STOCKHOLM – Tempering expectations on a global climate deal in Paris this year, the U.N.’s top climate diplomat has warned against assuming the pact will “miraculously solve climate change.” As negotiators prepare for a new round of talks in Geneva next week, U.N. climate chief Christiana Figueres said Thursday the …
Read More »
PARIS – The ATP has dropped its investigation into Tunisian player Malek Jaziri’s withdrawal ahead of a possible match against an Israeli opponent. The ATP says it is “fully satisfied” that Jaziri withdrew because of a legitimate injury and “this matter is considered closed.” Jaziri retired from his first-round match …
Read More »
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba – Lawyers for a Saudi prisoner charged in the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the U.S. are seeking access to his medical records and to allow him to meet with officials from his government. The attorneys for Mustafa Hawsawi say he’s seriously ill and want …
Read More »
KAMPALA, Uganda – Human Rights Watch says South Sudan’s military is actively recruiting boys into the armed forces despite assurances to the contrary. The rights watchdog said in a statement Monday that boys as young as 13 have been recruited as soldiers, often by force, in South Sudan’s oil-producing state …
Read More »
OSLO, Norway – After a series of attacks against Jews in Europe, young Muslims in Norway plan to form a “ring of peace” around a synagogue in Oslo. In a Facebook invitation for the event Saturday, organizers say “Muslims want to show that we strongly reject any type of anti-Semitism …
Read More »
SKOPJE, Macedonia – Macedonia’s leftwing opposition leader claims that more than 100 journalists were among the victims of alleged mass wire-tapping by the country’s government and secret police chief. Zoran Zaev on Wednesday published what he said were excerpts of taped conversations by journalists in both state-run and independent outlets, …
Read More »
COPENHAGEN, Denmark – A man suspected of providing a bullet-proof jacket to the gunman who killed two people in attacks in Copenhagen has been jailed for 26 days. The 18-year-old man, who cannot be named under a court order, reportedly is the younger brother of Omar El-Hussein, who killed a …
Read More »
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – Saudi Arabia’s state news agency says a drive-by shooting near the kingdom’s capital, Riyadh, killed two policemen. The Saudi Press Agency says gunmen opened fire from a car at a police patrol east of Riyadh in the early hours on Wednesday. The shooting resulted in the …
Read More »
MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s Federal Telecommunications Institute has announced that one of two companies to which it awarded a new television channel last month has not followed through with a required payment. The agency said late Friday that Radio Centro had decided not to make the payment for the 20-year …
Read More »
BRUSSELS – A European Union-appointed investigator has cleared the EU’s justice and police mission in Kosovo of conspiring to cover up allegations of corruption against one of its judges. Investigator Jean-Paul Jaque’s report released Tuesday found that no member of the so-called EULEX mission working in Kosovo or in Brussels …
Read More »