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Turkish official links Russian envoy killer to exiled cleric
9:49:23 PM

File photo of U.S. based cleric Fethullah Gulen at   his home in SaylorsburgBy 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".




Truck ploughs into crowd at Berlin Christmas market, nine dead
9:48:11 PM

Police and emergency workers are at the site of an   accident at a Christmas market in BerlinBy 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.




Berlin police arrest suspected truck attacker - police
9:28:19 PM

Police stand guard near a Christmas market in BerlinGerman 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.




IMF's Lagarde guilty, but not punished, in French negligence trial
9:26:41 PM

File photo of International Monetary Fund (IMF)   Managing Director Christine Lagarde who participated in One-to-One eventBy 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.




U.S.-based cleric's movement not involved in Russia envoy killing - Gulen adviser
8:53:19 PM
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.


Exclusive - U.S. proposed $5-7 billion penalty for Credit Suisse on toxic debt: -source
8:50:32 PM

The Credit Suisse logo is seen at the headquarters in   downtown MilanBy 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 person with knowledge of the discussions. 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.




Turkey foreign minister says common sense prevailing in Turkey, Russia
8:38:46 PM
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
8:35:07 PM

Police stand outside an Islamic center in central   ZurichA 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.




Three wounded in shooting near Zurich Islamic centre, target unclear
8:35:07 PM

Police stand outside an Islamic center in central   ZurichBy Michael Shields and Arnd Wiegmann ZURICH (Reuters) - Three people were wounded in a shooting near an Islamic centre in central Zurich on Monday, police said. Swiss media said a suspect was on the run after the incident near the main train station in Switzerland's financial capital. It was not immediately clear whether the Islamic centre or any of the other businesses registered buildings nearby, were the target of the attack, or what any motive might have been.




Erdogan says agrees with Putin on stronger fight against terrorism
8:23:57 PM
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)


No sign of revolt as U.S. Electoral College meets to confirm Trump
8:21:42 PM

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a USA   Thank You Tour event in Hershey, PennsylvaniaBy Roberta Rampton and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Electoral College began voting on Monday to confirm Republican Donald Trump as the next president, with no sign that electors would revolt and switch to losing candidate Hillary Clinton as some Democrats had urged. The Electoral College vote is normally a formality but this year it has taken on extra prominence after Clinton lost the Nov. 8 election on a state-by-state basis despite winning the popular vote nationwide. There were protests at some state capitols on Monday, but no sign that the Electoral College's 538 electors, chosen by state parties, were switching to Clinton.




U.S. sees China returning drone as early as Tuesday in South China Sea
8:18:16 PM

The oceanographic survey ship, USNS Bowditch, is   shown September 20, 2002, which deployed an underwater drone seized by a Chinese   Navy warship in international waters in South China SeaBy 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.




Turkey's Erdogan says Putin agrees shooting of ambassador was provocation
8:16:43 PM
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
7:41:43 PM
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.


U.S. charges Platinum Partners executives with $1 billion fraud
7:33:54 PM

U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York   Capers arrives to speak to media to announce the unsealing of an indictment   charging Mark Nordlicht and six other individuals with fraud, in New York CityBy 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 an approximately $1 billion fraud that federal prosecutors said became "like a Ponzi scheme" as its largest investments lost much of their value. Mark Nordlicht, Platinum's founding partner and chief investment officer, was arrested at his New Rochelle, New York, as federal prosecutors in Brooklyn accused him and six others of participating in a pair of schemes to defraud investors.




Russian ambassador shot dead in Ankara gallery
7:28:40 PM

Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov lies on   the ground after he was shot by unidentified man at an art gallery in AnkaraBy Tuvan Gumrukcu and Umit Bektas 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. The Russian foreign ministry confirmed the death of envoy Andrei Karlov, calling it a "terrorist act". Relations between Moscow and Ankara have long been strained over the conflict in Syria, with the two support opposing sides in the war.




