International Glance
Over the decades, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has cultivated an image as a tough-talking leader in the global struggle against terrorism. That reputation could be put to the test this month in a landmark court case that could force him to choose between supporting victims of Palestinian violence and risking a diplomatic rift with China.
Netanyahu's government must decide whether to allow a former Israeli security official to testify as a star witness who could tip the scales in the case, filed by families of victims of suicide bombers who accuse the Bank of China of facilitating terrorist funding via accounts in the U.S.
Israel blocks witness in US anti-terrorism case
Toronto police: 380 children rescued during kid-porn investigation
Canadian police reviewed the results Thursday of a lengthy investigation into a Toronto producer of child pornography, including the rescue of 380 children.
Investigators said almost 350 people have been arrested around the world, including 108 in Canada and 76 in the United States, CNN reported. Brian Way, owner of a Toronto film company, Azov Films, has been behind bars since 2011.
Joanna Beaven-Desjardins, a Toronto police inspector, said investigators there began working with law enforcement in other countries in 2010 to look into Way's activities. She said producers of films made elsewhere have been arrested in their home countries.
Volkswagen recalls 2.6 million cars
German carmaker Volkswagen has announced a recall of about 2.6 million cars worldwide, including 640,000 in China, a crucial growth market.
The recall affects a range of models that may have problems with lights, leaking fuel lines and the wrong type of engine oil. It includes 800,000 of its Tiguan SUV model, one of VW's best-selling models globally this year.
The recall is one of the biggest in VW's history.
Apple under investigation in Italy for alleged tax fraud: source
"The Apple investigation is under way," the judicial source said on Wednesday, without giving details.
The Italian subsidiary of Apple was not immediately available for comment.
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Fukushima residents may never go home, say Japanese officials
Japanese officials have admitted for the first time that thousands of people evacuated from areas near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant may never be able to return home.
A report by members of the governing Liberal Democratic party [LDP] and its junior coalition partner urges the government to abandon its promise to all 160,000 evacuees that their irradiated homes will be fit to live in again.
The plan instead calls for financial support for displaced residents to move to new homes elsewhere, and for more state funding for the storage of huge quantities of radioactive waste being removed from the 12-mile evacuation zone around the plant.
Israeli PM orders rethink on West Bank settlement construction
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered his housing minister to reconsider construction plans for more than 20,000 homes in the West Bank.
He said the plans, announced by Housing Minister Uri Ariel earlier on Tuesday, would create unnecessary friction with the international community.
The US had earlier said it was "deeply concerned" over the Israeli plans. The Palestinians had said they would appeal to the UN, warning that Israel's move would kill off peace talks.
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu freezes E. Jerusalem housing plans
Israel's Prime Minister Tuesday ordered the Housing Ministry to freeze construction plans for housing in the E1 area that links Ma'aleh Adumim to Jerusalem.
Binyamin Netanyahu ordered the ministry to immediately halt plans to issue tenders to build 1,200 housing units in the area, Haaretz and Ynetnews.com reported. The Housing Ministry had issued a tender to hire an architect to plan the construction of the units in the E1 area as well as an additional 20,000 housing units in West Bank settlements at a cost of $13 million, Haaretz said.
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