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| FBI director says no credible threat of Paris-type attack in U.S. | | Friday, November 20, 2015 2:59 AM | |
|  By Julia Edwards WASHINGTON (Reuters) - FBI Director James Comey said on Thursday there was no credible threat of an attack on U.S. soil similar to the ones last week in Paris and that his agency had taken terrorism investigations "up a notch." Comey and Attorney General Loretta Lynch discussed U.S. counterterrorism efforts with reporters as security concerns mounted following the killing of 129 people in Paris last Friday in attacks claimed by the Islamic State militant group. "We are not aware of any credible threat here of a Paris-type attack and we have seen no connection at all between the Paris attackers and the United States," Comey said.
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| Swedish police say arrest man suspected of planning terrorist attack | | Friday, November 20, 2015 2:58 AM | |
| | Swedish police on Thursday arrested a man suspected of planning a terrorist attack after a manhunt that saw security tightened across the country days after the attacks in Paris that killed 129 people. Security police left the country's terrorist risk assessment level at its highest ever, four on a scale of five, meaning there is a high probability that "persons have the intent and ability to carry out an attack". On Wednesday, Sweden's Security Police (SAPO) said they had concrete information about a possible attack. |
| Greek police arrest 10 over forged papers for migrants | | Friday, November 20, 2015 2:53 AM | |
| | Greek police said on Thursday they had arrested 10 foreigners for supplying forged passports and registration documents to refugees and other migrants arriving in the country. European Union interior ministers are expected to agree on Friday to tighten checks at the external borders of the passport-free Schengen area, a draft document seen by Reuters shows. The falsified documents were mostly used to allow the migrants to travel from Greece by plane. |
| Liberia president says ritual killings on the rise | | Friday, November 20, 2015 2:47 AM | |
|  Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on Thursday vowed to crack down on those responsible for a rise in ritual killings in the West African country as it seeks to emerge from the shadow of an Ebola epidemic. In some areas of central Africa, body parts are prized for their supernatural powers and are used in black magic ceremonies. Local media have reported at least 10 related murders in Liberia since the summer.
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| Fake pesticides endanger crops and human health in India | | Friday, November 20, 2015 2:27 AM | |
|  By Krishna N. Das FARIDABAD, India (Reuters) - Millions of unsuspecting Indian farmers are spraying fake pesticides onto their fields, contaminating soil, cutting crop yields and putting both food security and human health at risk in the country of 1.25 billion people. The use of spurious pesticides has exacerbated losses in the genetically modified (GM) cotton crop in northern India after an attack by whitefly, a pest, say officials. If unchecked, some of India's roughly $26 billion in annual farm exports could be hit.
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| Syrians flee war to brave smugglers' gauntlet in volatile Latin America | | Friday, November 20, 2015 12:56 AM | |
| | By Gustavo Palencia and Dave Graham TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - A group of five Syrians paid smugglers $10,000 each to travel through multiple countries before being detained for carrying false Greek documents in Honduras, their epic journey exposing a little-known southern smuggling route for Syrians fleeing war in their homeland. Samaan, they said, is a Syrian Christian from a village near the city of Homs, one of the hardest hit in the war. "He is a young man, he wants to earn a living, and what will he do in Syria, it's so dangerous," said his brother-in-law Issa Amissa, speaking to Reuters from the United Arab Emirates. |
| Exclusive: U.S. probes Bosch in VW cheating scandal - sources | |  By Joel Schectman WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. authorities are investigating German auto supplier Robert Bosch GmbH [ROBG.UL] over its role in Volkswagen AG's massive scheme to cheat U.S. emission standards, according to people familiar with the matter. Federal prosecutors with the U.S. Department of Justice are examining whether Bosch, the world's largest auto supplier, knew or participated in Volkswagen's years-long efforts to circumvent U.S. diesel emissions tests, the people said. Bosch built key components in the diesel engine used in six Volkswagen models and one Audi model that the automaker has admitted to rigging to defeat emissions tests.
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| New Islamic State video threatens attack on White House | | | Islamic State militants released a video on Thursday threatening the White House with suicide bombings and car blasts and vowing to conduct more attacks on France. The six-minute video released by Islamic State fighters in Iraq applauds last week's Paris attacks, according to a translation of the Arabic provided by the Maryland-based SITE Intelligence Group. The latest threat comes one day after the militant group put out a video showing scenes of New York City, which suggested it was also a target. |
| Italy and Sweden act against threat of militant attacks | | | ROME/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Police in Italy and Sweden hunted suspected militants and increased security around public buildings on Thursday after receiving reports that attacks might be planned on their soil following last week's mass killings in Paris. The threat assessment level was at its highest ever, meaning a high probability "persons have the intent and ability to carry out an attack". Italy's foreign minister said possible attacks could be aimed at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome or the cathedral or La Scala theatre in Milan. |
| Kerry says U.S. can 'neutralise' Islamic State quicker than it did al Qaeda | |  U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday the United States has the ability to "neutralise" Islamic State much faster than it was able to do with al Qaeda. "We are going to defeat Daesh. "We began our fight against al Qaeda in 2001 and it took us quite a few years before we were able to eliminate Osama bin Laden and the top leadership and neutralise them as an effective force.
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| U.N. panel accuses Iran of cracking down on freedom of expression | | | By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly's human rights committee on Thursday criticized Iran for cracking down on activists, journalists and dissidents and its increased use of the death penalty, a rebuke Tehran dismissed as "Iranophobia." The non-binding resolution, which was drafted by Canada, was adopted by the 193-nation assembly's Third Committee with 76 votes in favour, 35 against and 68 abstentions. The resolution was not entirely critical. It also welcomed pledges by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on "important human rights issues, particularly on eliminating discrimination against women and members of ethnic minorities, and on greater space for freedom of expression and opinion." However, it noted the "alarming high frequency" of the death penalty in the Islamic Republic. |
| Netanyahu wants U.S. release of Israeli spy Pollard kept low-key | |  By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed Israeli officials to keep low-key about Friday's scheduled release by the United States of Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard, a cabinet minister said. The former U.S. Navy analyst's espionage for Israel in the 1980s remains a strain on ties with Washington and his parole terms dictate that he stay in the United States for five years. Pollard, sentenced to life in prison after being convicted in 1987 of passing reams of classified information to Israel, has been behind bars since his arrest in 1985.
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| Paris attacks heighten security fears for 2016 Rio Olympics | | | By Anthony Boadle and Pedro Fonseca BRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Last week's Paris killings have raised fears about the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil, a country with so little history of terrorism that the president has played down the chance of an attack and legislators long resisted bills to make it a crime. Diplomats in Brasilia say Western governments are worried about the safety of their athletes and tourists at the games because they believe many Brazilian authorities are complacent, taking too much comfort in Brazil's historical standing as a non-aligned, multicultural nation which is free of enemies. Security experts say many Brazilian officials do not realise just how big a stage the Olympics is for anyone seeking to sow terror, either through an attack on game venues, infrastructure nearby or the athletes and 500,000 tourists expected to attend. |
| Swiss banks to pay $81 mln, avoid U.S. charges on aiding tax evasion | | | Three Swiss banks will pay a total of more than $81 million to the U.S. Justice Department to avoid possible prosecution for helping Americans to evade taxes, the department said on Thursday. "The BNP Paribas Group is committed to fully complying with the laws and regulations in all markets in which it is active," a spokeswoman said. "Since 2008, the Group has proactively taken steps within its Wealth Management business to reinforce its policies related to U.S. taxpayers." Efforts to reach spokespeople at KBL Ltd and Bank CIC were unsuccessful outside Swiss business hours on Thursday. |
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