Factbox - Contenders for senior jobs in Trump's administration
7:24:28 PM

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a USA   Thank You Tour event in Mobile, Alabama(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. ...




Gunman who killed Russian ambassador was Turkish riot police, minister says
7:20:43 PM
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
7:18:08 PM

Tata Group Chairman Mistry speaks to shareholders   during TCS annual general meeting in MumbaiBy 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.




U.S. ready to help Russia, Turkey investigate diplomat's killing - Kerry
7:10:25 PM

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry gestures during a   news conference in RiyadhU.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.




Turkey will not allow Russian ambassador shooting to overshadow ties - ministry
6:55:52 PM
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
6:47:19 PM

Clinton delivers remarks at a ceremony to unveil a   portrait honoring Reid on Capitol Hill in WashingtonBy 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.




Red Cross says employee kidnapped in northern Afghanistan
6:40:43 PM
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
6:29:59 PM
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
6:09:25 PM

A TV team is reflected in a logo of FIFA at its   headquarters in ZurichThe 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.




Gunman who shot Russian ambassador was off-duty police officer - security sources
5:59:37 PM
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
5:32:47 PM

A satellite image shows what CSIS Asia Maritime   Transparency Initiative says appears to be anti-aircraft guns and what are likely   to be close-in weapons systems (CIWS) on the artificial island Subi Reef in the   South China SeaBy 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.




U.S. condemns attack on Russian ambassador to Turkey
5:28:55 PM
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)


Further gunfire heard at gallery where Russian ambassador shot - CNN Turk
4:50:01 PM
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Gunfire continued to resound inside an art gallery in the Turkish capital Ankara where the Russian ambassador was shot on Monday, broadcaster CNN Turk reported. It said there were reports that the assailant had entered the gallery with a police ID and had opened fire on the ambassador as he made a speech. A photo broadcast on TV showed two people lying on the ground in the gallery. (Writing by Daren Butler; Editing by Robin Pomeroy)


Jordanian gunmen planned wider attacks - minister
4:23:39 PM

Jordanian policemen stand guard after ending security   operations in the vicinity of Karak CastleBy Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - Four gunmen who shot dead nine people in Jordan on Sunday had stored suicide vests and other weapons that indicated they planned wider attacks across the country, Interior Minister Salamah Hamad said. Jordanian security forces said they had killed four "terrorist outlaws" after flushing them out of a Crusader castle in the southern city of Karak. Authorities have yet to say if the attack, unusual for Jordan, was driven by Islamist militancy, tribal grievances or some other cause.




Protesters, military on Congo streets as Kabila's mandate expires
4:16:01 PM

File picture of Democratic Republic of Congo's   President Kabila attending the signing ceremony of the Peace, Security and   Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Great Lakes, at   the African Union Headquarters in Addis AbabaSecurity forces blocked access to Kinshasa University, facing off against groups waving red cards saying "Bye, bye Kabila," as time ticked down to midnight. Militia fighters raided a jail in eastern Congo's Butembo trying to free prisoners, triggering clashes that killed a South African U.N. peacekeeper and a police officer. Seven attackers were also killed, Kabila's chief diplomat Barnabe Kikaya told a news conference in Kinshasa.




Murdoch denies pressuring UK prime ministers ahead of Sky submission
3:57:15 PM

Murdoch, News Corp. and 21st Century Fox CEO, speaks   during the annual Lowy Lecture at the Sydney Town HallRupert Murdoch said on Monday he had never asked a British prime minister for anything, seeking to play down his influence ahead of what is likely to be a politically charged approval process for his $14.6 billion bid for pay-TV group Sky. The 85-year-old's Twenty-First Century Fox made a formal approach to take full control of the British-based Sky last week, reigniting a row over whether the media mogul controls too much of Britain's media and had too much sway over politicians. Murdoch's previous attempt to buy the 61 percent of Sky he did not already own was scuppered in 2011 by a phone-hacking scandal at one of his tabloid newspapers.




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