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Iraqi officials arrest man wanted by Australian police as ‘number one priority’

By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Iraqi officials have arrested a man wanted by Australian Federal Police as a person of interest in the investigation into a spate of firebombings, including an antisemitic attack on a Melbourne synagogue, police said on Wednesday. Australian Federal ...
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UK’s foreign minister to urge NATO to focus on Arctic in Finland and Norway visit

By Catarina Demony LONDON, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Britain's foreign minister will visit Finland and Norway on Wednesday, where she will call for NATO to step up its work in the Arctic to safeguard regional interests against Russia. Yvette Cooper's Arctic Circle tour follows renewed threats ...
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US will take ‘very strong action’ if Iran hangs protesters, Trump tells CBS News

Jan 13 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the United States would take "very strong action" if the Iranian government starts hanging protesters, but did not elaborate on what those actions would be. "I haven't heard about the hanging. If they hang them, ...
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Venezuela’s top lawmaker says over 400 prisoners freed, NGOs say numbers much lower

Jan 13 (Reuters) - Venezuela's top lawmaker Jorge Rodriguez said on Tuesday that over 400 people had been freed from prison as part of process announced last week intended as a gesture of peace. Rights groups have said that the number of releases ranges between ...
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Trump says ‘HELP IS ON ITS WAY’ for Iran as protest death toll tops 2,000

(LONDON) -- The death toll from major anti-government protests in Iran reached at least 2,000 as of Tuesday, according to data published by the the U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), over 16 days of unrest.U.S. President Donald Trump wrote on social media ...
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Video of Minneapolis shooting convinced these Trump voters it was justifiable

By Julia Harte Jan 13 - Video of a U.S. immigration agent fatally shooting a Minneapolis mother in her car on Wednesday has divided the nation, becoming a political Rorschach test that elicits different verdicts depending on who views it. President Donald Trump and his administration ...
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The BBC seeks to dismiss Trump’s $10B defamation lawsuit in a Florida court

LONDON (AP) - The BBC will ask a court to throw out U.S. President Donald Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the British broadcaster, court papers show. Trump filed a lawsuit in December over the way the BBC edited a speech he gave on Jan. 6, ...
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Howling winds send walls crashing down on Gaza tent camps, killing 4

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - A teenage girl, two women and a man were killed overnight in Gaza after walls collapsed onto their tents during rainfall and strong winds that lashed the coastal territory, hospital authorities said Tuesday. Dangerous living conditions have plagued the ...
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Syrian army declares a closed military zone east of Aleppo as tensions rise with Kurds

ALEPPO, Syria (AP) - The Syrian army on Tuesday declared an area east of the northern city of Aleppo a "closed military zone," potentially signaling another escalation between government forces and fighters with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces. Several days of clashes in the city ...
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People inside Iran describe heavy security and scattered damage in first calls to outside world

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iranians could call abroad on mobile phones Tuesday for the first time since communications were halted during a crackdown on nationwide protests in which activists said at least 646 people have been killed. Several people in Tehran were able ...
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Australian teen charged with making hoax mass shooting calls in the US

SYDNEY, Jan 13 (Reuters) - A teenage boy from regional Australia has been charged with calling in false reports of mass shootings at U.S. retailers and educational institutions that allegedly caused widespread alarm, police said on Tuesday. The Australian Federal Police said their investigation began ...
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Uganda orders two rights groups to halt work days before election

KAMPALA, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Uganda's government has ordered two local rights groups to halt their work days before Thursday's election, which the United Nations Human Rights Office says is taking place in an atmosphere of repression and intimidation. The authorities have detained hundreds of ...
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