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Gunman caught
ISTANBUL – The gunman suspected of killing 39 people in an Istanbul nightclub on New Year’s Day has been caught by police in the city’s Esenyurt district, the Hurriyet newspaper website and other media reports said on Tuesday.
The man, who media quoted police as saying had operated under the cover name Abu Muhammed Horasani, was caught in a hideout with his four-year-old son, Hurriyet reported. The reports could not immediately be confirmed.
PM investigated
OTTAWA – Canada’s ethics watchdog is investigating whether Prime Minister Justin Trudeau violated conflict of interest laws by taking a New Year’s vacation on an island in the Bahamas owned by the Aga Khan, the first such probe of a sitting PM. Mr Trudeau has faced repeated questions from the opposition about his trip to Bell Island, which sits in a national park in the Bahamas.
Wife arrested
SAN FRANCISCO – The FBI on Monday arrested the wife of the gunman who killed 49 people at an Orlando gay nightclub last year, a massacre that intensified fears about attacks against Americans inspired by Islamic State, officials said. Noor Salman, 30, is being charged with obstruction of justice and aiding and abetting by providing material support to a terrorist organisation, Orlando Police Chief John Mina said in a statement. Salman’s arrest came seven months after her husband, Omar Mateen, went on a hours-long siege at the Florida club that ended when police killed him.
EU speaker
STRASBOURG – The European Parliament elects a new speaker on Tuesday in an unusually hotly contested vote that could strengthen eurosceptic forces at a time when the EU faces British moves to leave and questions about its future role. A divisive campaign and the end of the “grand coalition” of the main parties is also likely to hamper the assembly, delaying lawmaking — another boon for anti-EU parties who portray the union as rigid and bureaucratic.
Ukrainian faith
KIEV – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Monday Ukrainians risked becoming disillusioned with Ukraine’s pro-European path if there are further delays to plans to cement its closer integration with the EU. The EU reached an agreement on visa waivers for Ukraine in December, after weeks of stalling, but the decision has yet to come into effect.
Merkel on fate
BERLIN – Europe’s destiny lies in its own hands, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday in response to comments from US president-elect Donald Trump, who said in a newspaper interview he believed other countries would leave the EU after Britain.
“I think we Europeans have our fate in our own hands,” Ms Merkel told a joint news conference.
