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| French journalist has to quit China after article on troubled Xinjiang | |  By Sui-Lee Wee BEIJING (Reuters) - A French journalist is being forced to leave China after the government said it would not renew her press credentials for the new year in response to a critical report on Beijing's policies in the troubled western region of Xinjiang. The departure of Ursula Gauthier, a reporter for the French current affairs magazine L'Obs, will mark the first time in more than three years that a journalist has been forced to leave China due to a refusal by authorities to renew accreditation. China's foreign ministry said on Saturday that Gauthier could no longer work in China because she did not make a public apology for an article she wrote on Nov. 18.
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| South Korea defends accord with Japan to settle 'comfort women' issue | |  South Korea defended on Thursday an agreement with Japan to settle the issue of "comfort women" following criticism it was inadequate, saying it was the best any government could do in the lifetimes of the elderly victims of abuse. Under Monday's agreement, South Korea confirmed the issue of "comfort women," as those forced to work in Japan's wartime military brothels are euphemistically known, was resolved "finally and irreversibly", if Japan faithfully took steps to help survivors. Many other South Koreans have been critical and the political opposition called it "degrading".
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| China rolls out reforms of controversial security force | | | China has introduced reforms promising greater oversight over a controversial system of security officials that has often sparked public acrimony over reports of abusive practices, state media reported. The security officials work with police to enforce minor city rules and regulations, but they are often derided as thuggish. In an interview about the reforms on Thursday, Chen Zhenggao, minister of housing and urban-rural development, told the official Xinhua news agency that greater provincial and national oversight of the security officials, known as "chengguan", was needed. |
| China to prosecute former deputy environment minister for graft | | | Chinese authorities will prosecute a former deputy environment minister for corruption after a probe by the ruling Communist Party found he abused his power and took bribes, the party's anti-graft watchdog said on Thursday. The investigation into Zhang Lijun, who served in his position between 2008-2013, began in July. While in office, he took gifts in exchange for promotions, abused his position for the business interests of family members and of unnamed companies, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said in a short statement. |
| U.S.-trained commandos in Philippines kill 10 militants - army | | | U.S.-trained army commandos in the Philippines killed 10 al Qaeda-linked militants in a clash on a southern island, a military spokesman said on Thursday, as security forces intensify a search for foreign hostages. A lieutenant was among eight Philippine soldiers killed or wounded in a clash with about 300 members of the Abu Sayyaf militant group on Jolo island late on Wednesday, spokesman Major Filemon Tan told reporters. "Our troops are pursuing the Abu Sayyaf who broke into small groups and withdrew to the interior of the island," Tan said, adding that 15 militants had also been wounded in the fighting. |
| North Korea says top aide to leader Kim dies in car crash | |  By Jack Kim and James Pearson SEOUL (Reuters) - A senior North Korean official and a top aide to leader Kim Jong Un has died in a car accident, state news agency reported on Wednesday, the latest dramatic death or disappearance in the close circle of deputies to the country's leader. Kim Yang Gon, 73, died at dawn on Tuesday, the KCNA news agency said. The deaths of several North Korean officials have been put down to car crashes in recent years.
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| Exclusive: Microsoft to warn email users of suspected hacking by governments | |  By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said on Wednesday it will begin warning users of its consumer services including Outlook.com email when the company suspects that a government has been trying to hack into their accounts. According to two former employees of Microsoft, the company's own experts had concluded several years ago that Chinese authorities had been behind the campaign but the company did not pass on that information to users of its Hotmail service, which is now called Outlook.com. In its statement, Microsoft said neither it nor the U.S. government could pinpoint the sources of the hacking attacks and that they didn't come from a single country.
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| U.S. warily eyes New Year's threats in cities abroad | |  By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. authorities are monitoring investigations overseas of alleged plots by Islamic State operatives or sympathizers to launch attacks over the New Year's holiday period, U.S. officials said on Wednesday. Officials at the Department of Homeland Security and other U.S. agencies, however, said they were unaware of any imminent or credible threats by Islamic State or other militants to attack inside the United State or hit American targets overseas. In New York City, traditionally the site of the nation's largest New Year's Eve celebration, police have seen no credible threat at this time, a New York police spokesman said.
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| Bill Cosby's career and accusations against him | |  Bill Cosby, who personified the model American father through his long-running television program, "The Cosby Show," was charged on Wednesday with aggravated indecent assault over an alleged incident in 2004. It is the first criminal case involving the 78-year-old comedian after years of mounting accusations that Cosby drugged, and in numerous cases, sexually assaulted dozens of women in incidents dating back decades. Here is a timeline of Cosby's career: July 12, 1937 William Henry Cosby Jr. is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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| Brussels New Year fireworks cancelled over attack fears | |  On Tuesday, federal prosecutors said two people suspected of plotting an attack in Brussels on New Year's Eve had been arrested during house searches in different parts of the country. "Together with the interior minister, we've decided to not have the celebrations on Thursday evening," Brussels mayor Yvan Mayeur told the state broadcaster RTBF. Belgium has been at the heart of investigations into attacks in Paris on Nov. 13 in which 130 people were killed.
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| San Bernardino shooter's visa file raised no red flags - U.S. government sources | |  By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - State Department visa officers conducted all required security checks on Tashfeen Malik, one of two shooters in the San Bernardino massacre early this month, but found no "derogatory" information before granting her a visa to enter the United States in 2013, a person familiar with the documentation said. The standard security inquiries include interagency counter-terrorism screening, fingerprint checks, facial recognition analysis and checks against worldwide U.S. consular records, a State Department source said. Because there was no derogatory information in Malik's application, visa officers had no grounds for ordering deeper investigations into her background, let alone blocking her entry when she arrived in the United States in December 2013, officials have said.
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| Texas 'affluenza' teen, mother sought low profile at Mexican resort | |  By David Alire Garcia PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico (Reuters) - Ethan Couch, the wealthy Texas teenager who fled with his mother to Mexico, tried to keep a low profile while the two of them stayed at a popular getaway for American tourists, but they still stood out, according to people who saw them. After first staying at an $80 a night beachfront hotel, Couch, 18, and his 48-year-old mother Tonya later moved to a modest apartment, and she used a false name at least once during their time in the Pacific resort of Puerto Vallarta.
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| Bill Cosby charged with felony sexual assault in Pennsylvania | |  By Daniel Kelley NORRISTOWN, Pa. (Reuters) - Bill Cosby was charged on Wednesday with sexually assaulting a woman after plying her with drugs and alcohol in 2004, the only criminal case against a once-beloved entertainer whose father-figure persona has been marred by dozens of similar misconduct accusations. A frail-looking Cosby, 78, walking with a cane and accompanied by two lawyers, appeared for his arraignment hours later at a courthouse just outside Philadelphia, where he posted a $1 million bond, turned over his passport and was ordered to avoid any contact with his accuser. Smiling and politely thanking District Court Judge Elizabeth McHugh at the end of the brief proceeding, Cosby left the Elkins Park courthouse and was driven to a nearby police precinct to be finger-printed and booked.
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