The United States conducts airstrikes targeting
Kuwaiti-
British militant
Jihadi John. Later, the U.S. says it is "reasonably certain" a drone strike in
Syria killed Jihadi John, né Mohammed Emwazi.
(BBC)(Reuters)
During an arrest attempt in
Cairo, Egyptian security forces kill Aly Ashraf Hassanein al Gharabli, an
ISIL-linked militant who masterminded the murder of
Apache Corporation worker William Henderson in
Egypt last year.
(Fuel Fix)
At least 22 people are killed this week in a string of raids on villages in the
Central African Republic. The escalation of violence threatens to derail a visit by
Pope Francis and crucial elections scheduled for December 27, 2015.
(Reuters)
South Korean news agency
Yonhap reports China's
mobile phone users are discarding 80 million devices annually, but almost none are being
recycled. China's recycling rate stands at 9-10 percent of the global recycling average.
(UPI)
The bodies of eight babies are found wrapped in towels and inside plastic bags in an apartment in the town of
Wallenfels in Germany's state of
Bavaria. Authorities are looking for the apartment's most recent occupant, Andrea G, a 45-year-old woman.
(CNN)(Irish Times)
At least four people are dead and 33 injured in a landslide in China's
Zhejiang province.
(CRI)
International Relations
U.S. diplomats, amid growing international concern the violence could spiral into an ethnic conflict, push for peace talks in
Burundi. The
European Union advises non-essential staff to evacuate the
Central African nation amid rising violence and an uptick in political rhetoric. The head of the opposition
UPRONA group urges the
United Nations to send
peacekeepers quickly. Yesterday, the
UN Security Council called on the Burundi Government to protect human rights and cooperate with regional African mediators to immediately convene "an inclusive and genuine inter-Burundian dialogue" to find a peaceful resolution of the crisis.
(Al Jazeera)(Reuters)(UN)
German ChancellorAngela Merkel asserts she still isn't prepared to name an upper limit to the number of refugees who can come to Germany, despite mounting domestic political pressure.
(AP)
Oxfam's Belgrade Center for Human Rights reports migrants coming through
Bulgaria have faced beatings, threats and other abuses by police, though the country's own refugee agency said it had received no such complaints.
(Reuters)
U.S. Secretary of StateJohn Kerry meets in
Vienna, Austria, with the foreign ministers of Turkey and
Saudi Arabia, as well as the
U.N. special envoy for
Syria, ahead of Saturday's next round of international summits on the Syrian Civil War. The talks, aimed toward a cease-fire in Syria's devastating war and a political transition to a post-war government, will include senior officials from 19 nations/groups and, as in October,
Iran will participate.
(AP)
As a temporary security measure, effective Saturday, Russia bans incoming flights by
Egypt's state-owned airline,
EgyptAir, two weeks after an apparent terrorist bomb downed a Russian jet in the
Sinai.
(Reuters)
Law and crime
Police in the
Dominican Republic raid a mansion owned by 30-year-old Francisco Flores de Freites, one of the two nephews of
Venezuelan President
Nicolás Maduro facing charges for allegedly trying to traffic 800 kg of cocaine into the U.S., and found more than 280 pounds of cocaine and 22 pounds of heroin hidden inside the nephew's posh
Casa de Campo property and a 135-foot yacht named "The Kingdom" docked behind it.
(Fox News)
The United States conducts airstrikes targeting
Kuwaiti-
British militant
Jihadi John. Later, the U.S. says it is "reasonably certain" a drone strike in
Syria killed Jihadi John, né Mohammed Emwazi.
(BBC)(Reuters)
During an arrest attempt in
Cairo, Egyptian security forces kill Aly Ashraf Hassanein al Gharabli, an
ISIL-linked militant who masterminded the murder of
Apache Corporation worker William Henderson in
Egypt last year.
(Fuel Fix)
At least 22 people are killed this week in a string of raids on villages in the
Central African Republic. The escalation of violence threatens to derail a visit by
Pope Francis and crucial elections scheduled for December 27, 2015.
(Reuters)
South Korean news agency
Yonhap reports China's
mobile phone users are discarding 80 million devices annually, but almost none are being
recycled. China's recycling rate stands at 9-10 percent of the global recycling average.
(UPI)
The bodies of eight babies are found wrapped in towels and inside plastic bags in an apartment in the town of
Wallenfels in Germany's state of
Bavaria. Authorities are looking for the apartment's most recent occupant, Andrea G, a 45-year-old woman.
(CNN)(Irish Times)
At least four people are dead and 33 injured in a landslide in China's
Zhejiang province.
(CRI)
International Relations
U.S. diplomats, amid growing international concern the violence could spiral into an ethnic conflict, push for peace talks in
Burundi. The
European Union advises non-essential staff to evacuate the
Central African nation amid rising violence and an uptick in political rhetoric. The head of the opposition
UPRONA group urges the
United Nations to send
peacekeepers quickly. Yesterday, the
UN Security Council called on the Burundi Government to protect human rights and cooperate with regional African mediators to immediately convene "an inclusive and genuine inter-Burundian dialogue" to find a peaceful resolution of the crisis.
(Al Jazeera)(Reuters)(UN)
German ChancellorAngela Merkel asserts she still isn't prepared to name an upper limit to the number of refugees who can come to Germany, despite mounting domestic political pressure.
(AP)
Oxfam's Belgrade Center for Human Rights reports migrants coming through
Bulgaria have faced beatings, threats and other abuses by police, though the country's own refugee agency said it had received no such complaints.
(Reuters)
U.S. Secretary of StateJohn Kerry meets in
Vienna, Austria, with the foreign ministers of Turkey and
Saudi Arabia, as well as the
U.N. special envoy for
Syria, ahead of Saturday's next round of international summits on the Syrian Civil War. The talks, aimed toward a cease-fire in Syria's devastating war and a political transition to a post-war government, will include senior officials from 19 nations/groups and, as in October,
Iran will participate.
(AP)
As a temporary security measure, effective Saturday, Russia bans incoming flights by
Egypt's state-owned airline,
EgyptAir, two weeks after an apparent terrorist bomb downed a Russian jet in the
Sinai.
(Reuters)
Law and crime
Police in the
Dominican Republic raid a mansion owned by 30-year-old Francisco Flores de Freites, one of the two nephews of
Venezuelan President
Nicolás Maduro facing charges for allegedly trying to traffic 800 kg of cocaine into the U.S., and found more than 280 pounds of cocaine and 22 pounds of heroin hidden inside the nephew's posh
Casa de Campo property and a 135-foot yacht named "The Kingdom" docked behind it.
(Fox News)