Strasbourg shooting death toll rises to three
The death toll from the gun attack on Strasbourg’s Christmas market rose to three on Thursday after a wounded victim died, the Paris prosecutor’s office said.
EU’s Tusk to meet UK’s May for ‘last-minute’ pre-summit talks
European Council President Donald Tusk said he would meet British Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday before he chairs an EU summit starting at 3 p.m. (1400 GMT) in Brussels that will be dominated by Brexit.
Palestinian gunman wounds four in West Bank: Israeli media
A Palestinian shot and wounded four people in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, Israeli media said.
Swedish police arrest terrorist suspect with foreign links
Swedish security police said on Thursday they had arrested a person suspected of plotting a terrorist crime as well as illegal weapons possession in a case with connections abroad.
Turkish train crash in Ankara kills nine, injures 47
Nine people were killed and nearly 50 injured in Turkey when a high speed train collided with a locomotive and crashed into a station platform and overpass in an Ankara suburb early on Thursday, officials said.
Israeli troops kill two fugitive Hamas gunmen in West Bank
Israeli commandos killed two fugitive gunmen overnight in the occupied West Bank and Hamas claimed them as its members on Thursday, a measure of the Palestinian Islamist faction’s resilience in areas controlled by its more moderate rival Fatah.
U.S.-backed fighters thrust into last big town held by Islamic State
U.S.-backed Syrian forces have pushed deep into the last major urban stronghold held by Islamic State on the eastern banks of the Euphrates, a spokesman for the fighters and a former resident said on Thursday.
Eritrean president arrives for first visit to Somalia, minister says
Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki arrived on Thursday for his first-ever visit to Somalia, Eritrea’s information minister said, in another sign of rapidly changing relations in the region following Eritrea’s rapprochement with one-time foe Ethiopia.
21 Islamic State militants escape Iraqi jail, most recaptured
Twenty one prisoners, most of them members of Islamic State jailed on terrorism charges, broke out of a prison in northern Iraq but 15 of them have been recaptured, Kurdish security officials said on Thursday.
UK’s May seeking assurances over Irish backstop: Brexit minister
British Brexit minister Stephen Barclay said on Thursday that Prime Minister Theresa May was working to secure legal and political assurances over the so-called Irish backstop in her Brexit deal.
