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| China may pay "international price" in South China Sea legal case, experts say | |  By Greg Torode and Manuel Mogato HONG KONG/MANILA (Reuters) - When an international court ruled in late October that it had jurisdiction to hear a case filed by the Philippines against China over the disputed South China Sea, Beijing dismissed the decision, saying it would "lead to nothing". Philippine officials as well as some foreign diplomats and experts disagree, saying China could come under intensified diplomatic and legal pressure if the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague ultimately decides in favour of Manila. Legal experts say Manila has a significant chance of success, citing the court's detailed rejection of China's arguments in the hearing on jurisdiction.
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| China behind 'massive' cyber-attack on Australian government - ABC | |  By Matt Siegel SYDNEY (Reuters) - A major cyber-attack against Australia's Bureau of Meteorology that may have compromised potentially sensitive national security information is being blamed on China, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported on Wednesday. The Bureau of Meteorology owns one of Australia's largest supercomputers and the attack, which the ABC said occurred in recent days, may have allowed those responsible access to the Department of Defence through a linked network. The ABC, citing several unidentified sources with knowledge of the "massive" breach, placed the blame on China, which has in the past been accused of hacking sensitive Australian government computer systems.
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| Chicago police chief out, review launched over black teen's death | |  By Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago's police chief was ousted on Tuesday after days of protest over a white officer's shooting of a black teenager 16 times and the department's refusal to release a video of the killing for more than a year. Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced during a news conference that he had asked Garry McCarthy, police superintendent since May 2011, to resign. Emanuel also said he was creating a new police accountability task force.
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| Senior officer says London police could handle Paris-style attack | | | By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - London police could deal with an attack by heavily armed marauding terrorists, one of the capital's most senior officers said on Wednesday, rejecting suggestions the mostly unarmed force would struggle to cope with a Paris-style assault. Following the attacks last month when militants killed 130 people and injured hundreds more at sites across Paris, critics said police in London had neither the numbers of armed officers nor the weaponry to deal with a similar incident. Yes we do," Assistant Commissioner Patricia Gallan told reporters. |
| British parliament set to vote for Syria air strikes | |  Britain's parliament is set to vote on Wednesday to approve air strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria after months of wrangling over whether enough opposition Labour lawmakers would back military action. Prime Minister David Cameron has said he believes British warplanes, which have been bombing Islamic State targets in Iraq for more than a year, should also be tackling the group in Syria rather than "sub-contract" UK security to other countries. The election of veteran anti-war campaigner Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader in September complicated his plans.
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| African military leader pleads guilty in U.S. to cash smuggling | | | Sekouba Konate, an African general who served as Guinea's transitional president for a year after a military coup, pleaded guilty to U.S. charges on Tuesday that he smuggled thousands of dollars into the United States. Konate, 51, was indicted in May and faces up to five years in prison when he is sentenced on Feb. 19, the U.S. Justice Department said. Known in Guinea as "El Tigre" for his ferocity in battle, Konate served as interim president of the West African country in 2010. |
| Cleveland officer said he thought 12-year-old he shot was active shooter | | Tuesday, December 01, 2015 11:46 PM | |
| | A Cuyahoga County grand jury is considering whether Officer Timothy Loehmann, who shot Tamir Rice, should face charges along with his partner, Frank Garmback, in the November 2014 incident in a park next to a city recreation centre. Loehmann shot Rice twice within seconds of leaving a police car that pulled up next to the child in response to a 911 call of a man waving a gun in the park. Rice, who died the next day, had a replica handgun that uses plastic pellets. |
| U.S. says wants to keep up momentum in Syria peace talks | | Tuesday, December 01, 2015 11:36 PM | |
|  By Louis Charbonneau and Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday voiced the hope that momentum in talks aimed at hammering out a peace plan to end Syria's nearly five-year civil war could continue, and said the next meeting of major world powers could take place this month in New York. "There is significant enthusiasm to keep the momentum going, particularly with regard to thinking through whether local ceasefires might be possible on an expedited basis," U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power told reporters. The first two rounds of talks on Syria among major Western and Middle Eastern powers were held in Vienna.
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