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| Exclusive - Oregon occupiers warn authorities of booby traps at refuge | | Friday, February 12, 2016 1:31 AM | |
|  By Julia Edwards WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Armed protesters who ended their 41-day standoff on Thursday at a wildlife refuge in Oregon told federal authorities they left behind booby traps but did not say whether the trip wires and other devices would trigger explosions, a law enforcement official told Reuters. "They spoke to us about booby traps. The official said law enforcement would use caution when moving into the refuge in remote eastern Oregon.
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| Saudi warns U.N., aid workers to leave rebel-held areas in Yemen | | Friday, February 12, 2016 1:29 AM | |
|  By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia, which is leading air strikes against rebels in neighbouring Yemen, has warned the United Nations and international aid groups to protect staff by removing them from areas held by Yemen's Houthi rebels, according to a letter that was seen by Reuters on Thursday. The short note sent by the Saudi Embassy in London on Friday said the intention was to "protect the international organizations and their employees," presumably from coalition air strikes.
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| U.S. Defense Department promises plan to defeat Islamic State | | Friday, February 12, 2016 12:36 AM | |
| | The U.S. Department of Defense will soon submit a plan to Congress on how to defeat Islamic State, a defense official said on Thursday, four days before a deadline. The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), a defense policy bill President Barack Obama signed into law in November, required the administration to submit its strategy for defeating the militant group to lawmakers by Feb. 15. "We are aware of the report and are actively working with multiple interagency offices to complete this legal requirement per the NDAA and look forward to submitting the completed report to Congress in the near-term," the Department of Defense official said on condition of anonymity, in an emailed statement. |
| Oregon standoff ends after 41 days with dramatic surrender | |  By Jimmy Urquhart BURNS, Ore. (Reuters) - The four holdouts in the armed occupation of a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon surrendered on Thursday with the last protester repeatedly threatening suicide during a dramatic final phone call with mediators before he gave up, ending the 41-day standoff. David Fry, 27, stayed behind for more than an hour and told supporters by phone he had not agreed with the other three to leave the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in eastern Oregon.
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| Drug cartel battle kills 49 in northeastern Mexican prison | |  By Gabriela Lopez MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - A battle between the feared Zetas drug cartel and rivals at a prison left 49 people dead in the northeastern Mexican city of Monterrey, authorities said on Thursday, days ahead of a planned visit by Pope Francis to another jail in Mexico's far north. Fighting broke out before midnight in two areas of the Topo Chico prison between supporters of a gang leader known as "Zeta 27" and another group, with prisoners using bottles and blades, Nuevo Leon state Governor Jaime Rodriguez said. "Topo Chico is a ... very old prison.
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| Cosby's wife must give deposition in civil suit, judge rules | |  Bill Cosby's wife will have to talk to lawyers bringing a defamation lawsuit against the comedian but cannot be compelled to reveal private conversations with her husband, a federal judge in Massachusetts ruled on Thursday. Cosby's attorneys had asked that his spouse of 52 years and business manager, Camille Cosby, be allowed not to give a deposition in connection with a civil suit brought by seven women who have accused the man, once one of the United States' most beloved entertainers, of sexual assault. U.S. District Judge Mark Mastroianni ruled that Camille Cosby could be deposed but would have the right not to answer some questions.
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| Maldives leader calls all-party meeting amid international criticism | |  Maldives President Abdulla Yameen agreed on Thursday to resume discussions among the country's political parties to end a standoff between his ruling party and opposition groups. Political unrest in the archipelago has continued since the country's first democratically elected leader, Mohamed Nasheed, was ousted in disputed circumstances in February 2012. Nasheed was then arrested and sentenced in March to 13 years in jail on terrorism charges, after allegedly ordering the abduction of a judge, following a rapid trial that drew international condemnation.
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| France's Hollande reshuffles cabinet with eye on 2017 election | |  By Ingrid Melander and Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande on Thursday broadened his cabinet to include the heads of two smaller left-wing parties, looking beyond his Socialist party in a bid to improve his faltering chances of re-election in 2017. Dogged by deep unpopularity and public anger over unemployment, Hollande hopes the reshuffle will widen his voter appeal and discourage other leftist candidates from running against him. Michel Sapin stays on as finance minister and Emmanuel Macron as economy minister, and the government is expected to largely stick to the pro-business line it switched to two years ago.
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| Exclusive - Brother of ex-Chinese official sharing golf secrets in U.S., not state secrets - attorney | | | By Tim Reid LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Breaking a long silence, a politically connected Chinese businessman living in the United States has denied through his attorney that he handed over Chinese state secrets, including launch codes for nuclear weapons, to U.S. authorities. Ling Wancheng, brother of a former top aide to ex-Chinese President Hu Jintao, was the subject of media reports last week asserting he had been debriefed by U.S. officials and provided nuclear secrets as well as personal information about Chinese leaders. Gregory S. Smith, a Washington attorney and former associate White House counsel to President Bill Clinton, told Reuters he has been retained by Ling Wancheng. |
| Sunderland sack Johnson after child sex charge admission | |  England international Adam Johnson has been sacked by Premier League Sunderland after he pleaded guilty to sexual activity with a child, the club said on Thursday. "In light of Adam Johnson's guilty pleas, the club has today terminated his contract with immediate effect," Sunderland said in a statement. "The club will make no further comment." Johnson pleaded guilty to one count of sexual activity with a child, but denied two other charges, when he appeared at Bradford Crown Court on Wednesday.
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