US spy chief James Clapper alleges Russia cyber attack
Top intelligence officials accuse Moscow of interfering in US elections, a day before spy agencies brief Donald Trump.
US spy chiefs insisted they have strong evidence that Russia mounted an unprecedented bid to disrupt the American election, standing firm in the face of president-elect Donald Trump's refusal to accept their conclusions.
One day before the heads of four top intelligence bodies brief the president-elect on their assessment of Russian meddling in last year's vote, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told a Senate hearing on Thursday he had "very high" confidence in their findings.
"The Russians have a long history of interfering in elections, theirs and other people's," he told the Armed Services Committee. "But we have never encountered such a direct campaign to interfere with the election process as we have seen in this case.
Germany sued for damages of 'forgotten genocide' in Namibia
Descendants of the Herero and Nama people brought lawsuit for what they called a campaign of genocide by German colonial troops in the early 1900s
Reuters in New York
Germany has been sued for damages in the United States by descendants of the Herero and Nama people of Namibia, for what they called a campaign of genocide by German colonial troops in the early 1900s that led to more than 100,000 deaths.
According to a complaint filed on Thursday with the US district court in Manhattan, Germany has excluded the plaintiffs from talks with Namibia regarding what occurred, and has publicly said any settlement will not include reparations to victims, even if compensation is awarded to Namibia itself.
Iranian Man jailed for protesting against acid attacks goes on hunger strike for 65 days
'My son is not a killer, he’s not a criminal,' his mother says
A man has spent 65 days on hunger strike in an Iranian prison to protest against his five-year sentence for taking part in a demonstration against acid attacks on women.
Ali Shariati's health has deteriorated as his weight dropped dramatically, his mother said.
The 30-year-old was sentenced to five years in September 2015 for attending a demonstration against government inaction following a spate of acid attacks in a number of Iranian cities.
06 January 2017 - 04H39
Japan says recalling envoy to S.Korea over new 'comfort woman' statue
Japan said on Friday that it had decided to temporarily recall its ambassador to South Korea to protest the placing of a statue symbolising victims of Japanese wartime sex slavery outside its consulate in the city of Busan last month.
Chief government spokesman Yoshihide Suga announced the move at a press conference along with additional measures that include postponing high-level economic discussions.
"The Japanese government finds this situation extremely regrettable," he said.
Osama bin Laden's son Hamza put on US terror watch list
Updated 0207 GMT (1007 HKT) January 6, 2017
One of 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden's sons has been placed on a State Department terror watch list after he reportedly threatened terror attacks against the US.
Hamza bin Laden was named as a "Specially Designated Global Terrorist," which "imposes sanctions on foreign persons determined to have committed, or pose a serious risk of committing, acts of terrorism that threaten the security of US nationals or the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the United States," according to a release from the State Department.
Nigeria finds Chibok girl kidnapped by Boko Haram, with baby
Army spokesman Col. Sani Kukasheka Usman identified the latest girl to be freed and said she has a 6-month-old baby.
Soldiers interrogating captured Boko Haram suspects have found one of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by the insurgents nearly three years ago, along with her baby, Nigeria's military said Thursday.
Nearly 300 girls writing science exams were kidnapped by Boko Haram from a government boarding school in the remote northeastern town of Chibok in April 2014, a mass abduction that shocked the world and brought Boko Haram international attention. Most of the girls remain in captivity. Boko Haram means "Western education is forbidden" in the Hausa language, and the group's fighters have attacked many schools and killed hundreds of students.
In May, one Chibok girl escaped. In October, the government negotiated the release of 21 more. Another girl was freed in November in an army raid on an extremist camp in the Sambisa Forest.
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