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| Renzi plots path back to Italian power from Tuscan basement | | | <p><a href="https://in.news.yahoo.com/renzi-plots-path-back-italian-power-tuscan-basement-134444803--business.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/yZkiBlOyLiKG95nJKRXIgA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-20T134444Z_1_LYNXMPECBJ0TK_RTROPTP_2_ITALY-POLITICS-RENZI.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE PHOTO: Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi attends a joint news conference with U.S. President Barack Obama in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington" align="left" title="FILE PHOTO: Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi attends a joint news conference with U.S. President Barack Obama in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington" border="0" /></a>By Steve Scherer ROME (Reuters) - Three days after resigning as Italian prime minister and before his successor took office, Matteo Renzi typed a late-night Facebook post from his family home near Florence that seemed to cast doubt on his future. Since stepping down on Dec. 7 after a crushing referendum defeat over his flagship constitutional reform, newspapers have conjured up images of Renzi sitting in rush-hour traffic while driving his three kids to school, writing his memoirs and entertaining lucrative job offers outside politics. Renzi staked his government on the plan designed to make Italy more governable but which almost 20 million voters rejected in the referendum.</p><br clear="all"/> |
| UK PM and Murdoch did not discuss Sky bid at September meeting - minister | | | <p><a href="https://in.news.yahoo.com/uk-pm-murdoch-did-not-discuss-sky-bid-133104393--sector.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3kuiUYyCSrZ0QANERI61Sg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-20T133104Z_1_LYNXMPECBJ0SU_RTROPTP_2_EU-SUMMIT.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Britain's PM May leaves a EU Summit in Brussels" align="left" title="Britain's PM May leaves a EU Summit in Brussels" border="0" /></a>Prime Minister Theresa May did not discuss with Rupert Murdoch the proposed takeover of UK pay-TV group Sky by the tycoon's Twenty-First Century Fox at a September meeting, Britain's media minister said on Tuesday. May had met Murdoch during a meeting in New York, three months before Fox launched its approach for Sky earlier in December. "She (May) had a pre-arranged meeting with Wall Street Journal editors," Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Karen Bradley told parliament in reply to a question from a lawmaker.</p><br clear="all"/> |
| Cyrus Mistry commences legal battle against Tata Sons - sources | | | <p><a href="https://in.news.yahoo.com/cyrus-mistry-commences-legal-battle-against-tata-sons-130541746--sector.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/vse.r4S0vsc7dHdRRm2vqg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-20T130541Z_1_LYNXMPECBJ0QD_RTROPTP_2_TATA-SONS-MANAGEMENTCHANGES.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Tata Group Chairman Tata and Deputy Chairman Mistry attend the launch of a new website for tech superstore Croma in Mumbai" align="left" title="Tata Group Chairman Tata and Deputy Chairman Mistry attend the launch of a new website for tech superstore Croma in Mumbai" border="0" /></a>Tata Sons' ousted chairman Cyrus Mistry ratcheted up his battle versus the $100 billion software-to-salt conglomerate with the commencement of legal proceedings against the company on Tuesday, two sources familiar with the matter said. The move comes a day after Mistry's surprise move to resign from the boards of all listed Tata companies. The legal proceedings have commenced with the filing of a petition at the National Companies Law Tribunal (NCLT), a quasi-judicial body that deals with corporate grievances in India, the sources said.</p><br clear="all"/> |
| Knife-wielding intruder injures tennis champion Petra Kvitova | | | <p><a href="https://in.news.yahoo.com/two-time-wimbledon-champion-kvitova-attacked-home-report-111648194--ten.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/tTT.m3yXVsVmEM11esOdlg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-20T111648Z_1_LYNXMPECBJ0L4_RTROPTP_2_TENNIS-OPEN-CHINA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Tennis - China Open Women's Singles Third Round match" align="left" title="Tennis - China Open Women's Singles Third Round match" border="0" /></a>A knife-wielding intruder attacked two-time Wimbledon tennis champion Petra Kvitova in her apartment in the Czech Republic on Tuesday, with one media outlet reporting her playing arm had been injured. "The worst is already behind me," she said in a statement issued on the Czech Republic Fed Cup team's Facebook page. Kvitova was assaulted in her home in the city of Prostejov, about 260 km southeast of Prague, media reported.</p><br clear="all"/> |
