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- Protests erupt in Congo capital, police fire tear gas
- Exclusive - U.S. proposed $5 billion-7 billion penalty on Credit Suisse on toxic debt: source
- IMF board reaffirms confidence in Lagarde after negligence verdict
- Truck crash in Berlin could be accident or attack - official
- Gunman wounds three in Zurich mosque rampage, motive unclear
- Democrats turn 'faithless electors' in U.S. Electoral College surprise
- U.N. chief fears genocide about to start in South Sudan
- Russian ambassador shot dead in Ankara gallery
- Turkish official links Russian envoy killer to exiled cleric
- U.S. charges Platinum Partners executives with $1 billion fraud
- Truck ploughs into crowd at Berlin Christmas market, nine dead
- Berlin police arrest suspected truck attacker - police
- IMF's Lagarde guilty, but not punished, in French negligence trial
- U.S.-based cleric's movement not involved in Russia envoy killing - Gulen adviser
- Turkey foreign minister says common sense prevailing in Turkey, Russia
- Unknown man opened fire in Zurich mosque, wounds three - police
- Erdogan says agrees with Putin on stronger fight against terrorism
- U.S. sees China returning drone as early as Tuesday in South China Sea
- Turkey's Erdogan says Putin agrees shooting of ambassador was provocation
- N.Y. Klansman gets 30 years in prison for plot versus Muslims, Obama
- Factbox - Contenders for senior jobs in Trump's administration
- Gunman who killed Russian ambassador was Turkish riot police, minister says
- Cyrus Mistry quits Tata group company boards, but vows to fight on
- U.S. ready to help Russia, Turkey investigate diplomat's killing - Kerry
- Turkey will not allow Russian ambassador shooting to overshadow ties - ministry
- U.S. judge orders unsealing of Clinton email probe search warrant
- Red Cross says employee kidnapped in northern Afghanistan
- African states narrowly fail to stop U.N. gay rights envoy work
- Soccer-British FAs fined over international poppy displays
- Gunman who shot Russian ambassador was off-duty police officer - security sources
- U.S. sees China returning drone as early as Tuesday in S.China Sea
- U.S. condemns attack on Russian ambassador to Turkey
| Protests erupt in Congo capital, police fire tear gas | | | KINSHASA (Reuters) - Protests erupted in several neighbourhoods of the Congolese capital Kinshasa late on Monday, and police fired tear gas to disperse them, witnesses said, just before President Joseph Kabila's mandate expires at midnight. Demonstrators blew whistles to signal to Kabila that it was to leave in the communes of Kalamu, Matete, Lingwala, and at Kinshasa University, multiple witnesses said. A spokesman for the police did not immediately respond to a request for comment. (Reporting by Amedee Mwarabu and Aaron Ross; writing by Tim Cocks, editing by G Crosse) |
| Exclusive - U.S. proposed $5 billion-7 billion penalty on Credit Suisse on toxic debt: source | |  By Joshua Franklin, Oliver Hirt and Karen Freifeld ZURICH/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice has asked Credit Suisse to pay between $5 billion and $7 billion to settle a probe over its sale of toxic mortgage securities in the run-up to the 2008 financial crisis, a source with knowledge of the matter said, but the bank has resisted settling for that amount. "Credit Suisse is confident of reaching a better solution," said the second person. In a sign that negotiations may be reaching their final stages, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch last week met with Credit Suisse chief executive Tidjane Thiam, another person familiar with the matter said.
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| IMF board reaffirms confidence in Lagarde after negligence verdict | |  The International Monetary Fund said on Monday its executive board reaffirmed its full confidence in Managing Director Christine Lagarde despite her conviction by a French court on a negligence charge. "The Executive Board took all relevant factors into account in its discussions, including the Managing Director's outstanding leadership of the Fund and the wide respect and trust for her leadership globally," the executive board said in a statement.
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| Truck crash in Berlin could be accident or attack - official | |  BERLIN (Reuters) - The circumstances of Monday's deadly truck crash at a Christmas market in Berlin is still unclear, a senior German official said, dismissing as speculation reports that the lorry could have been hijacked by militants. "The sequence of events point to either an accident or an attack," Berlin State Interior Minister Andreas Geisel said. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in a statement it was still unclear exactly what had happened. Security officials are trying to secure the site and find those responsible, he said. ...
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| Gunman wounds three in Zurich mosque rampage, motive unclear | |  By Michael Shields and Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi ZURICH (Reuters) - A man stormed into a Zurich mosque on Monday evening and opened fire on people praying, injuring three, Swiss police said. Two of the three men -- aged 30, 35 and 56 -- were seriously injured in the attack shortly after 5:30 p.m. local time (1630 GMT) near the main train station in Switzerland's financial capital, Zurich police said. People at the scene told Reuters the Islamic Centre on Zurich's Eisgasse was used as a mosque, often by Somalis.
