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| Independence still a goal, nationalist Sturgeon aims for top Scotland job | |  By Alistair Smout GLASGOW Scotland (Reuters) - Scottish separatist Nicola Sturgeon said on Wednesday she would run for the leadership of the Scottish National Party (SNP), with independence from the rest of the United Kingdom still her long-term goal despite last week's failed referendum. If she succeeds, Sturgeon would almost certainly become first minister of Scotland. She is the clear favourite as other major nationalist politicians have ruled themselves out. ...
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| Taiwan government investigates Xiaomi on potential cyber security concerns | |  By Michael Gold TAIPEI (Reuters) - The Taiwanese government is investigating whether Xiaomi Inc, China's leading smartphone company by domestic shipments, is a cyber security threat and will make a decision within three months. The government began performing independent tests on Xiaomi phones after reports in recent months that some models automatically send user data back to the firm's servers in mainland China, Gin-Shian Lou, a director at Taiwan's National Communications Commission, said on Wednesday. ...
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| Suspected al Qaeda-linked militants decapitate Tuareg man in Mali | | | BAMAKO (Reuters) - Suspected al Qaeda-linked militants in northern Mali have decapitated a Tuareg hostage seized last week for purportedly acting as an informer for French forces in the region, a Malian security source said on Wednesday. Residents of the town of Zouera, some 80 km (50 miles) north of Timbuktu, said the man's head had been found early on Tuesday sitting on the table of a stall before the start of the weekly market. The man's decapitated body was left under a tree in the centre of town, residents said. ... |
| Europe-wide organised crime sweep nets 1,000 suspects - Europol | |  By Thomas Escritt THE HAGUE (Reuters) - European police made more than 1,000 arrests in a 10-day, continent-wide sweep against organised crime this month that netted suspected people traffickers and cocaine smugglers, law enforcement officials said on Wednesday. The operation was carried out in towns, airports and harbours and involved thousands of policemen from all 28 countries of the European Union and six non-European countries. Police identified 200 victims of human trafficking and saved 30 Romanian minors from trafficking. ...
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| Philippine Islamist militants threaten to kill German captives | | | MANILA (Reuters) - Al Qaeda-linked militants in the southern Philippines have threatened to kill two German hostages they have been holding since April unless Germany stops supporting U.S. action against Islamic State militants, the SITE monitoring service said. Philippine security officials said on Wednesday that they were checking intelligence reports of the threats from the small but violent Abu Sayyaf group, which is also demanding a ransom of 250 million pesos ($5.6 million) for the captives' release. ... |
| High-profile Chinese official confesses to graft | |  By Megha Rajagopalan and Li Hui BEIJING (Reuters) - The former deputy head of China's top planning agency confessed in court on Wednesday to extensive bribery involving several companies including a Toyota Motor Corp. joint venture, the court said. Liu Tienan, 59, was sacked as deputy head of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), a post that carries ministerial-level status, in May last year. He is one of the highest-profile officials to be prosecuted for corruption since President Xi Jinping launched an anti-graft campaign. ...
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| Suspected French jihadis surrender to police after security failures | | | By John Irish and Johanna Decorse PARIS/TOULOUSE (Reuters) - Three men suspected of joining Islamist militants in Syria gave themselves in to French authorities on Wednesday after a day of high confusion which exposed security shortcomings in France, including poor collaboration with NATO ally Turkey. Officials wrongly claimed on Tuesday the three French nationals - who include the brother-in-law of a gunman who killed seven people in France in 2012 - had already been arrested before admitting they were still at large. ... |
| As risks multiply, NGOs reassess security in Middle East | |  By Isabel Coles ARBIL Iraq (Reuters) - Aid agencies are tightening security measures in the Middle East and increasingly outsourcing work to local organisations to limit their exposure to multiplying risks across the region. Most if not all international NGOs had already stopped sending expatriate staff into Syria by the time footage emerged 10 days ago of a British aid worker being beheaded by Islamic State militants who control around one third of the country. ...
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