| Tennis champion Kvitova "badly injured" on playing hand, to see specialists | | | <p><a href="https://in.news.yahoo.com/tennis-champion-kvitova-badly-injured-playing-hand-see-130230572--ten.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Q6D.U6OID7N1j4Z8ZZPALw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-20T130230Z_1_LYNXMPECBJ0Q6_RTROPTP_2_TENNIS-KVITOVA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE PHOTO: Czech Republic's Petra Kvitova smiles during the draw for the Fed Cup final in Prague" align="left" title="FILE PHOTO: Czech Republic's Petra Kvitova smiles during the draw for the Fed Cup final in Prague" border="0" /></a>Two-time Wimbledon tennis champion Petra Kvitova said on Tuesday she had been "badly injured" on her left playing hand after being attacked by a knife-wielding intruder in her apartment and would need to see specialists about the injury.</p><br clear="all"/> |
| Berlin police uncertain arrested Pakistani was truck driver | | | <p><a href="https://in.news.yahoo.com/berlin-police-uncertain-arrested-pakistani-truck-driver-125234449.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8ttwKBfjsVy3sCNfcmXPWg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-20T125234Z_1_LYNXMPECBJ0PU_RTROPTP_2_GERMANY-TRUCK.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Security walk inside a closed Christmas market near the Alexanderplatz TV tower in Berlin" align="left" title="Security walk inside a closed Christmas market near the Alexanderplatz TV tower in Berlin" border="0" /></a>The Berlin police chief said on Tuesday it was not clear if the Pakistani man arrested after a deadly trunk rampage at a Christmas market was the driver of the vehicle. "As far as I know it is in fact uncertain whether that really was the driver," said Berlin Police President Klaus Kandt. Berlin police said on Twitter that they were being vigilant as the suspect had denied involvement in the incident, which police have said was a deliberate attack.</p><br clear="all"/> |
| Berlin police to boost security in coming days after attack | | | <p><a href="https://in.news.yahoo.com/berlin-police-boost-security-coming-days-attack-123757194.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/rnfy1.CeEx3ZSP8ylc.28A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-20T123757Z_1_LYNXMPECBJ0P7_RTROPTP_2_GERMANY-TRUCK.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Police stand in front of the truck which ploughed last night into a crowded Christmas market in the German capital Berlin" align="left" title="Police stand in front of the truck which ploughed last night into a crowded Christmas market in the German capital Berlin" border="0" /></a>BERLIN (Reuters) - Police in Berlin will significantly increase security measures in the coming days, with steps such as erecting barriers, after the attack on a Christmas market on Monday evening which killed 12 people, the president of the city's police said. Berlin city's interior senator also said that plans for New Year's Eve will go ahead but security steps will be reviewed. (Reporting by Michelle Martin and Paul Carrel; Writing by Madeline Chambers)</p><br clear="all"/> |
| Deadly attacks in Western Europe since 2014 | | | <p><a href="https://in.news.yahoo.com/deadly-attacks-western-europe-since-2014-121042848.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/FfYTxbor2u.TtEW7qNxLRw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-20T121042Z_1_LYNXMPECBJ0N3_RTROPTP_2_GERMANY-TRUCK.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A general view shows the scene where a truck ploughed into a crowded Christmas market in the German capital last night in Berlin, Germany, December 20" align="left" title="A general view shows the scene where a truck ploughed into a crowded Christmas market in the German capital last night in Berlin, Germany, December 20" border="0" /></a>Following are some of the deadly attacks in Western Europe over the past two years: Dec. 19, 2016 - A truck ploughs into a crowded Christmas market in central Berlin, killing 12 people and injuring 48. German Chancellor Angela Merkel says authorities are assuming it was a terrorist attack. French President Francois Hollande says the two hostage-takers had pledged allegiance to Islamic State.</p><br clear="all"/> |
