccans during election campaigning in March, prosecutors said on Thursday.
Anger and grief as Pakistan buries students massacred at school
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistan on Wednesday began burying 132 students killed in a grisly attack on their school by Taliban militants that has heaped pressure on the government to do more to tackle an increasingly aggressive Taliban insurgency…
Australian police raid properties, not related to siege: authorities
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian police are conducting raids across Sydney, officials said on Thursday, though the operation is not related to a cafe siege this week that resulted in the death of two hostages.
EU court says British visa rule illegal
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union’s supreme court told Britain on Thursday that it could no longer require entry visas in advance for non-EU citizens who are family members of EU citizens and hold residence rights in other EU states.
Crisis talks in the Netherlands after health bill shot down
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Leaders in the centre-right Dutch government were set to continue crisis talks on Thursday after a health bill submitted by Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s party was shot down in the Senate by coalition allies.
Support for Swedish coalition rises after call for snap vote: poll
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Support for Sweden’s Social Democrat-Green ruling coalition has grown after the government earlier in December said it planned to call a snap election, a poll published in daily Dagens Nyheter showed on Thursday.
Social media: the hostage that eluded Sydney siege gunman
SYDNEY (Reuters) – One hostage the Sydney siege gunman failed to take this week was social media.
Book Talk: War on Afghan frontline, by a female soldier
KABUL (Reuters) – Chantelle Taylor is a former combat medic who fought in one of Britain’s bloodiest battles in Afghanistan and wrote about her experience as a rare woman on the front line.
