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| New York, other U.S. cities beef up security after Paris attacks | | Saturday, November 14, 2015 2:54 AM | |
|  By Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York, Boston and other cities in the United States bolstered security on Friday night after deadly gun and bomb attacks on civilians in Paris, but law enforcement officials said the beefed-up police presence was precautionary rather than a response to any specific threats. The New York Police Department said officers from its Counterterrorism Response Command and other special units were deployed in areas frequented by tourists, and at the French Consulate in Manhattan. "Teams have been dispatched to crowded areas around the city out of an abundance of caution to provide police presence and public reassurance as we follow the developing situation overseas," the NYPD said in a statement.
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| World reacts in shock, solidarity after Paris attacks | | Saturday, November 14, 2015 2:54 AM | |
|  By Alastair Macdonald LONDON (Reuters) - World leaders responded with shock and pledges of solidarity for France following the killing of scores of people in attacks in Paris on Friday night, though there was little action any could immediately take. The United Nations Security Council issued a statement condemning "barbaric and cowardly terrorist attacks" involving assailants using guns and bombs on several venues, including the national sports stadium and a major music venue. Divided on many issues, including on the war in Syria that has fuelled Islamist violence, the United States and Russia both voiced their support in messages to French President Francois Hollande.
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| At least 120 dead in Paris attacks, Hollande declares emergency | | Saturday, November 14, 2015 2:54 AM | |
|  By Ingrid Melander and Marine Pennetier PARIS (Reuters) - Gunmen and bombers attacked restaurants, a concert hall and a sports stadium at locations across Paris on Friday, killing at least 120 people in what a shaken President Francois Hollande called an unprecedented terrorist attack. A Paris city hall official said gunmen systematically slaughtered nearly 100 people attending a rock concert at the Bataclan music hall. Anti-terrorist commandos eventually launched an assault on the building, killed the gunmen and rescued dozens of shocked survivors.
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| Obama calls Paris attacks 'outrageous attempt to terrorise' civilians | | Saturday, November 14, 2015 2:54 AM | |
| | U.S. President Barack Obama pledged his government's support to France on Friday after a series of attacks in Paris, but said he did not yet know the details of what had happened and that the situation was still unfolding. "Once again we've seen an outrageous attempt to terrorise innocent civilians," Obama told reporters at the White House. "We stand prepared and ready to provide whatever assistance that the government and the people of France need," he said, and pledged to "bring these terrorists to justice and go after any terrorist networks" involved. |
| BJP frets over growing dissent against Modi | | Saturday, November 14, 2015 1:03 AM | |
|  By Rupam Jain Nair and Andrew MacAskill NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Senior leaders from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are growing uneasy about an internal rebellion against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership style, which has punctured his aura of invincibility and threatens to weaken him further. One is a revolt among a handful of senior members of his nationalist BJP, the first time allies have openly questioned the direction of a leader who captured power to a degree last seen when Indira Gandhi ruled India with a firm hand.A cabinet minister and two BJP leaders told Reuters they agreed with comments made by party elders earlier this week questioning Modi's stewardship, after a second straight regional election setback. Tuesday's statement by four party elders zeroed in on the centralised leadership style of Modi.
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| French president Hollande's televised address | | Saturday, November 14, 2015 12:46 AM | |
|  (Reuters) - Following is a translation of the televised address by President Francois Hollande during the deadly attacks in Paris on Friday: "My dear compatriots, As I speak, terrorist attacks of unprecedented proportions are underway in the Paris area. Two decisions will be taken: a state of emergency will be declared, which means that some places will be closed, traffic may be banned , and there will also be searches which may be decided throughout Ile de France (greater Paris). The state of emergency will be proclaimed throughout the territory (of France).
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| France to decree state of emergency, shut borders - Hollande | | Saturday, November 14, 2015 12:03 AM | |
|  French President Francois Hollande said a state of emergency would be declared across France and national borders shut following a spate of attacks in Paris on Friday evening in which he said dozens were killed and several wounded. "It is horror," Hollande said in a brief statement on television, adding that a cabinet meeting had been called. "A state of emergency will be declared," he said.