| China publishes supervisory list for foreign NGOs | | | China's Ministry of Public Security published on Tuesday a list of government bodies that will act as a go-between with the ministry and foreign non-governmental organisations (NGO), ahead of the enforcement of a controversial new law. President Xi Jinping's administration has made sweeping changes to the law in the name of boosting national security, including a controversial cyber security law passed last month and another targeting foreign NGOs, slated for Jan. 1. A main concern had been the failure to publish a list of "supervisory units" to be government middleman with the Ministry of Public Security, which has ultimate responsibility for registration and management. |
| Former senior Chinese official jailed for life for graft | | | A Chinese court on Tuesday jailed for life a former deputy governor of the province of Shanxi for corruption, state television said, as the government presses on with its crackdown on deeply engrained graft. The court found that Du Shanxue, who was put under investigation in 2014, abused his position and took bribes worth 80 million yuan ($11.52 million) between 2003 and 2013, state television said. Du had also given 100,000 euros to another former senior politician called Ling Zhengce, the report added, without giving details. |
| Merkel says asylum-seeker may have carried out Christmas market attack | | | <p><a href="https://in.news.yahoo.com/berlin-police-assume-truck-deliberately-driven-christmas-market-052415633.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/cILb_IWU4Ao8FLfKYluRnw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-20T113404Z_2_LYNXMPECBJ0LG_RTROPTP_2_GERMANY-TRUCK.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="German Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses the media in Berlin" align="left" title="German Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses the media in Berlin" border="0" /></a>By Michelle Martin and Sabine Siebold BERLIN (Reuters) - Investigators said they suspect the driver of a truck that ploughed into a crowd at a Berlin Christmas market, killing 12 people and injuring 48, did so in a deliberate terrorist attack, and Chancellor Angela Merkel said he may have been an asylum-seeker. Merkel told reporters: "There is much we still do not know with sufficient certainty but we must, as things stand now, assume it was a terrorist attack." She added: "I know it would be especially hard for us all to bear if it were confirmed that the person who committed this act was someone who sought protection and asylum." The incident evoked memories of an attack in Nice, France in July when a Tunisian-born man drove a 19-tonne truck along the beach front, mowing down people who had gathered to watch the fireworks on Bastille Day, killing 86 people.</p><br clear="all"/> |
| British shale gas gets boost from court ruling on permit | | | By Karolin Schaps LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's High Court ruled on Tuesday that a fracking permit awarded by a local council to developer Third Energy was legal, after it was challenged by environmental campaigners, opening the way to shale gas extraction in the UK. Substantial amounts of shale gas are estimated to be trapped in underground rocks and the British government wants to exploit it to help offset declining North Sea oil and gas output, create some 64,000 jobs and help economic growth. The contested permit in Yorkshire, in the north of England, was the first approval for shale gas fracking since a moratorium was lifted in 2012. |
| Merkel says asylum-seeker may have carried out Christmas market attack | | | <p><a href="https://in.news.yahoo.com/merkel-says-asylum-seeker-may-carried-christmas-market-112224872.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Nr0CPs6fgBONwWfzCibMTg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-20T112224Z_1_LYNXMPECBJ0LA_RTROPTP_2_GERMANY-TRUCK.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="German Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses the media in Berlin" align="left" title="German Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses the media in Berlin" border="0" /></a>By Michelle Martin and Sabine Siebold BERLIN (Reuters) - Investigators said they suspect the driver of a truck that ploughed into a crowd at a Berlin Christmas market, killing 12 people and injuring 48, did so in a deliberate terrorist attack, and Chancellor Angela Merkel said he may have been an asylum-seeker. Merkel told reporters: "There is much we still do not know with sufficient certainty but we must, as things stand now, assume it was a terrorist attack." She added: "I know it would be especially hard for us all to bear if it were confirmed that the person who committed this act was someone who sought protection and asylum." The incident evoked memories of an attack in Nice, France in July when a Tunisian-born man drove a 19-tonne truck along the beach front, mowing down people who had gathered to watch the fireworks on Bastille Day, killing 86 people.</p><br clear="all"/> |
