Iran’s Rouhani says Israel threats ‘laughable’
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian President-elect Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday it was laughable for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to say that Tehran was getting close to Israel’s “red line” over its nuclear program and derided the Jewish state’s abilit…
German police lead European raid on neo-Nazi terrorist suspects
BERLIN (Reuters) – Police raided premises in Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands on Wednesday seeking evidence of planned terrorist attacks by a far-right group calling itself the “Werewolf Squad”, German prosecutors said.
Car bomb kills women and children in Syria’s south
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A car bomb killed several civilians, including women and children, in a town south of Damascus on Wednesday, Syrian state television said.
Turkish troops return fire after bullets from Syria hit Turkey
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish troops returned fire into Syria after stray bullets from Syria struck the police headquarters and several homes in the Turkish border town of Ceylanpinar, the military said on Wednesday.
Italy court sentences Pirelli head in spying probe
MILAN (Reuters) – A Milan court handed the chairman of Italian tire maker Pirelli, Marco Tronchetti Provera, a suspended sentence of 20 months in jail on Wednesday in a case involving the use of Telecom Italia’s data to snoop on Italy’s elite.
Pirates hijack tanker off Gabon as shipping risks spread
LONDON (Reuters) – Pirates have hijacked an oil products tanker with 24 crew on board off the Gabon coast, the vessel’s operator said on Wednesday, as a surge in such attacks in West Africa’s mineral-rich Gulf of Guinea threatens regional shipping.
Senior Egypt Brotherhood figures to meet EU’s Ashton
CAIRO (Reuters) – Senior figures from ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi’s Muslim Brotherhood will meet EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, who is visiting Cairo on Wednesday, the movement said.
U.S. fugitive Snowden has no plans to leave Russia soon: lawyer
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden has no plans to leave Russia soon and does not rule out eventually applying for citizenship, a lawyer helping the American with his bid for temporary asylum in Russia said on Wednesday…
Bangladesh Islamist leader sentenced to death for 1971 war crimes
DHAKA (Reuters) – A Bangladesh war crimes tribunal sentenced a top Islamist politician to death on Wednesday for crimes during a 1971 war of independence, as his supporters clashed with security forces in different parts of the country.
Trial of captain resumes after liner disaster in Italy
GROSSETO, Italy (Reuters) – Francesco Schettino, captain of the Costa Concordia cruise liner, was not the only one to blame for a disaster off Italy last year in which 32 people died, his lawyers said at his trial on Wednesday.