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| Democrats turn 'faithless electors' in U.S. Electoral College surprise | |  By Roberta Rampton and Eric M. Johnson WASHINGTON/SEATTLE (Reuters) - At least five Democrats who had been committed to back Hillary Clinton in the U.S. Electoral College cast ballots for other people on Monday, the largest number of "faithless electors" seen in well over a century. The 538 electors were voting across the country to confirm Republican Donald Trump as the next president. The event is normally a formality but took on extra prominence this year after some Democrats urged electors to revolt and switch to Clinton, who won the national popular vote on Nov. 8.
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| U.N. chief fears genocide about to start in South Sudan | |  By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday he feared genocide was about to start in South Sudan unless immediate action is taken, renewing his plea for the Security Council to impose an arms embargo on the country. "If we fail to act, South Sudan will be on a trajectory towards mass atrocities," Ban told the Security Council. Ban, noting that the U.N.'s special adviser on the prevention of genocide, Adama Dieng, has described genocide as a process, said, "I am afraid that process is about to begin unless immediate action is taken.
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| Russian ambassador shot dead in Ankara gallery | |  By Umit Bektas, Orhan Coskun and Tuvan Gumrukcu ANKARA (Reuters) - The Russian ambassador to Turkey was shot in the back and killed as he gave a speech at an Ankara art gallery on Monday by an off-duty police officer who shouted "Don't forget Aleppo" and "Allahu Akbar" as he opened fire. President Tayyip Erdogan, in a video message to the nation, cast the attack as an attempt to undermine NATO-member Turkey's relations with Russia - ties long tested by the war in Syria.
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| Turkish official links Russian envoy killer to exiled cleric | |  By Orhan Coskun ANKARA (Reuters) - A Turkish security official said Ankara saw "very strong signs" the gunman who killed Russia's ambassador there on Monday was a follower of a U.S.-based Muslim cleric blamed for orchestrating a failed coup in July. A representative of cleric Fethullah Gulen, Alp Aslandogan, denied any link and said the exiled cleric condemned the murder as a "heinous act". The Turkish official, who declined to be identified, said the current investigation was focused on the gunman's links to the network of Gulen's followers, which the government calls the "Gulenist Terrorist Organisation" or "FETO".
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| U.S. charges Platinum Partners executives with $1 billion fraud | |  By Nate Raymond and Lawrence Delevingne NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top executives of New York-based hedge fund manager Platinum Partners were arrested on Monday and charged with running a $1 billion fraud that federal prosecutors said became "like a Ponzi scheme" as its largest investments lost much of their value. Led by Mark Nordlicht, Platinum was known for years for producing exceptionally high returns -- about 17 percent annually in its largest fund -- by taking an unusually aggressive approach to investing and fund management, as detailed by a Reuters Special Report in April.
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| Truck ploughs into crowd at Berlin Christmas market, nine dead | |  By Michael Nienaber BERLIN (Reuters) - A truck ploughed into a crowded Christmas market in central Berlin on Monday evening, killing nine people and injuring up to 50 others, police said, in what appeared to be one of the deadliest attacks in Germany in decades. Police said on Twitter that they had taken one suspect into custody and that another passenger from the truck had died as it crashed into people gathered around the wooden huts serving mulled wine and sausages at the foot of the Kaiser Wilhelm memorial church in the heart of west Berlin. "We heard a loud bang," Emma Rushton, a tourist, told CNN.
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| Berlin police arrest suspected truck attacker - police | |  German police have arrested a suspect near the scene of the Berlin Christmas market where a truck ploughed into a crowd, and are investigating whether he was the driver, the police said on Twitter. German Chancellor Angela Merkel was being briefed on the incident by Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere and the mayor of Berlin, a government spokesman said.
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| IMF's Lagarde guilty, but not punished, in French negligence trial | |  By Chine Labbé PARIS (Reuters) - French judges convicted IMF chief Christine Lagarde on Monday of negligence for a state payout made while she served as France's finance minister in 2008, but imposed no punishment, likely improving chances that she would stay on at the Fund. The Washington-based International Monetary Fund said its executive board was meeting on Monday to consider the verdict's implications. Edwin Truman, a former U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve international official, said he would be surprised to see the IMF board change course after unwaveringly supporting her for five years as the case progressed through France's courts.
