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| Nigeria arrests Chinese, locals for running fake visa office | | | Nigeria has arrested two Chinese and two locals for running a fake visa office in the commercial capital Lagos, police said on Monday. "They issued fake visas to Trinidad and Tobago to people for huge sums of money," a police spokeswoman, Dolapo Badmus, said, adding that the arrested had operated out of a Lagos hotel. |
| Green Party U.S. election recount bid comes to a close | |  The recount effort by Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein in three crucial U.S. states came to an end on Monday, after weeks of legal wrangling yielded only one electoral review in Wisconsin. A U.S. judge in Pennsylvania rejected Stein's request for a recount and an examination of that state's voting machines for evidence of hacking in the Nov. 8 election won by Republican Donald Trump.
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| Exclusive - Some Bangladesh Bank officials involved in heist: investigator | |  By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) - Some Bangladesh central bank officials deliberately exposed its computer systems and enabled hackers to steal $81 million from its account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in February, a top investigator in Dhaka told Reuters on Monday. On Thursday, the head of a Bangladesh government panel that investigated the heist said five bank officials were guilty of negligence but that they were only unwitting accomplices. Alam told Reuters his investigations had discovered that some bank officials had knowingly created vulnerabilities in the bank's connection to the SWIFT global messaging and payments system.
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| Senate Republican leader backs investigation into Russian hacking | |  By Dustin Volz and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate's top Republican broke with President-elect Donald Trump on Monday over whether Russian hacking during the U.S. election merited closer scrutiny, a fissure between Trump and his party that appeared to grow as lawmakers pressed for a special investigation into the matter. The divide raised the possibility of enduring clashes between Trump and Republicans during his presidency over how to handle Russian President Vladimir Putin, a leader long viewed by many in the party as a calculating, untrustworthy foe but whom Trump has repeatedly praised for his leadership. "The Russians are not our friends," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told a news conference.
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| U.S. senators struggle with Exxon CEO as Trump secretary of state | |  By Doina Chiacu and Gina Cherelus WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The front-runner for secretary of state in President-elect Donald Trump's administration, Exxon Mobil chief executive Rex Tillerson, faces a struggle getting confirmed by U.S. senators concerned about his close ties to Russia. Lawmakers from both major parties also raised questions on Monday about former United Nations Ambassador John Bolton, who has been mentioned as a possible No. 2 State Department official and has voiced hawkish views on Iraq and Iran. Republicans and Democrats said Tillerson, who is also president of Exxon Mobil Corp , would be asked about his ties to Russia, having met President Vladimir Putin several times and won fresh praise from Moscow on Monday.
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| U.S. Senate's CIA torture report will go into Obama archive | |  By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's administration has decided to include a massive report on the CIA's use of waterboarding and other "enhanced interrogation techniques" in his presidential papers, meaning it may eventually be declassified. The White House wrote to Senators Richard Burr and Dianne Feinstein, the Republican chairman and ranking Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, on Dec. 9 informing them of its decision. Feinstein, who released the letter on Monday, said Obama had refused to declassify the report at this time but she was pleased it would go into his archive, meaning it would one day be available for declassification.
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| Brazil's Temer, in battle for survival, plans economic stimulus | |  By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - President Michel Temer, fighting for survival over corruption allegations against him and his government, is planning new measures to jump start Brazil's stalled economy, improve his dismal approval ratings and stifle calls for his resignation. The stimulus measures, to be unveiled this week, include steps to relieve indebted consumers and also force credit card companies to pay businesses faster than the current 30 days, government sources said on Monday. Finance Minister Henrique Meirelles confirmed measures to revive the economy could be unveiled after a key public spending cap passes Congress.
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| Exclusive - SWIFT confirms new cyber thefts, hacking tactics | |  By Tom Bergin and Jim Finkle LONDON/BOSTON (Reuters) - Cyber attacks on the global banking system have continued - and succeeded - since February's heist of $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank, underscoring the continuing vulnerability of the SWIFT messaging network, a SWIFT official told Reuters. The network, which handles trillions of dollars in transfers daily, has warned banks of the escalating threat to their systems, according to a SWIFT letter obtained by Reuters. Client banks been have been hit with a "meaningful" number of attacks - about a fifth of them resulting in stolen funds, said Stephen Gilderdale, Head of SWIFT's Customer Security Programme.
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| Macedonia's nationalists win election - official results | |  By Ivana Sekularac and Kole Casule SKOPJE (Reuters) - Veteran leader Nikola Gruevski's nationalist VMRO-DPMNE won 51 out of 120 seats in Macedonia's parliament in a snap poll on Sunday that is expected to end a two-year long crisis that brought his government down. The nationalists are now in a good position to form a government with their old partner, the Albanian DUI despite their losses. Overall, Albanian ethnic minority parties lost out to the social democrats, suggesting an easing of ethnic strains.
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| Qatar defends new labour law as accused of abusing migrant workers | |  By Ed Upright LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Qatar defended its labour law reforms on Monday after coming under attack from a human rights group that said the changes won't end the abuse and exploitation faced by migrant workers in the country - and may even make it worse. Qatar is spending billions of dollars on infrastructure related to hosting the World Cup in 2022 and has imported hundreds of thousands of construction workers from countries such as India, Nepal and Bangladesh for building projects. An Amnesty International report said the reforms won't lead to significant changes on the ground and workers will continue to need their employer's permission to change jobs and require exit permits to leave the oil-rich Gulf state.
