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| Iran's Guards say Saudi Arabia will face backlash for executing Nimr -Mehr | | Sunday, January 03, 2016 2:51 AM | |
| | DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's hardline Revolutionary Guards said Saudi Arabia's ruling Al Saud family would face a backlash for executing a prominent Shi'ite cleric on Saturday. "A harsh revenge will strike the Al Saud in the near future and cause the fall of this pro-terrorist, anti-Islamic regime," the Guards said in a statement carried by the Mehr news agency. The Sunni kingdom executed Nimr al-Nimr and three other Shi'ites along with dozens of al Qaeda members, stirring sectarian anger across the region. (Reporting by Sam Wilkin; Editing by Kevin Liffey) |
| Israeli Arab named as suspect in Tel Aviv bar shooting | | Sunday, January 03, 2016 2:50 AM | |
|  By Ori Lewis JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Police in Israel were hunting on Saturday for an Israeli Arab identified as the suspect in Friday's deadly shooting attack on a Tel Aviv bar, a case they described as "complex and unique". Nashat Melhem, 29, from the village of Arara in northern Israel was still at large and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who visited the scene of the attack in which two people were killed, said security forces were searching for "a needle in a haystack". Netanyahu said the city centre shooting was a "despicable crime of unfathomable cruelty" and called for maximum vigilance from the public.
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| Hezbollah slams Saudi execution of Shi'ite cleric, blames U.S. support of Riyadh | | Sunday, January 03, 2016 2:49 AM | |
|  Lebanon's Shi'ite Hezbollah condemned the execution of a prominent Shi'ite cleric in Saudi Arabia on Saturday, calling it an "assassination" and blaming it on the United States and its allies' support for Riyadh. Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr and three other members of Saudi Arabia's Shi'ite minority were executed on Saturday alongside 43 Sunni jihadists, drawing condemnation by Shi'ites across the Middle East The "real reason" for the execution was "that Sheikh Nimr... demanded the squandered rights of an oppressed people," Hezbollah said in a statement, apparently referring to Saudi Arabia's Shi'ite minority. "The Saudi authorities ... put them (the Shi'ites executed) together with terrorist bands and groups which had committed crimes against civilians.
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| Shi'ite cleric's execution may hit Saudi-Iraq rapprochement | | Sunday, January 03, 2016 2:49 AM | |
| | By Maher Chmaytelli and Stephen Kalin BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's execution of a Shi'ite Muslim cleric could undermine efforts to improve relations with regional rival Iraq, where politicians, militias and a prominent cleric called on Saturday for newly resumed diplomatic ties to be severed. The Sunni-ruled kingdom reopened its embassy in Baghdad this week for the first time since ties were cut in 1990 over Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, underscoring a rapprochement that could help boost a regional alliance against Islamic State militants. "I urge the government to refrain from opening the Saudi embassy," prominent Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said in a statement, urging angry demonstrations in his country and across the Gulf to protest the execution. |
| Shi'ites across the Middle East decry execution of Saudi cleric | | Sunday, January 03, 2016 2:49 AM | |
|  By Sam Wilkin DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's execution of a leading cleric from the Shi'ite Muslim minority drew warnings of a backlash against the ruling Al Saud family and threatened to further intensify a wave of sectarian conflict in the region. Lebanon's Supreme Islamic Shi'ite Council called the execution of cleric Nimr al-Nimr a "grave mistake", and the Hezbollah group termed it an assassination. Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami, an establishment cleric in largely Shia rival Iran, said repercussions against the Sunni Saudi rulers would "wipe them from the pages of history".
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| Shi'ite cleric among 47 executed in Saudi Arabia, stirring anger in region | | Sunday, January 03, 2016 2:49 AM | |
|  By Angus McDowall RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia executed a prominent Shi'ite Muslim cleric and dozens of al Qaeda members on Saturday, signalling that it would not tolerate attacks, whether by Sunni jihadists or minority Shi'ites, and stirring sectarian anger across the region. Hundreds of Shi'ite Muslims marched through Qatif district in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province in protest at the execution of cleric Nimr al-Nimr, an eyewitness said. Nimr, the most vocal critic of the dynasty among the Shi'ite minority, had come to be seen as a leader of the sect's younger activists, who rejected the quiet approach of older community leaders for failing to achieve equality with Sunnis.