| Polish police force protesters away from parliament, put up barriers | | | <p><a href="https://in.news.yahoo.com/polish-police-force-protesters-away-parliament-put-barriers-075414654.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/JdBQ8jUALhQpknqWzFqFlQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-20T075414Z_1_LYNXMPECBJ0C3_RTROPTP_2_POLAND-POLITICS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Media representatives wait to enter for a meeting with the Speaker of Senate during the fourth day of a protest in front of the Parliament building in Warsaw" align="left" title="Media representatives wait to enter for a meeting with the Speaker of Senate during the fourth day of a protest in front of the Parliament building in Warsaw" border="0" /></a>Polish police erected metal barriers around parliament early on Tuesday, forcing demonstrators away from the building where they were protesting against government plans to restrict media access to the debating chamber. The protesters had earlier set up a few tents on the other side of the street. The measures have brought hundreds of thousands of protesters onto the streets over the past year and raised concerns among Poland's European partners.</p><br clear="all"/> |
| France seeks to reassure on Christmas festivities after Berlin attack | | | <p><a href="https://in.news.yahoo.com/france-seeks-reassure-christmas-festivities-berlin-attack-111258249.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/6wjWcEASSCSW4y5ywvdhtg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-20T111258Z_1_LYNXMPECBJ0KR_RTROPTP_2_CHRISTMAS-SEASON-FRANCE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Christmas decorations are seen near the Eiffel Tower in the French capital of Paris" align="left" title="Christmas decorations are seen near the Eiffel Tower in the French capital of Paris" border="0" /></a>By Brian Love PARIS (Reuters) - France's government sought on Tuesday to reassure the public about safety during year-end festivities after a suspected militant attack on a Christmas market in Berlin, saying security forces were working round the clock to prevent such violence. French Interior Minister Bruno Le Roux met his German counterpart in Berlin hours before a truck mowed into crowds at a Christmas market there on Monday evening, killing 12 and injuring dozens more in what police say was a suspected terrorist attack.] The Berlin incident revived memories of the attack last July 14 in which a man drove a large truck into crowds of people celebrating the Bastille Day national holiday in the French Riviera city of Nice, killing 86.</p><br clear="all"/> |
| Belgium says will "re-examine" relations with former colony Congo | | | <p><a href="https://in.news.yahoo.com/belgium-says-examine-relations-former-colony-congo-110254915.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/bFUiNudpPUi3Kv2Qb.OzfA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-20T110254Z_1_LYNXMPECBJ0JZ_RTROPTP_2_CONGO-VIOLENCE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="File picture of Democratic Republic of Congo's President Kabila attending the signing ceremony of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Great Lakes, at the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa" align="left" title="File picture of Democratic Republic of Congo's President Kabila attending the signing ceremony of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Great Lakes, at the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa" border="0" /></a>KINSHASA (Reuters) - Former colonial power Belgium said on Tuesday that it will "re-examine" its relations with Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila after he failed to step down when his mandate expired on Monday. Kabila, who has ruled since 2001, was required by constitutional term limits to leave office but his government says the presidential election to replace him cannot take place until 2018. ...</p><br clear="all"/> |