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| U.S. calls Gambia crisis 'very dangerous' ahead of presidents' visit | |  By Edward McAllister and Michelle Nichols BANJUL/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States said on Monday Gambia had reached "a very dangerous moment" as West African leaders prepared to travel there to tell long-ruling leader Yahya Jammeh to accept his election defeat and step down. Jammeh had quickly conceded defeat to Adama Barrow, his challenger in the Dec. 1 presidential election.
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| U.S. House intelligence chairman - no benefit in opening new Russia hack probe | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee said on Monday his committee has been conducting "vigorous oversight" of the investigations into election-related cyber attacks and he did not see any benefit in opening more probes. "At this time I do not see any benefit in opening further investigations, which would duplicate current committee oversight efforts and Intelligence Community inquiries," Representative Devin Nunes said in a statement. (Reporting by Patricia Zengerle; Editing by Bill Trott) |
| Factbox - Contenders for senior jobs in Trump's administration | |  (Reuters) - The following are people mentioned as contenders for senior roles as U.S. President-elect Donald Trump works to form his administration before taking office on Jan. 20, according to Reuters sources and media reports. Trump has already named a number of people for other top jobs in his administration. SECRETARY OF STATE * Mitt Romney, 2012 Republican presidential nominee and former Massachusetts governor * Bob Corker, Republican U.S. ...
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| McCain says 'no information' Russia sought to influence election, probe needed | |  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - There is "no information" that Russian hacking of American political organizations was aimed at affecting the outcome of the 2016 presidential election, U.S. Republican Senator John McCain said Monday. McCain's comment contrasted with an assertion by a senior U.S. intelligence official that American intelligence agencies concluded with "high confidence" that not only did their Russian counterparts direct the hacking of Democratic Party organizations and leaders, but did so to undermine Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. ...
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| Italian PM unveils new government, but centre-right ally threatens to quit | |  By Crispian Balmer and Antonella Cinelli ROME (Reuters) - New Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni unveiled his government on Monday, keeping almost all former ministers in place in a move aimed at reassuring financial markets. In a rapid transfer of power from Renzi, who quit last week after losing a Dec. 4 referendum on constitutional reform, Gentiloni took just a day to put his team together. "I've done my best to form this government as quickly as possible," Gentiloni, 62, told reporters after presenting his list of ministers to President Sergio Mattarella.
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| U.S. says situation in Gambia 'dangerous,' U.N. council briefed | |  By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council on Monday discussed ruling Gambian President Yahya Jammeh's refusal to step down, with U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power later describing the situation in the West African country as "very dangerous." Jammeh, in power for 22 years, quickly conceded defeat to opposition candidate Adama Barrow after a Dec. 1 presidential election. "It is a very dangerous moment," Power told reporters after the briefing. "We know that there are some military officers that have sided with President Jammeh since his retreat ... That's a very alarming circumstance." "We also know that the president-elect has been in close touch with the chief of defence of the armed forces, so this is a very complex and murky situation at present," she said.
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| China launches WTO complaint against U.S., EU over dumping rules | |  By Ben Blanchard and David Lawder BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China on Monday launched a complaint at the World Trade Organisation against the United States and Europe after they failed to treat China as a market economy and ease their calculations of anti-dumping duties on Chinese goods. When China joined the WTO in 2001, its accession terms allowed other WTO members to treat it as a non-market economy and use a third country's prices to assess whether Chinese goods were being sold below cost.
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| Islamic State advances around Palmyra as Russian, Syrian jets strike back | |  By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - Russian and Syrian warplanes struck Islamic State outposts around Palmyra on Monday in an attempt to expel them a day after they had retaken the ancient city, but the ultra-hardline group said it had continued advances to the west. Sunday's loss of Palmyra, despite dozens of Russian airstrikes intended to hold militant fighters back, was a major reversal for Syria's government and its Russian backer. The Syrian army said both its warplanes and Russian jets hit militant posts on the outskirts of Palmyra on Monday, killing dozens and destroying some military equipment.
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| U.S. top court rejects AIG ex-CEO Hank Greenberg's appeal | |  By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected former American International Group CEO Maurice "Hank" Greenberg's bid to escape civil fraud charges in New York accusing him of orchestrating sham transactions at the insurer. The justices left in place a June ruling by the New York Court of Appeals that his trial on charges brought by the New York Attorney General's Office could proceed. Greenberg's lawyers declined to comment on the Supreme Court action.
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| IMF's Lagarde vows to fight negligence charge in French payout trial | |  By Chine Labbé PARIS (Reuters) - International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde pledged to fight "allegation by allegation" charges of negligence when she went on trial in Paris on Monday over her role in a huge payout by the French state to businessman Bernard Tapie in 2008. Lagarde, 60, was France's finance minister in the government of then-president Nicolas Sarkozy when she approved an out-of-court settlement with Tapie to end a long-running dispute between the magnate and the French state. Accused of negligence leading to misuse of public funds, Lagarde denies any wrongdoing.
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| White House says supports congressional review of Russian hacking | |  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Monday it supported reviews by Congress of Russian interference into the 2016 U.S. presidential election, saying intelligence agencies have been cooperating closely with lawmakers from both parties. "We certainly have long supported the principle of congressional review of this matter," spokesman Josh Earnest told a news briefing. (Reporting by Ayesha Rascoe and Eric Walsh; Writing by Doina Chiacu; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
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| Sisi says suicide bomber behind church attack in Egypt | |  By Amina Ismail and Lin Noueihed CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Monday a suicide bomber carried out the attack that killed 25 people at Cairo's Coptic cathedral, the deadliest on the Christian minority in years. Speaking at a state funeral for the victims, Sisi said four people had been detained, including a woman, and security forces were seeking two more people believed to be involved.
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