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| U.S.-based cleric's movement not involved in Russia envoy killing - Gulen adviser | | | U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen's movement had no connection to the assassination of Russia's ambassador to Turkey on Monday, and he strongly condemns the killing, according to an official who advises Gulen on media issues. Allegations by an unnamed senior Turkish security official of "very strong signs" that the gunman who killed the ambassador belonged to Gulen's network are "laughable" and intended to cover up for lax security, the adviser, Alp Aslandogan told Reuters. "Mr. Gulen categorically condemns this heinous act," Aslandogan said. |
| Turkey foreign minister says common sense prevailing in Turkey, Russia | | | Turkey's foreign minister on Monday said common sense was prevailing in both Russia and Turkey following the assassination of Moscow's ambassador in Ankara, and the two countries would work together to investigate. Mevlut Cavusgolu was speaking in Moscow, where he was due to meet his Russian and Iranian counterparts to discuss the situation in Syria. In comments carried live on Turkish television, he praised the Russian ambassador as a "great man" and a "great diplomat". |
| Unknown man opened fire in Zurich mosque, wounds three - police | |  A man stormed into a Zurich mosque and opened fire on people praying on Monday evening, injuring three people, police said. Two of the three men - aged 30, 35 and 56 years - were seriously injured, Zurich city police said.
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| Erdogan says agrees with Putin on stronger fight against terrorism | | | ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday he had agreed in a telephone call with Russia's Vladimir Putin that their cooperation and solidarity in fighting terrorism should be even stronger after the killing of the Russian ambassador in Turkey. Erdogan called the killing a clear provocation aimed at damaging relations between Turkey and Russia at a time of normalisation. (Reporting by Ece Toksabay and Humeyra Pamuk; Writing by Daren Butler; Editing by David Dolan) |
| U.S. sees China returning drone as early as Tuesday in South China Sea | |  By Phil Stewart, Idrees Ali and Ben Blanchard WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States expects China to return soon an underwater U.S. drone seized by a Chinese naval vessel last week, with one U.S. official telling Reuters the exchange could happen as early as Tuesday at an agreed location in the South China Sea. China's seizure of the unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) triggered a diplomatic protest and speculation about whether it will strengthen U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's hand as he seeks a tougher line with Beijing. A Chinese warship took the drone, which the Pentagon says uses unclassified, commercially available technology to collect oceanographic data, on Thursday about 50 nautical miles northwest of Subic Bay in the Philippines.
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| Turkey's Erdogan says Putin agrees shooting of ambassador was provocation | | | Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday he spoke to Russia's Vladimir Putin and they both agreed the assassination of Russia's ambassador to Ankara by a gunman was an act of provocation by those looking to harm relations their countries. In a video message broadcast on Turkish television, Erdogan said Turkey-Russia relations were vital for the region and those who aimed to harm ties were not going to achieve their goals. |
| N.Y. Klansman gets 30 years in prison for plot versus Muslims, Obama | | | A self-proclaimed white supremacist convicted on charges he planned to use a "death ray" to kill Muslims and President Barack Obama was sentenced on Monday to 30 years in prison, federal prosecutors in New York said. Glendon Scott Crawford, 52, a Navy veteran and a member of the Ku Klux Klan, was found guilty in August 2015 of conspiring with another man to build a radiation dispersal device, dubbed a "death ray" by tabloids. Crawford is the first person to be convicted under a law barring attempts to acquire or use a radiological dispersal device, which combines conventional explosives, such as dynamite, with radioactive material. |
| Factbox - Contenders for senior jobs in Trump's administration | |  (Reuters) - The following people are mentioned as contenders for senior roles as U.S. President-elect Donald Trump assembles his administration before taking office on Jan. 20, according to Reuters sources and other media reports. Trump already has named a number of people for other top jobs in his administration. [nL1N1EE0X0] AGRICULTURE SECRETARY * Chuck Conner, a former acting secretary of the U.S. Agriculture Department and current head of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives * Tim Huelskamp, Republican U.S. ...
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| Gunman who killed Russian ambassador was Turkish riot police, minister says | | | ANKARA (Reuters) - The gunman who killed the Russian ambassador to Turkey in an attack at an art gallery on Monday evening was a police officer who worked for the Ankara riot police, Turkey's interior minister said. Suleyman Soylu told reporters that the assassination "has deeply" saddened the Turkish nation, saying it came at a time when Turkey and Russia had improved relations. Soylu also said that three other people were wounded in the attack, none seriously, and that one had been released already. (Reporting by Tuvan Gumrukcu; Writing by David Dolan; Editing by Humeyra Pamuk) |
| Cyrus Mistry quits Tata group company boards, but vows to fight on | |  By Promit Mukherjee and Abhirup Roy MUMBAI (Reuters) - Tata Sons' [TATAS.UL] ousted chairman Cyrus Mistry in a surprise move late on Monday said he was resigning from the boards of all listed Tata companies, but he vowed to keep fighting to improve governance within the $100 billion software-to-salt conglomerate. In a letter to all shareholders, Mistry hinted that he plans to continue his battle against Tata Sons in court. Mistry has for weeks waged a war of words against Tata Sons and Tata family patriarch Ratan Tata, who is back at the helm of the conglomerate on an interim basis.