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| Man who drove car at French troops had jihadi propaganda in computer - prosecutor | | Sunday, January 03, 2016 2:48 AM | |
| | By Arnaud Grange VALENCE, France (Reuters) - French investigators found jihadist propaganda material on Saturday in the computer of a man who drove his car into troops guarding a mosque in southern France on New Year's Day but said it did not prove he had links with any terrorist groups. "The inspection of his computer led to the discovery of jihadi propaganda images," local prosecutor Alex Perrin told Reuters. "It shows he had an appreciation of that but it does not prove he had links with terrorist organisations." The 29-year old Frenchman of Tunisian descent rammed his car into a group of four soldiers in a car park outside a large mosque in a suburb of Valence on Friday afternoon, the prosecutor told reporters earlier on Saturday. |
| U.S. concerned execution of Nimr will exacerbate sectarian tensions | | Sunday, January 03, 2016 2:46 AM | |
|  By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government expressed concern on Saturday that Saudi Arabia's execution of a prominent Shi'ite cleric, could exacerbate sectarian tensions, and urged all leaders in the Middle East to "redouble efforts" to de-escalate regional tensions. "We reaffirm our calls on the Government of Saudi Arabia to respect and protect human rights, and to ensure fair and transparent judicial proceedings in all cases," John Kirby, a spokesman for the U.S. State Department, said in a statement, after the execution of Nimr al-Nimr and 46 other people.
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| Iran reacts with fury after Saudis execute Shi'ite cleric | | Sunday, January 03, 2016 2:42 AM | |
|  By Sam Wilkin and Angus McDowall DUBAI/RIYADH (Reuters) - Iranian protesters stormed the Saudi Embassy in Tehran early on Sunday morning as Shi'ite Muslim Iran reacted with fury to Saudi Arabia's execution of a prominent Shi'ite cleric. Demonstrators who had massed at the embassy gates to protest at Nimr al-Nimr's execution broke into the embassy and started fires before being cleared away by the police, Iran's ISNA news agency reported. Shortly afterwards, Iran's Foreign Ministry issued a statement calling for calm and urging protesters to respect the diplomatic premises, the Entekhab news website reported.
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| Iranian protesters storm Saudi embassy after Nimr execution, foreign ministry calls for calm | | Sunday, January 03, 2016 2:20 AM | |
|  DUBAI (Reuters) - Angry Iranian protesters stormed Saudi Arabia's embassy in Tehran in the early hours of Sunday, smashing furniture and starting fires before being removed by the police. The protesters had gathered outside the embassy to protest against Saudi Arabia's execution of Nimr al-Nimr, a prominent cleric from the kingdom's Shi'ite minority, on terrorism charges that Iran said were unjustified. They then broke into the building and lit fires inside before being cleared by police, the ISNA news agency reported. ...
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| Greek central banker urges government on bailout reforms | |  By George Georgiopoulos ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's central bank chief has urged the leftist-led government to implement bailout reforms agreed with the country's lenders, warning that backtracking would entail risks the economy could not withstand. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' ruling coalition, which has a majority of just three seats in parliament, faces tough pension reforms that will test his resolve to carry out measures demanded by international creditors. Reforming the country's ailing pension system is a prerequisite for the first review of Greece's 86 billion euro ($93.4 billion) bailout agreed in July last year.
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| Iraqi figures urge severing of new Saudi ties over Nimr execution | |  By Stephen Kalin and Maher Chmaytelli BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's prime minister condemned Saudi Arabia's execution of Shi'ite cleric Nimr al-Nimr on Saturday amid calls from prominent religious and political figures to sever ties with Riyadh and abort a recent rapprochement. The Sunni-ruled kingdom reopened its embassy in Baghdad this week for the first time since ties were cut in 1990 over Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, underscoring fence-mending efforts that could help boost a regional alliance against Islamic State militants. "I urge the government to refrain from opening the Saudi embassy," prominent Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said in a statement, calling for demonstrations in his country and across the Gulf to protest the execution.