| Bangladesh arrests two Islamists blamed for cafe attack | | | <p><a href="https://in.news.yahoo.com/bangladesh-arrests-two-islamists-blamed-cafe-attack-100847971.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/O2zPceAD5yXfJwc2Rn.zwA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-20T103904Z_2_LYNXMPECBJ0HI_RTROPTP_2_BANGLADESH-MILITANTS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Policemen patrol outside the Holey Artisan Bakery and the O'Kitchen Restaurant as others inspect the site after gunmen attacked, in Dhaka" align="left" title="Policemen patrol outside the Holey Artisan Bakery and the O'Kitchen Restaurant as others inspect the site after gunmen attacked, in Dhaka" border="0" /></a>Bangladesh security forces on Tuesday arrested two members of an Islamist militant group blamed for a deadly attack on a cafe in Dhaka in July in which 22 people were killed, most of them foreigners. The July 1 attack in Dhaka's diplomatic quarter was claimed by the Islamic State and was the worst militant attack in Bangladesh, which has been hit by a spate of killings of liberals and members of religious minorities in the past year. The two suspects, aged 21 and 28, were members of a faction of the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) militant group, known as New JMB, which has pledged allegiance to Islamic State, and which police believe was involved in organising the cafe attack.</p><br clear="all"/> |
| German Christmas market suspect was migrant from Pakistan, known to police - source | | | <p><a href="https://in.news.yahoo.com/german-christmas-market-suspect-migrant-pakistan-known-police-103235698.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/UPRiC0HyWCrUG9DHCjvIMw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-20T103235Z_1_LYNXMPECBJ0I9_RTROPTP_2_GERMANY-TRUCK.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Police stand in front of the truck which ploughed last night into a crowded Christmas market in the German capital Berlin" align="left" title="Police stand in front of the truck which ploughed last night into a crowded Christmas market in the German capital Berlin" border="0" /></a>BERLIN (Reuters) - The suspected driver of a truck that ploughed into a Berlin Christmas market and killed 12 people on Monday was a 23-year old migrant from Pakistan, a German security source told Reuters on Tuesday. The suspect arrived in Germany in February, was known to police for minor offences and used several names, said the source. He was staying at a refugee hostel in the building of what used to be Tempelhof airport, added the source. (Reporting by Sabine Siebold; Writing by Madeline Chambers; Editing by Paul Carrel)</p><br clear="all"/> |
| German state minister says: "We are in a state of war" | | | BERLIN (Reuters) - The interior minister of the German state of Saarland said on Tuesday Germany is in a state of war after a man drove a truck into a crowd at a Berlin Christmas market, killing 12 people and injuring 48, in a suspected terrorist attack. "We must say that we are in a state of war, although some people, who always only want to see good, do not want to see this," the minister, Klaus Bouillon, told German broadcaster SR. (Writing by Paul Carrel; Editing by Michelle Martin) |
| Europe's patience on migration running out, says Slovak PM after Berlin attack | | | <p><a href="https://in.news.yahoo.com/europes-patience-migration-running-says-slovak-pm-berlin-102433455.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/P38ZKxS.3fynsZkIglhPhg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-20T102433Z_1_LYNXMPECBJ0HY_RTROPTP_2_EUROPE-POLITICS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Slovakia's Prime Minister Fico addresses the European Parliement in Strasbourg" align="left" title="Slovakia's Prime Minister Fico addresses the European Parliement in Strasbourg" border="0" /></a>Europe's "cup of patience" over migration is beginning to spill over, the Slovak Prime Minister said on Tuesday, following an attack on a Berlin Christmas market that killed 12 and wounded dozens. "The facts are simple: a migrant who arrived in Germany and got refugee status ... is now interrogated as a suspect responsible for this heinous, repugnant crime," Robert Fico told a televised news conference. "I think that the cup of patience is beginning to spill over and Europe's public will rightfully expect rather stronger (anti-migration) measures." Slovakia has been one of the toughest critics of the European Union's response to unprecedented inflows of migrants, opposing quotas for asylum seekers and calling for tougher border controls.</p><br clear="all"/> |