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| U.S. ready to help Russia, Turkey investigate diplomat's killing - Kerry | |  U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry condemned the killing of the Russian ambassador to Turkey on Monday, and said the United States was ready to help Russia and Turkey investigate the attack. Ambassador Andrei Karlov was shot in the back and killed while giving a speech at an art gallery in the Turkish capital Ankara. "The United States condemns the assassination today in Ankara of Russian Ambassador Andrei Karlov," Kerry said in a statement.
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| Turkey will not allow Russian ambassador shooting to overshadow ties - ministry | | | ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey will not allow Monday's shooting of Russia's ambassador to Ankara to "cast a shadow" over Turkish-Russian friendship, the Turkey's foreign ministry said on Monday, expressing deep sadness and condemning the "lowly terrorist attack". The statement, paying tribute to the ambassador as being a well respected diplomat, said the attacker had been "neutralised" and that those responsible for the attack would be brought to justice. (Reporting by Tulay Karadeniz; Writing by Daren Butler; Editing by David Dolan) |
| U.S. judge orders unsealing of Clinton email probe search warrant | |  By Nate Raymond NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Monday ordered the unsealing of the application used to obtain a search warrant that allowed the FBI to gain access to emails related to Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's private server before the Nov. 8 election. U.S. District Judge Kevin Castel in Manhattan directed the release by Tuesday of redacted materials used to obtain a search warrant after Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey informed Congress of newly discovered emails on Oct. 28. Comey's letter drew new attention to a damaging issue for Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, and roiled the campaign 11 days before the Nov. 8 election, won by Republican Donald Trump.
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| Red Cross says employee kidnapped in northern Afghanistan | | | By Sardar Razmal KUNDUZ, Afghanistan (Reuters) - An employee of the International Committee of the Red Cross is missing after being pulled from a vehicle in northern Afghanistan on Monday, the aid organisation said. The man was among several ICRC staff members travelling between Mazar-i-Sharif and Kunduz when gunmen stopped the vehicles. The other staff were released, the ICRC said. |
| African states narrowly fail to stop U.N. gay rights envoy work | | | By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - African states narrowly failed on Monday for a second time to halt the work of the first U.N. independent investigator appointed to help protect gay and transgender people worldwide from violence and discrimination. The attempt was voted down in the U.N. General Assembly 84 to 77 with 16 abstentions, a month after African states made a similar unsuccessful move in the General Assembly's third committee, which deals with human rights. The 47-member U.N. Human Rights Council, based in Geneva, created the position in June and in September appointed Vitit Muntarbhorn of Thailand, who has a three-year mandate to investigate abuses against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people. |
| Soccer-British FAs fined over international poppy displays | |  The Football Associations of England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales have been fined for displaying poppies during World Cup qualifiers last month, soccer's governing body said on Monday. England, who said they would appeal, were fined 45,000 Swiss francs ($44,000) for what FIFA described as the "display of a political symbol" on players' shirts and around the stadium during the 3-0 win over Scotland at Wembley, plus crowd misconduct. Scotland were fined 20,000 Swiss francs for displaying the same political symbol as well as crowd problems.
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| Gunman who shot Russian ambassador was off-duty police officer - security sources | | | The gunman who shot the Russian ambassador to Turkey in an attack at an art gallery on Monday was an off-duty police officer who worked in the Turkish capital, two security sources told Reuters. Russia's foreign ministry earlier confirmed that the ambassador, Andrey Karlov, had died in the attack. |
| U.S. sees China returning drone as early as Tuesday in S.China Sea | |  By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States expects China to soon return an underwater U.S. drone after a Chinese naval vessel seized it last week, with one U.S. official telling Reuters the exchange could happen as early as Tuesday at an agreed spot in the South China Sea. China's seizure of the unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) triggered a diplomatic protest and speculation about whether U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will point to the incident as proof of the need to take a tougher line with Beijing. A Chinese warship took the drone, which the Pentagon says uses unclassified, commercially available technology to collect oceanographic data, on Thursday about 50 nautical miles ]northwest of Subic Bay in the Philippines.
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| U.S. condemns attack on Russian ambassador to Turkey | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States condemns the gun attack on the Russian ambassador to Turkey earlier on Monday, the U.S. State Department said. Ambassador Andrei Karlov died of his gunshot wounds after he was attacked at an art gallery in the Turkish capital Ankara on Monday, the Russian RIA news agency reported. "We condemn this act of violence, whatever its source," said U.S. State Department spokesman John Kirby in a statement. "Our thoughts and prayers are with him and his family." (Reporting by Yeganeh Torbati; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama) |
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