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| Shi'ite Muslims worldwide decry execution of Saudi cleric | |  By Sam Wilkin DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's execution of a leading cleric from the Shi'ite Muslim minority drew protests from around the world against the ruling Al Saud family and threatened to further intensify a wave of sectarian conflict in the Middle East. Lebanon's Supreme Islamic Shi'ite Council called Saturday's execution of cleric Nimr al-Nimr a "grave mistake", and the Hezbollah group termed it an assassination as Shi'ites took to the streets in protest from Tehran to Kashmir. Saudi Arabia executed 47 people including Nimr, whom the government accused of inciting violence against the police.
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| Executed Saudi preacher gave voice to anger of Shi'ite minority | |  When Saudi Arabian security forces arrested Shi'ite cleric Nimr al-Nimr in July 2012, it sparked days of protests where three people died, a sign of the regard many of the kingdom's minority sect held for the preacher, who was executed on Saturday. Nimr, wiry and greybearded, had been the most vocal critic of the kingdom's ruling Al Saud clan for years before mass protests erupted among Saudi Shi'ites during the 2011 Arab uprisings, and had called for demonstrations. The kingdom's Shi'ites have long complained of entrenched discrimination - denied by Riyadh - on the part of the government and majority of Saudi Arabia, which follow the strict Wahhabi Sunni school that regards Shi'ites as heretical.
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| Anger as Shi'ite cleric among 47 in mass Saudi terrorism execution | |  By Angus McDowall RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia executed a prominent Shi'ite Muslim cleric and dozens of al Qaeda members on Saturday, signalling it would not tolerate attacks by either sunni jihadists or minority shi'ites seeking equality, but stirring sectarian anger across the region. Scores of Shi'ite Muslims marched through the Qatif district of Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province in protest at the execution of cleric Nimr al-Nimra, an eyewitness said.
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| Iran's top leader tweets tribute to executed Saudi cleric | |  Iran's top leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei tweeted a tribute to a prominent Shi'ite executed by Saudi Arabia on Saturday, adding his voice to a chorus of condemnation in Iran and beyond. Saudi Arabia executed Nimr al-Nimr and three other Shi'ites alongside dozens of al Qaeda members of Saturday, signalling it would not tolerate attacks by either Sunni jihadists or members of the Shi'ite minority seeking equality. "Awakening is not suppressible," read the tweet on Khamenei's English-language Twitter account, next to a photograph of Nimr.
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| Man who drove car at troops not linked to terrorist group - French prosecutor | | | French investigators have found no evidence that a man who drove his car into troops guarding a mosque in southern France on New Year's Day was linked to a terrorist group, a local prosecutor said on Saturday. "We have no evidence that could indicate an act of terrorism," Valence prosecutor Alex Perrin told reporters, saying the 29-year old Frenchman of Tunisian descent seemed to have acted alone. The practising Muslim lived in a suburb of Lyon, 100 km (60 miles) north of the town of Valence where the incident took place. |
| German officials condemn Saudi execution of Shi'ite cleric | |  A German foreign ministry official condemned the execution in Saudi Arabia of prominent Shi'ite Muslim cleric Nimr al-Nimr, saying it deepened worries about the region. Most of 47 people executed on Saturday in Saudi's biggest mass execution for decades were Sunnis convicted of al Qaeda attacks in Saudi Arabia a decade ago. Germany views the world's biggest oil exporter as an important business partner and ally but the relationship is increasingly complex.
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| Militants attack Pathankot air base, 7 dead | |  By Mukesh Gupta and Rupam Jain Nair PATHANKOT/NEW DELHI, India (Reuters) - Militants launched a deadly attack on an Indian Air Force base near the Pakistan border on Saturday, exchanging fire with Indian forces who, backed by tanks and helicopters, battled for more than 15 hours before wresting back control of the compound. Pakistan condemned the attack and said it wanted to build on the goodwill created in the recent high-level contacts.
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| Anti-IS group claims cyber-attack on BBC, says was only a test | |  A group of computer hackers that wants to target Islamic State has claimed it was behind a cyber attack on the BBC which it intended as a test of its own capabilities, according to messages sent to a reporter at the broadcaster on Saturday. "It was only a test, we didn't exactly plan to take it down for multiple hours," the group called New World Hackers said in a message sent to the BBC's technology correspondent, Rory Cellan-Jones, which he posted on Twitter. "We realise sometimes what we do is not always the right choice, but without cyber hackers ... who is there to fight off online terrorists?" The BBC's online services, including its news website and iPlayer catch-up TV platform, were taken down for a few hours on Thursday by a large web attack.
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