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| France's Hollande vows no mercy to soldiers if African child abuse proven | |  By Chine Labbé PARIS (Reuters) - President Francois Hollande vowed on Thursday to make an example of any French troops found guilty of child sex abuse in Central African Republic as a judicial source said as many as 14 could be implicated. The allegations, which came to light this week when Britain's Guardian newspaper published extracts of an internal U.N. report, risks damaging the reputation of France's peacekeeping operations in Africa. A judicial source who requested anonymity told Reuters that an initial reading of the full report suggested 14 soldiers had been involved in alleged abuse between December 2013 and June 2014. If they are serious, the punishment will be harsh," Hollande told reporters during a visit in western France.
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| Baltimore waits for answers on black man's death in police custody | |  By Scott Malone and Ian Simpson BALTIMORE (Reuters) - Residents of Baltimore and activists across the United States waited on Thursday for official word on the cause of a black man's death in police custody earlier this month, as protests over the case spread to other cities. More than 100 people were arrested in New York overnight on Wednesday during protests against police violence, while Baltimore saw a largely peaceful night as a curfew held after rioting over the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray. Thousands of National Guard troops and police remained in the mostly black city of Baltimore on Thursday morning to maintain order and enforce a 10:00 p.m. curfew set after unrest on Monday saw buildings and cars burned, stores looted and 20 officers hurt. Baltimore officials tried to tamp down expectations that there would be a quick answer on the fate of the six police officers involved in the arrest that preceded Gray's death.
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| German police foil planned Islamist attack near Frankfurt - report | | | Police in southern Germany have prevented a planned Islamist attack, a German newspaper reported on Thursday, adding that a married couple had been arrested overnight after weapons and explosives were found in their home. Police said they could not confirm Die Welt's report of the operation in the town of Oberursel, near Germany's financial capital Frankfurt. Die Welt only identified the couple by their first names and initial - Halil and Senay D. The paper's website said Halil had links to the Salafist scene in Frankfurt and the al Qaeda network. Police began surveillance after the couple bought large quantities of chemicals that could be used to make home-made bombs and started using false names, Die Welt said. |
| China says worried by new U.S. cyber strategy | | | China's Defence Ministry expressed concern on Thursday at the Pentagon's updated cyber strategy that stresses the U.S. military's ability to retaliate with cyber weapons, saying this would only worsen tension over Internet security. The strategy presents a potentially far more muscular role for the U.S. military's cyber warriors than the Pentagon was willing to acknowledge in its last strategy rollouts in 2011 and singles out threats from Russia, China, Iran and North Korea. China is frequently accused by the United States and its allies of engaged in widespread hacking attacks, charges Beijing always vociferously denies. |
| Ten jailed in Pakistan for involvement in attack on Malala | |  A Pakistani court jailed 10 men for 25 years each on Thursday for involvement in the 2012 shooting of teenage activist Malala Yousafzai, targeted for her campaign against Taliban efforts to deny girls education. Pakistani Taliban militants claimed responsibility for attacking Malala as she travelled home from school in her home in Swat, northwest of the capital, Islamabad. "Judge Mohammad Amin Kundi in his verdict gave 25 years jail to all of these people," said a court official in Swat, where the 10 were convicted in an anti-terrorism court. Malala was seriously wounded and airlifted to Britain for treatment, where she now lives.
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| Philippines may seek clemency anew for drug convict in Indonesia | |  The Philippines may renew its appeal for clemency for a Filipina drug convict granted a temporary reprieve from a death sentence in Indonesia, depending on the outcome of a related human trafficking case, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Thursday. Mary Jane Veloso, 30, was spared from the firing squad after officials in Manila asked Indonesian President Jokowi Widodo to allow her to give evidence to an investigation into the network that allegedly recruited her. "Everything will depend on the outcome of the investigation and its conclusion, which will help determine and identify those responsible in drug trafficking and human smuggling," foreign ministry spokesman Charles Jose told a news conference.
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