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| At least 22 dead in Central African Republic village attacks | | | By Crispin Dembassa-Kette BANGUI (Reuters) - At least 22 people were killed in a string of raids on villages in Central African Republic this week, a local official and state radio said on Friday, as an escalation of violence threatened to derail a visit by the pope and crucial elections. Pope Francis has already hinted that his trip, scheduled for Nov. 28 and 29, could be cancelled if the attacks worsen, though government and church authorities in the capital Bangui have sought to offer assurances that the visit will be peaceful. The former French colony descended into inter-religious violence two and a half years ago after mainly Muslim Seleka rebels seized power, sparking reprisal killings by Christian anti-balaka militias. |
| At least 60 dead in Paris shootings, hostages held - French media | |  France was rocked by multiple, near simultaneous attacks on entertainment sites around Paris on Friday evening and French media said at least 60 people were killed and hostages were being held in a concert hall in the capital. The apparently coordinated gun and bomb attacks came as the country, a founder member of the U.S.-led coalition waging air strikes against Islamic State fighters in Syria and Iraq, was on high alert for terrorist attacks ahead of a global climate conference that opens later this month. At least two explosions were heard near the Stade de France national stadium where a France-Germany friendly soccer match was being played, attended by President Francois Hollande.
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| Russia suspended after overwhelming IAAF vote | |  By Mitch Phillips LONDON (Reuters) - Athletics' governing body has voted overwhelmingly to suspend Russia from the sport for widespread, state-sponsored doping and the ban will include the 2016 Olympics unless the country can demonstrate a major change in their approach and controls. After a three-hour teleconference on Friday, hosted by its president Sebastian Coe, the International Association of Athletics Federations' (IAAF) council voted 22-1 in favour of the sanction, with the Russian representative not able to vote. The report alleged "systemic" collusion between Russian athletes and both the country's federation and anti-doping authorities and a "deeply-rooted culture of cheating" that enabled athletes to take performance-enhancing drugs without fear of being tested.
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| Militants behead Tunisian teen accused of spying - sources | | | Islamist militants beheaded a Tunisian teenager in a rural central province and sent his head to his family after accusing him of spying for the military, Tunisian security sources said on Friday. Militants have made two major attacks targeting foreign tourists this year, and the army is fighting a low-level conflict against pockets of militants in rural areas near the Algerian border. Security sources said militants killed the 16-year-old as he was herding sheep in a rural area in central Sidi Bouzid province. |
| Palestinian gunman kills two Israelis in West Bank - army | |  A Palestinian gunman killed an Israeli father and his son in the southern West Bank on Friday, the military said, while Israeli troops in the nearby city of Hebron shot dead two Palestinians involved in stone-throwing clashes, medics said. The gunman opened fire on a family travelling near the Jewish settlement of Otneil, which is close to Hebron, Israel medics and media reported. Israel's Channel 2 said a Palestinian vehicle overtook two Israeli cars on a main road and fired at the first, a people carrier, in which a man in his 40s and his 18-year-old son were killed.
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| Lebanon parliament endorses money laundry, combating terrorism laws | | | Lebanon's parliament passed more financial laws on Friday to keep the politically paralysed country afloat, including a money laundering law. The parliament held its first legislative session in a year on Thursday after pressure from international bodies and the central bank. Lebanon, which hosts more than a million refugees from the Syrian war, risks losing millions of dollars in World Bank development loans which parliament needs to approve by year-end. |
| U.S. 'reasonably certain' that British Islamic State militant Jihadi John killed in strike | |  By Phil Stewart and Mariam Karouny WASHINGTON/BEIRUT (Reuters) - The United States announced on Friday it was "reasonably certain" a drone strike in Syria had killed Jihadi John, a British citizen who became the public face of Islamic State and a symbol of its brutality after appearing in hostage execution videos. U.S. and British officials welcomed the apparent success of the operation targeting Mohammed Emwazi, saying his death, if confirmed, would be a big blow to Islamic State's image and prestige even though Emwazi was not a significant tactical or operational figure in the militant group. "If this strike was successful - and we still await confirmation of that - it will be a strike at the heart of ISIL (Islamic State)," British Prime Minister David Cameron said in a statement outside his official London residence.
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| U.S. military aid for Egypt seen continuing despite rights concerns | | | By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress looks set to approve another $1.3 billion in military aid to Egypt despite concerns expressed by some lawmakers over its crackdown on dissent while fighting religious militants. Senate and House of Representatives staffers are engaged in feverish negotiations on what should be in a trillion-plus-dollar spending bill that they must complete by Dec. 11 to avoid a government shutdown. Egypt's aid package is in focus because of growing unease among both Republicans and Democrats that the government of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is exploiting security concerns to crack down on dissent and arresting journalists. |
| 'NCIS' actress Pauley Perrette assaulted in Hollywood | |  By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pauley Perrette, an actress on the popular U.S. television show "NCIS," was attacked in Los Angeles by a homeless man who punched her repeatedly in the face and made her fear for her life, she said in a social media post. Perrette wrote that on Thursday night she was walking on the street near her home when the man grabbed her and struck her on the nose and forehead while threatening to kill her. "There was an empty garage behind me and I knew if he got me in there I was dead," Perrette wrote in an emotional account of the incident that she shared via Twitter.
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