| Merkel says must assume terrorist attack on Berlin Christmas market | | | <p><a href="https://in.news.yahoo.com/merkel-says-must-assume-terrorist-attack-berlin-christmas-102320169.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/RUBkbFIM5xjmWebhZW4iGA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-20T102320Z_1_LYNXMPECBJ0HW_RTROPTP_2_GERMANY-TRUCK.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="German Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses the media in Berlin" align="left" title="German Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses the media in Berlin" border="0" /></a>German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday she believed the incident at a Christmas market in Berlin which killed 12 people on Monday was a terrorist attack, adding it would be hard to bear if it turned out that a migrant had been the perpetrator. "There is much we still do not know with sufficient certainty but we must, as things stand now, assume it was a terrorist attack," Merkel told reporters.</p><br clear="all"/> |
| Indonesia police arrest three over suspected suicide bomb plot | | | Indonesian police said on Tuesday that three people had been arrested over a suspected plot to carry out a suicide bomb attack in an undisclosed location outside the most populous island of Java. Two men were arrested in the Central Java city of Solo on Sunday on suspicion they made explosives to be carried by a female accomplice, said Martinus Sitompul, a spokesman for the national police. A suspected female suicide bomber had been arrested in Purworejo, also in Central Java, last Thursday, he said. |
| Kremlin says Russian investigators have arrived in Ankara after envoy's killing | | | <p><a href="https://in.news.yahoo.com/kremlin-says-russian-investigators-arrived-ankara-envoys-killing-100517912--business.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/aS5YyY8SY_BfPMq1NW7jMA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-20T100517Z_1_LYNXMPECBJ0HE_RTROPTP_2_TURKEY-RUSSIA-DIPLOMAT.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Turkish police stand guard outisde the Russian Embassy in Ankara" align="left" title="Turkish police stand guard outisde the Russian Embassy in Ankara" border="0" /></a>MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Tuesday that a group of Russian investigators had arrived in Ankara to help investigate the killing of Russian ambassador Andrei Karlov. His murder was beneficial to those who wanted to drive a wedge between Russia and Turkey, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on a conference call. But the assassination would not hurt efforts to reach a peace deal in Syria, he added. Karlov died after a gunman shot him in the back as he gave a speech at an Ankara art gallery on Monday. (Reporting by Denis Pinchuk; Writing by Peter Hobson)</p><br clear="all"/> |
| Berlin Christmas markets to remain closed on Tuesday | | | <p><a href="https://in.news.yahoo.com/berlin-christmas-markets-remain-closed-tuesday-095642857.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/jZMpyp.B1mvOezGs9zWb.Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-20T095642Z_1_LYNXMPECBJ0H8_RTROPTP_2_GERMANY-TRUCK.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A general view shows the scene where a truck ploughed into a crowded Christmas market in the German capital last night in Berlin" align="left" title="A general view shows the scene where a truck ploughed into a crowded Christmas market in the German capital last night in Berlin" border="0" /></a>Christmas markets in Berlin will remain closed on Tuesday out of respect for the victims killed when a truck ploughed into a crowd at a market by the Kaiser Wilhelm memorial church, the Interior Ministry said on Tuesday. Other Christmas markets and large events will continue to take place across Germany and appropriate measures to increase security should be decided on site, the ministry said following a call of state interior ministers. "No matter what we continue to learn about the exact background and motives of the perpetrators, we can and we must not let them take away our freedom," Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said in a statement.</p><br clear="all"/> |
| London police say they are reviewing security plans after Berlin, Ankara attacks | | | London police said on Tuesday they are reviewing their plans for protecting public events over the festive period after Russia's ambassador was killed in Ankara and a truck ploughed into people at a Christmas market in Berlin. "The Metropolitan Police has detailed plans for protecting public events over the Christmas and New Year period," police said in a statement. |
