WORLD

• Belgium Says Law On Raids May Have Allowed Suspect To Escape

  Milan Schreuer and Sewell Chan, The New York Times | Thursday December 17, 2015, Paris

  Authorities in Belgium said Wednesday that one of the Paris attackers may have been holed up in a house in Brussels two nights after 130 people were killed and hundreds more injured - but that he could have escaped because of a law banning police raids on private homes from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m., according to the country's justice minister.
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  Vladimir Putin Says Russia Supports US Draft Resolution On Cutting ISIS Finances

  Agence France-Presse | Thursday December 17, 2015, Moscow

  President Vladimir Putin said today that Russia supported a US-backed draft resolution aimed at ramping up sanctions against the ISIS and cutting off its revenue flows.
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  Vladimir Putin Says Russia Prepared For Any Economic Situation

  Agence France-Presse | Thursday December 17, 2015, Moscow

  President Vladimir Putin said today Russia was prepared to face any economic situation as the country's energy-dependent economy reels from lower oil prices.
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  Vladimir Putin Says Russian Strikes 'Support' Syrian Opposition Fighting ISIS

  Agence France-Presse | Thursday December 17, 2015, Moscow

  Russian President Vladimir Putin said today that Russian forces in Syria have been providing air support to some of the armed opposition groups that are fighting the ISIS.
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  New Laser-Printed Mona Lisa 10,000 Times Smaller

  Associated Press | Thursday December 17, 2015, London

  Scientists have successfully printed a microscopic version of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, which is 10,000 times smaller than the original painting, using a revolutionary new laser printing technology.
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  23 Kurdish Rebels Killed In Clashes In Turkey: Reports

  Associated Press | Thursday December 17, 2015, ANKARA, Turkey

  Turkey's state-run news agency says the number of Kurdish rebels killed in two days of operations launched by the security forces in southeast Turkey has reached 23.
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  China Launches Satellite To Shed Light On Dark Matter

  Press Trust of India | Thursday December 17, 2015, Beijing

  China today successfully launched the country's first space telescope in search for signals of dark matter, an invisible material that makes up most of the universe's mass.
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  French Far-Right Leader Marine Le Pen Removes James Foley Picture From Twitter

  Agence France-Presse | Thursday December 17, 2015, Paris

  French far-right leader Marine Le Pen today removed a photograph of the decapitated body of US journalist James Foley from her Twitter account after his parents accused her of using it for political gain.
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  Court Blocks WhatsApp Brazil Message Service For 48 Hours

  Reuters | Thursday December 17, 2015, Rio de Janeiro

  Access in Brazil to the WhatsApp phone-messaging application was cut off early on Thursday after a Brazilian judge told local phone companies to block the popular service for 48 hours for failure to comply with a July court order in a criminal case.
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  Climate Change Rapidly Warming World's Lakes: Study

  Press Trust of India | Thursday December 17, 2015, Washington

  Climate change is rapidly warming lakes around the world, threatening freshwater supplies and ecosystems, a new global study led by an Indian-origin researcher has warned.
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  French Railways Test Software To Track Suspicious Behaviour

  Agence France-Presse | Thursday December 17, 2015, Paris

  Software that monitors suspicious behaviour and luggage could eventually be integrated into 40,000 surveillance cameras across France, a railway firm said Wednesday, as the country tightens security after last month's deadly Paris attacks.
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  Not All Syrians In Turkey 'Dying To Go To Europe'

  Agence France-Presse | Thursday December 17, 2015, Osmaniye, Turkey

  Mohammed, 22, has lived in Turkey for four years since fleeing Syria, just months after the civil war erupted that has torn his homeland apart.