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| Suspected IS supporter charged with New Year's Eve plot in upstate NY | |  (Reuters) - A 25-year-old man accused of planning to attack a restaurant in upstate New York on New Year's Eve has been arrested and charged with attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State militant group, the U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday. Emanuel L. Lutchman, who claimed to have received direction from an alleged member of Islamic State, also known as IS, wanted to target a restaurant in Rochester, New York, where he lives, according to a criminal complaint. Lutchman was arrested on Wednesday.
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| Return of Texas 'affluenza' teen delayed, mother jailed in U.S. | |  By Alex Dobuzinskis and Dave Graham LOS ANGELES/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The Texas teenager derided for his "affluenza" defence in a deadly drunken-driving case won a weeks-long in delay in extradition from Mexico, while his mother was in a Los Angeles jail on Thursday after being deported. A court in Mexico granted fugitive 18-year-old Ethan Couch, who faces likely incarceration in Texas, a stay against deportation following his illegal entry into the country, a Mexican migration official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. Ethan and his mother, Tonya Couch, 48, entered the country by land earlier this month, according to Mexican officials, though it was unclear where.
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| Imprisoned Saudi blogger's health deteriorating, wife says | | | By Allison Lampert MONTREAL (Reuters) - Imprisoned Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, recent recipient of one of Europe's most prestigious human rights awards, has suffered fainting spells and deteriorating health because of a lengthy hunger strike, his wife said on Thursday. Ensaf Haidar, who was granted asylum in Canada with the couple's three children, said by phone she hoped her husband would end a hunger strike he initiated more than 20 days ago to protest his transfer to a different prison in Saudi Arabia. A member of Amnesty International in Canada said by email they were not able to confirm the hunger strike. |
| France's Hollande says terror threat remains at highest level | |  The threat of further militant attacks in France remains at its highest level, President Francois Hollande said on Thursday. "We're not finished with terrorism," Hollande said in a New Year message that also defended constitutional changes underpinning a crackdown on militant groups after November's deadly Islamist attacks in Paris that killed 130 peole.
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| CAS upholds decision to bar Bility from FIFA election | |  The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) rejected an Thursday an appeal by Liberian Musa Hassan Bility to be allowed to stand in February's election for the presidency of world soccer body FIFA. Bility, head of the Liberian Football Association, had appealed a decision in November by FIFA's Ad hoc Electoral Committee to rule him out on integrity grounds. "The CAS has dismissed the appeal and upheld the FIFA AEC Decision," the Lausanne-based court said in a statement after an expedited hearing.
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| Suspended Guatemalan judge pleads not guilty in U.S. soccer case | | | By Nate Raymond and Brendan Pierson NEW YORK (Reuters) - A suspended Guatemalan judge who was arrested while aboard a Disney cruise ship has pleaded not guilty to charges that he took bribes in exchange for media and marketing rights to World Cup qualifier matches. Héctor Trujillo, who was secretary general of the Guatemalan soccer federation and a judge on the country's Constitutional Court until his Dec. 4 arrest, entered his plea on Wednesday in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, a spokeswoman for Brooklyn prosecutors said on Thursday. Football bosses from South and Central America, including Trujillo, were among 16 people charged on Dec. 3 for engaging in schemes involving over $200 million in bribes and kickbacks sought for marketing and broadcast rights to tournaments and matches. |
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