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| A third of world population lives in nations without freedoms - rights group | |  The year 2015 - shaped by mass migration, crackdowns on dissent, xenophobia and terror attacks - marked the 10th straight year of decline in global freedom, according to an annual report by the Washington-based Freedom House. Worldwide, 86 nations and territories were designated free based on their political rights and civil liberties, 50 were deemed not free, and 59 were partly free, it said.
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| One dead as FBI arrests Oregon occupation leader and others | |  The leader of an armed occupation at a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon and others were arrested on Tuesday after shots were fired during a traffic stop, leaving one person dead and another wounded, the FBI said. Protesters were still occupying the remote Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in eastern Oregon after leader Ammon Bundy's arrest and the Federal Bureau of Investigation was setting up a perimeter with the hopes of a peaceful resolution, a law enforcement official told Reuters.
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| Exclusive - White House dropped $10 million claim in Iran prisoner deal | |  By Joel Schectman and Yeganeh Torbati WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nader Modanlo was facing five more years in federal prison when he got an extraordinary offer: U.S. President Barack Obama was ready to commute his sentence as part of this month's historic and then still-secret prisoner swap with Iran. Modanlo says the money was a loan from a Swiss company for a telecoms deal.
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| Authorities to review anti-corruption unit after match-fixing scandal | |  By Greg Stutchbury MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Tennis officials on Wednesday launched an independent review into their anti-corruption practices after allegations the sport's watchdog had not done enough to stamp out possible corruption in the game. The announcement at the Australian Open came in the wake of media reports criticising the Tennis Integrity unit (TIU) for not adequately investigating some 16 players repeatedly flagged over suspicions they had thrown matches in the past decade. Recent corruption scandals involving the world governing bodies of soccer and athletics have thrown those sports into turmoil and tennis was not keen to follow them down that path, Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Chairman Chris Kermode said.
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| S.Korea says suspects N.Korea may have attempted cyber attacks | |  SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea said on Wednesday that it suspects North Korea of attempting cyber attacks against targets in the South. Jeong Joon-hee, spokesman at the South's Unification Ministry, told a press briefing that authorities were investigating. South Korea heightened its cyber alert level following Pyongyang's nuclear test on January 6. (Reporting by Ju-min Park; Editing by Simon Cameron-Moore)
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| Milwaukee man charged with weapons possession, allegedly planned mass shooting | | | By Brendan O'Brien MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - A Milwaukee man who authorities said was planning to kill dozens of people in a mass shooting at a Masonic temple has been arrested and charged with possession of two machine guns and a silencer, federal officials said on Tuesday. Samy Mohamed Hamzeh, 23, told two people who turned out to be FBI confidential sources that he planned to carry out the shooting at a Masonic temple in Milwaukee in an attack that would be "known the world over" and in order to "ignite broader clashes," the U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement. |
| U.S. judge rules against Louisiana abortion restrictions | | | A federal judge on Tuesday found unconstitutional a 2014 law that imposed tough restrictions on Louisiana abortion providers and threatened to close four of the state's five clinics. The law requires physicians who perform the procedure to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles (48 km) of the place where the abortion is performed. U.S. District Judge John deGravelles granted a preliminary injunction sought by abortion providers, finding that the law violated women's rights to obtain an abortion. |
| Authorities to review anti-corruption procedures | | Tuesday, January 26, 2016 11:53 PM | |
|  MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Tennis officials have launched an independent review into their anti-corruption practices after allegations the Tennis Integrity unit (TIU), the sport's watchdog, had been ineffective in stamping out corruption in the game. The announcement at the Australian Open on Wednesday came in the wake of media reports on the first day of the tournament that 16 players, who have been ranked in the top 50 had been repeatedly flagged to the TIU over suspicions they had thrown matches in the past decade. (Reporting by Greg Stutchbury; Editing by Lincoln Feast)
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| Al Qaeda group releases video of Swiss hostage - monitor | | Tuesday, January 26, 2016 11:33 PM | |
| | Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) released a video of a Swiss nun who had been kidnapped in northern Mali nearly three weeks ago in the first claim of responsibility for the hostage-taking, according to SITE Intelligence Group. The video, which outlined the conditions for the release of Beatrice Stockly, a Swiss missionary who was based in Timbuktu, is the latest indication of deteriorating security in Mali's north just months after a peace accord was signed. Stockly, who had been kidnapped once before in 2012, appeared in a veil and stated the clip was filmed on Jan. 19 in the eight-minute video, which could not be independently verified. |
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