| One of dead at German Christmas market was shot - media | | | <p><a href="https://in.news.yahoo.com/one-dead-german-christmas-market-shot-media-093421221.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Co4faIbEfrYiZXEwaR6XZw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-20T093421Z_1_LYNXMPECBJ0GI_RTROPTP_2_GERMANY-TRUCK.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Police stand in front of the truck which ploughed last night into a crowded Christmas market in the German capital Berlin" align="left" title="Police stand in front of the truck which ploughed last night into a crowded Christmas market in the German capital Berlin" border="0" /></a>One of those found dead after a truck ploughed into a Christmas market in Berlin had been shot, German magazine Focus Online reported on Tuesday, citing the interior minister for the state of Brandenburg. The victim was most likely the Polish driver of the truck, Brandenburg Interior Minister Karl-Heinz Schroeter said in Potsdam, referring to information from a telephone conference of state interior ministers, the magazine said.</p><br clear="all"/> |
| Indonesia prosecutor says Christian governor broke blasphemy law | | | <p><a href="https://in.news.yahoo.com/indonesia-prosecutor-says-christian-governor-broke-blasphemy-law-092625531.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/sZW.DFz1LC.piBgj80zssw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-20T092625Z_1_LYNXMPECBJ0G6_RTROPTP_2_INDONESIA-POLITICS-COURT.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Jakarta's Christian governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama alias Ahok is escorted by anti-terror policemen as he leaves the North Jakarta court" align="left" title="Jakarta's Christian governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama alias Ahok is escorted by anti-terror policemen as he leaves the North Jakarta court" border="0" /></a>By Agustinus Beo Da Costa JAKARTA (Reuters) - An Indonesian court will decide next week whether to push forward with a controversial blasphemy trial of Jakarta's Christian governor, who is accused of insulting the Koran, a judge told a hearing on Tuesday. A rival group of his supporters unveiled a banner with a map of Indonesia calling for unity and saying "Ahok is a blessing". A prosecution lawyer said the charges against the governor were legal and the trial should continue, dismissing a claim by the defence that naming Purnama a suspect had violated his human rights and breached procedures.</p><br clear="all"/> |
| Protesters call for Congo leader Kabila to step down | | | <p><a href="https://in.news.yahoo.com/gunfire-erupts-across-kinshasa-congolese-protest-kabila-001604281.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/WGI5ij8xx50TCyWq2A3pjQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-20T090644Z_1_LYNXMPECBJ0EV_RTROPTP_2_CONGO-POLITICS-BELGIUM-PROTEST.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Demonstrators chant slogans against Democratic Republic of Congo's President Kabila during a protest in central Brussels" align="left" title="Demonstrators chant slogans against Democratic Republic of Congo's President Kabila during a protest in central Brussels" border="0" /></a>By Tim Cocks and Aaron Ross KINSHASA (Reuters) - Police fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of youths gathered in the streets of Kinshasa on Tuesday to demand that Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila step down after his mandate expired overnight. Some limited protests started after opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi called on the Congolese people to peacefully resist Kabila, who has remained in power despite the expiry of his constitutional mandate and with no election to pick a successor. Sporadic gunfire crackled in several districts of the capital Kinshasa, a city of 12 million, as measures to thwart dissent fanned fears of more violence.</p><br clear="all"/> |
| Poland's lower chamber of parliament removes ban on reporters | | | Poland's lower chamber of parliament, the Sejm, removed a temporary ban on access for the media on Tuesday and said any changes to rules governing journalists' access would not be implemented without prior consultations with reporters. Planned curbs on media access to the Sejm announced last week by the speaker triggered demonstrations outside parliament and a sit-in protest by opposition lawmakers in the Sejm's debating chamber. "As of today, recently announced changes regarding the access of journalists to the buildings of the Sejm cease to be binding," the Sejm's press office said in a statement. |
