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| Poland's Walesa says he did not collaborate with communist secret police | |  Poland's legendary leader of the Solidarity movement Lech Walesa said on Tuesday that recently disclosed documents suggesting that he cooperated with the Communist secret police were not true and that the allegations were humiliating to him. A government-affiliated history institute said late in January that a handwriting study had proved the authenticity of documents suggesting that Walesa, who led protests and strikes that shook communist rule in the 1980s, had collaborated with communist rulers. "None of these texts are my texts," Walesa, a Nobel Peace prize winner and Poland's former president, said at a press conference, his first since the disclosure of the study based on documents retrieved from the home of a late communist general.
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| PM Modi says cash crackdown is a fight for the poor | |  By Manoj Kumar NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday defended his decision to abolish high denomination bank notes that has left the economy reeling, calling it a "fight" for the poor. Modi's comments came days before the start of a regional assembly election in Uttar Pradesh, a battleground state that is home to one in six Indians and will help determining his chances of winning a second term in 2019. While the decision to outlaw 500- and 1,000-rupee bank notes late last year was part of a broader crackdown on corruption, the sudden withdrawal of 86 percent of currency in circulation had left businesses, farmers and households all suffering.
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| Suspect in Paris Louvre attack now talking to investigators - source | |  PARIS (Reuters) - The suspect arrested by police for attacking soldiers near the entrance to the Louvre museum in Paris on Friday has started to talk to investigators after initially refusing to speak, a judiciary source said on Tuesday. "During a third hearing yesterday, the suspect accepted to start talking to investigators, giving his identity and exposing his first version of the facts," a judiciary source told Reuters in a text message. (Reporting by Chine Labbe; Writing by Michel Rose; Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta)
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| Romania's president Iohannis slams government for crisis | |  BUCHAREST (Reuters) - President Klaus Iohannis said on Tuesday the Social Democrat government had caused a crisis in Romania with a graft decree that prompted hundreds of thousands of people to protest, but he did not want to topple the cabinet or hold a snap election. "The resignation of a single minister is too little and early elections would be at this stage too much: this is the space for manoeuvre available," Iohannis told parliament. "Romania needs a strong government, not one that shyly executes party orders. ...
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| Analysis - Islamic State sees chance to revive fortunes in Trump presidency | |  By Samia Nakhoul BEIRUT (Reuters) - President Donald Trump has set out to crush Islamic State when it is already at a low ebb, but Islamists and some analysts say his actions could strengthen the ultra-hardline group by creating new recruits and inspiring attacks on U.S. soil. IS has been weakened in recent months by battlefield defeats, the loss of territory in Iraq, Syria and Libya, and a decline in its finances and the size of its fighting forces. Trump's pledge to eradicate "Islamic extremism" looks at first sight to be yet another blow to Islamic State's chances of success.
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| Thai court sentences Australian to death for Hells Angels murder | | | A Thai court on Tuesday sentenced an Australian man to death for murdering a Hells Angels gang member in 2015, a lawyer at the trial said. Australian Antonio Bagnato, 28, and U.S. national Tyler Gerard, 22, were arrested after police found the battered body of Wayne Schneider in a shallow grave. Bagnato was sentenced to death by a court in the resort city of Pattaya for detaining, assaulting and then killing the victim, Gerard's lawyer told Reuters. |
| Iran leader: Trump 'shows real face of America'- website | |  U.S. President Donald Trump has shown America's "real face" by proving Iranian allegations about American government corruption, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday in his first speech following Trump's inauguration. "We are thankful to [Trump] for making our life easy as he showed the real face of America," Khamenei was quoted as saying by his website in a meeting with military commanders in Tehran.
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| Kremlin says Fox News host's Putin remarks reflect badly on channel | |  The Kremlin on Tuesday shrugged off a Fox News host's refusal to apologise for comments he made about Russian President Vladimir Putin, but said his remarks reflected badly on the U.S. channel. In an interview with U.S. President Donald Trump which aired at the weekend, Fox News host Bill O'Reilly described Putin as "a killer" as he tried to press Trump to explain more fully why he respected his Russian counterpart. The Kremlin said on Monday it wanted an apology for what it said were "unacceptable and insulting" comments, but O'Reilly dismissed the call for an apology.
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| Ex-French President Sarkozy to stand trial over campaign funding - source | |  PARIS (Reuters) - Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy will stand trial over allegations of illegally financing his failed 2012 re-election bid, a judicial source said on Tuesday. The source added that 13 others would also face trial over the so-called 'Bygmalion Affair', which has involved charges of spending overruns and funding irregularities. The decision to put Sarkozy on trial comes as French politicians face growing scrutiny over their personal finances in the build-up to this year's presidential election in April and May. ...
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| Duterte to send rogue cops to violence-plagued south Philippines | |  Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday corrupt police will be sent to a violence-racked stronghold of Islamist militants or they should quit, in a fierce dressing down of men from a force he had relied on to fight his war on drugs. "Find a clean livelihood," he said.
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| Man tries to set himself alight at Mecca Grand Mosque - police | | | A man tried to set himself alight with gasoline beside the Kaaba, the black-clad building towards which the world's Muslims face to pray, inside Mecca's Grand Mosque late on Monday but was arrested before he could do so, police in Saudi Arabia said. "His actions suggest that he is mentally ill," the mosque's police service said in a statement, adding without elaborating that police would take measures to address the incident. A video clip circulating on social media showed a man being hustled away from the Kaaba by pilgrims and security guards. |
| Home of Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi burgled, peace medal replica stolen | |  Thieves broke into the New Delhi home of India's 2014 Nobel Peace laureate Kailash Satyarthi, and stole a replica of his prize medal, police said on Tuesday. Police official Romil Baniya told Reuters the replica was stolen from the south Delhi home of the children's rights activist in an early morning burglary. "We have launched an investigation to nab the culprits," said Baniya, a deputy commissioner of police in the Indian capital.
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| South Korea's prosecutor says indicts former top Park aide, ex-minister | |  South Korea's special prosecutor has indicted a former culture minister and a former top aide to President Park Geun-hye on charges of abuse of power, coercion and perjury for their role in drafting a blacklist of dissenting artists, a spokesman said. If it is upheld, Park will have to leave office and a presidential election will be called. Lee Kyu-chul, spokesman for the special prosecutor's office investigating the scandal, told a briefing on Tuesday former culture minister Cho Yoon-sun, and a former presidential chief of staff, Kim Ki-choon, had been indicted.
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| New blow for Australian leader as conservative quits to form new party | |  Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull was left teetering on the brink of a minority government on Tuesday when a prominent lawmaker quit to form a new conservative party, more bad news as Turnbull's popularity ratings plumb new lows. The defection of Senator Cory Bernardi to form the Australian Conservatives, seven months after Turnbull's Liberal-National coalition claimed an unconvincing election victory, further weakens the centre-right government's hopes of pressing ahead with its legislative agenda.
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| Appeals court to hear arguments on Trump's travel ban | |  By Dan Levine and Timothy Gardner SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department will face off with opponents in a federal appeals court on Tuesday over the fate of President Donald Trump's temporary travel ban on people from seven Muslim-majority countries, his most controversial act since taking office last month. Last Friday, U.S. District Judge James Robart suspended Trump's ban, opening a window for people from the seven affected countries to enter the country. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco will hear arguments over whether to restore the ban from Justice Department lawyers and opposing attorneys for the states of Minnesota and Washington at 3 p.m. PST (2300 GMT).
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