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Indian
jihadist ‘kills 55 for ISIS, quits because no pay’
An
Islamic State recruit from Greater Mumbai was intercepted in Turkey,
and then interrogated and arrested by India’s secret service.
Suspected of killing up to 55 people, he allegedly left because they
didn’t pay enough, India’s media reported.
Hosni Mubarak: Egypt court drops charges over 2011 uprisiфg deaths
A
court in Egypt has dropped charges against former President Hosni
Mubarak over the killing of 239 protesters during the 2011 uprising
against him.
The
Cairo court erupted in cheers when the judge said Mubarak should not
have been a defendant in the case as the charges against him were
added late.
Charges
against seven senior ex-officials were also dropped. The decision
could be appealed.
Victims'
relatives waiting outside expressed dismay and frustration.
And
later police fired tear gas to disperse a crowd of about 2,000 people
who gathered near Tahrir Square to voice their opposition to the
decision.
In
a TV interview after the ruling, Mubarak said he had done "nothing
wrong at all".
The
former president, 86, is serving a separate three-year sentence for
embezzlement of public funds.
Egyptian
police fire tear gas at Mubarak verdict protest near Tahrir Square
Egyptian
police in Cairo have used water cannon and tear gas against hundreds
of demonstrators protesting against the acquittal of former president
Hosni Mubarak by a local court. At least two people reportedly died
and nine were injured in clashes.
‘2nd
class citizen’: Israeli Arabs stamp Facebook pics to protest
‘Jewish state law’
Hundreds
of Arab Israelis this week have chosen to stamp their Facebook
profile pictures with a “second-class citizen” sign. The online
campaign mocks and protests the controversial Jewish nation state law
the Israeli parliament is set to vote on.
The
official-looking stamp has “second class citizen” written in
Hebrew and “State of Israel” in English. It was designed by two
artists, Haitham Charles and Sana Jamaileh, who wanted to make a
statement about the plans to anchor in law the status of Israel as
“the national homeland of the Jewish people.”
Nicolas
Sarkozy is back as leader of France’s main opposition party
Former
French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been elected leader of the
oppositional right-wing party UMP (Union for Popular Movement),
marking his return to politics and beginning his bid for French
presidency in 2017.
“I
would like to thank all the UMP members who did me the honor of
electing me leader of our political family,”
Sarkozy said on his Facebook page. “Their
mobilization, at a level unequalled in the history of our movement,
is the best response to two years of internal quarrels and
divisions.”
Sarkozy
won with 64.5 percent of the votes, beating his nearest rival Bruno
le Marie, with 155,000 members of UMP taking part in the election.
Britain’s
GCHQ monitored Irish internet traffic
Britain’s
surveillance body, Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ),
could be tapping underwater cables connecting Ireland to the global
web, according to a new document leaked by former NSA contractor
Edward Snowden and released by German media.
The
document, titled ‘Partner Cables,’ identifies the cables that
GCHQ has tried to gain access to, and names their owners by codename.
Vodafone
subsidiary Cable & Wireless apparently cooperated closely with
the British intelligence agency and provided them with details,
German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) reported as it published
the leak.
A
total of 63 submarine cables are listed – among which are 29 Cable
& Wireless lines under the alias GERONTIC, which are mentioned as
potential helpers. The Solas undersea cable – which links Ireland’s
County Wexford to Wales – is included in the list.
Germany’s
foreign intelligence accused of spying on own citizens abroad
BND,
Germany’s foreign intelligence service, used a loophole in the law
to snoop on the country’s citizens living abroad from 2000 to 2005,
the former agency’s lawyer told German MPs.
Usually,
there is law “G10” which specifies high legal hurdles to cover
before spying on German citizens, including when they live abroad. If
these requirements aren’t met, then the data on them should be
filtered from foreign communications received by BND.
However,
Dr. Stefan Burbaum told parliament about a loophole: a person was
named “office holder” if targeted.
"The
office holder is a legal person. It's a small exception. A German
citizen can function as an office holder in a foreign organization,"
Burbaum explained as quoted by the Local.
"The
decisive thing is whether he's communicating as a citizen or as an
office holder," he added.
BND
also breached “G10” legislation regarding telecom traffic,
retaining some content the service hadn’t been authorized to check.
So the law was turned into a “foot in the door” for some data
they wouldn’t have been able to get otherwise, Burbaum said.
The
intelligence agency came under heavy fire from MPs.
“This
construct of an ‘office holder’ is just as absurd in practice as
it appears in the law,” Konstantin von Notz of the Green party
said.
Officer
who shot Michael Brown quits Ferguson police department
Darren
Wilson, the police officer whose deadly shooting of an unarmed
18-year-old prompted months of protest in Ferguson, Missouri,
resigned from his job on Saturday after avoiding prosecution by the
state.
Wilson,
28, said in a resignation letter that he could not “put the
residents and police officers of the City of Ferguson at risk” by
remaining in his position. “It was my hope to continue in police
work, but the safety of other police officers and the community are
of paramount importance to me,” he said.
'Westminster rule must stop!' Scottish devolution vents new independence bid
There's
a strong feeling of resentment looming over the Scottish capital,
after Westminster outlined just how much power it's prepared to give
Scotland. Edinburgh says it's far short of the last minute pledges
made to voters during September's referendum to urge them to reject
independence
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