| Gunman in Zurich mosque shooting is dead - police | | | <p><a href="https://in.news.yahoo.com/attacker-zurich-mosque-shooting-dead-police-083844183.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/OmPZi0QNTHq9OPYounM2bg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-20T083844Z_1_LYNXMPECBJ0DI_RTROPTP_2_SWISS-SHOOTING.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Police cover a body after a shooting outside an Islamic center in central Zurich" align="left" title="Police cover a body after a shooting outside an Islamic center in central Zurich" border="0" /></a>A man who shot three people at a Zurich mosque on Monday is dead, police said on Tuesday, confirming that a body found near the scene was that of the assailant. Zurich cantonal police said authorities had identified the suspect, but gave no details. "The dead man found around 300 metres (yards) from the scene of the crime after the shooting in the mosque is the suspect," a statement on a police website said.</p><br clear="all"/> |
| French financial prosecutor opens inquiry following 'Football Leaks' articles | | | <p><a href="https://in.news.yahoo.com/french-financial-prosecutor-opens-inquiry-following-football-leaks-084417971--sow.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/onuT6Xj.eH6YVGq.1OpvVQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-20T084417Z_1_LYNXMPECBJ0DS_RTROPTP_2_SOC.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="VfB Stuttgart v Manchester City - Pre Season Friendly" align="left" title="VfB Stuttgart v Manchester City - Pre Season Friendly" border="0" /></a>The French financial prosecutor's office has opened a preliminary inquiry into possible money-laundering and tax fraud as a result of "Football Leaks" articles that accused soccer stars of using tax havens. The financial prosecutor's office said in a statement on Tuesday that it had opened the inquiry on December 12, and that the probe was in the hands of France's main office dealing with the battle against financial and tax malpractice. Earlier this month, a group of 12 European news outlets began publishing the results of months of investigations into a vast trove of millions of financial documents, obtained by the German magazine Der Spiegel and dubbed "Football Leaks".</p><br clear="all"/> |
| Death toll in Siberian mass alcohol poisoning case rises to 52 | | | MOSCOW (Reuters) - Siberian authorities on Tuesday revised upwards the number of Russians who have died after drinking contaminated bath oil to 52 from 41, the Irkutsk region's health ministry told Reuters. A further 29 people are in hospital, some of whom are in a serious condition and may die, a spokeswoman for the ministry said. The poisoning in Irkutsk, a hard scrabble city around 2,600 miles (4,000 km) east of Moscow, is one of the worst such cases in recent years in a country where up to 12 million people use cheap surrogate spirits. (Reporting by Peter Hobson; Editing by Andrew Osborn) |
| Pakistan Senate proposes scrapping the biggest currency note, govt opposes | | | <p><a href="https://in.news.yahoo.com/pakistan-senate-proposes-scrapping-biggest-currency-note-govt-080536904--business.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/lJlpPYmlJeRTJFjG2nvOhQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-20T080536Z_1_LYNXMPECBJ0CM_RTROPTP_2_PAKISTAN-MARKETS-RUPEE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A currency dealer counts Pakistani rupees and U.S. dollars at his shop in Karachi" align="left" title="A currency dealer counts Pakistani rupees and U.S. dollars at his shop in Karachi" border="0" /></a>By Drazen Jorgic ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's Senate has recommended scrapping of the 5,000 rupee ($48) banknote, despite government opposition and warnings that removal of the country's highest denomination bill could destabilise the economy. A resolution, which is not binding, called for the government to remove the banknote to "reduce illicit money flow, encourage the use of bank accounts and reduce the size of undocumented economy". The resolution, passed on Monday, comes less than two months after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi surprisingly scrapped his country's two biggest currency bills - the 1,000 rupee ($15) and 500 rupee notes - in a move that led to acute currency shortages and threatens to slow India's short-term economic growth.</p><br clear="all"/> |
| U.S., Iran close Turkish missions after firearm incident, Russian envoy killing | | | The United States embassy in Ankara and its consulates in Istanbul and Adana will be closed for normal operations on Tuesday after an individual approached the embassy and discharged a firearm, the embassy said. It said the individual, who opened fire at 3:50 am (0050 GMT), was in police custody and there were no reported injuries in the incident which occurred hours after Russia's ambassador was shot dead nearby by an off-duty policeman. The Iranian embassy in Ankara announced that its consulates in the three Turkish cities of Istanbul, Trabzon and Erzurum will be closed on Tuesday after the Russian envoy's killing. |
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