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| U.S. State Department's unclassified email system hacked | |  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department's unclassified email systems were the victim of a cyberattack in recent weeks, around the same time as White House systems were breached, a senior U.S. official said on Monday. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said none of the department's classified systems was compromised. Portions of its unclassified systems have been shut down to improve their security but should be back online shortly. "The department recently detected activity of concern in portions of its unclassified email system. ...
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| French citizen 'very likely' in Islamic State beheading video - minister | |  PARIS (Reuters) - France said on Monday there was a very strong likelihood that an Islamic State militant who appears on a beheading video released by the group at the weekend was a 22-year-old French citizen. The 15-minute video posted online shows the decapitations of at least 14 men who Islamic State said were pilots and officers loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The video also shows the severed head of U.S. aid worker Peter Kassig. ...
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| Burkina names former foreign minister as interim leader | | | By Mathieu Bonkoungou and Nadoun Coulibaly OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Authorities in Burkina Faso named former foreign minister Michel Kafando as transitional president on Monday in a key step towards restoring democratic civilian rule in the wake of a military takeover. Kafando was chosen as part of a charter hammered out after longtime President Blaise Compaore resigned and fled the country on Oct. 31 amid mass protests against his attempt to change the constitution and extend his 27-year rule. Lieutenant Colonel Isaac Zida stepped in the following day and declared himself head of state. ... |
| Briton, Frenchman seen in Islamic State video of beheadings | |  LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) - A British medical student and a Frenchman who went to Syria last year are believed to have appeared in a video showing a squad of Islamic State jihadists beheading Syrian soldiers and displaying the severed head of American aid worker Peter Kassig. Ahmed Muthana told Britain's Daily Mail newspaper his 20-year-old son, Nasser Muthana, appeared to be among the group of 16 jihadists seen in the video. "I cannot be certain, but it looks like my son," said Ahmed Muthana, who lives in the Welsh capital city of Cardiff. ...
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| British medical student in Islamic State video - report | | | LONDON (Reuters) - A father said on Monday he believed his son, a British medical student, was among a squad of Islamic State jihadists filmed beheading Syrian soldiers in a video posted online on Sunday. Ahmed Muthana told the Daily Mail newspaper his 20-year-old son Nasser Muthana appeared to be among a group of 16 jihadists who were seen on the video, which also showed the severed head of American hostage Peter Kassig. "I cannot be certain, but it looks like my son," said Ahmed Muthana, who lives in the Welsh capital city of Cardiff. "He must fear Allah now for killing people. ... |
| Palestinian driver found hanged in Jerusalem bus | | | By Ali Sawafta JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A Palestinian bus driver was found hanged inside his vehicle on Monday, an incident Israeli police described as a suicide but which the driver's family said they believed was an attack. The incident quickly touched off Palestinian stone-throwing protests and a general strike in some large Palestinian suburbs of Jerusalem, pouring more fuel on tensions stoked over the past few weeks by a dispute over Jerusalem's holiest site. ... |
| Americans suspected of trying to ship baby body parts flee Thailand - police | | | BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai police said on Monday two Americans suspected of trying to send infant and adult body parts in parcels to the United States had fled the country. A baby's head, a baby's foot sliced into three parts, a heart and a "sheet of skin" with tattoo markings were found in parcels on Saturday after staff at a shipping office in Bangkok scanned the packages, police said. The parts were stored in plastic containers filled with formaldehyde and the packages were destined for an address in Las Vegas. "X-rays showed there were contents similar to human body parts. ... |
| French citizen 'very likely' on IS beheading video - minister | | | PARIS (Reuters) - French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said on Monday there was a very strong likelihood that an Islamic State militant who appears on a beheading video released by the group at the weekend was a 22-year-old French citizen. "This analysis (by French intelligence services) suggests with a very high probability that a French citizen could have directly participated in carrying out these abject acts," Cazeneuve told journalists, adding that the man in question had left to go to Syria in August 2013. (Reporting by Nicholas Vinocur; Editing by James Regan) |
| Part of British parliament evacuated due to suspicious package - police | |  LONDON, Nov 17 (Reuters) - The part of the British parliament housing the offices of many lawmakers was briefly evacuated on Monday due to a suspicious package before staff were allowed to re-enter the building. A spokeswoman for London's Metropolitan Police said Portcullis House, an office building opposite the Houses of Parliament and above Westminster underground station, was evacuated while police investigated. Police on the scene said the station had also been closed, and police motorbikes could be seen blocking cars and members of the public from entering the road. ...
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| Father says thinks UK medical student son in Islamic State video | | | LONDON (Reuters) - A father said on Monday he believed his son, a British medical student, was among a squad of Islamic State jihadists filmed beheading Syrian soldiers in the desert in a video posted online on Sunday. Ahmed Muthana told the Daily Mail newspaper his 20-year-old son Nasser Muthana appeared to be among a group of 16 jihadists who were seen on a video, which also showed the decapitated head of American hostage Peter Kassig, an aid worker. "I cannot be certain, but it looks like my son," said Ahmed Muthana, who lives in the Welsh city Cardiff. ... |
| Sudan denies U.N. access to Darfur village to check rape accusations | | | KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan has refused to let U.N. and African Union peacekeepers visit a village in the western Darfur region to investigate allegations of mass rape for the second time this month, saying it was skeptical about the motives for the visit. The United Nations said Sudanese troops initially denied members of the joint peacekeeping mission, known as UNAMID, access to Tabit in north Darfur earlier this month. The force was later allowed to visit the area and said in a statement on Nov. ... |
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