World News Briefs -- February 26, 2015

Thursday, 26 February 2015





EXCLUSIVE: First picture of the face of the angelic schoolboy who turned into reviled ISIS executioner. How polite west London pupil became bloodthirsty Jihadi John



* Mohammad Emwazi unmasked as ruthless Islamic State murderer Jihadi John

* Pictured here as a schoolboy for the first time without his notorious black mask

* Classmates in west London say he was more interested in football than Islam

* Teachers remember him as 'hard-working...everything you would ever want in a student'

* Emwazi was born in Kuwait, but moved to Britain with his family at the age of six

* He was on a terror watch list, but managed to flee to Syria in 2012




MIDDLE EAST



U.S.-led coalition launches 14 air strikes against Islamic State: statemen t.



ISIL seizes strategic bridge in Iraq's Anbar .



Jordan assumes leading role vs. Islamic State militants .



Insight: Jordan takes no chances in confronting homegrown Jihadis .



ISIS militants destroy ancient statues, relics in Iraq . Militants abduct more Christians, smash ancient artifacts .



Syria refugee crisis nears 'dangerous turning point':UN .



Kurds blocking return of Arabs to disputed Iraq areas: watchdog .



Kerry heading to Switzerland for next round of nuclear talks .



Yemen leader meets UN envoy in southern refuge Aden .



Axe murderer and heroin smuggler are both beheaded in Saudi Arabia, bringing the number of death sentences carried out in the kingdom to 34 this year .



Rebuilding Gaza could take a century if Israel keeps blockade .



Jordan, Israel agree $900 million Red Sea-Dead Sea project .



ASIA



NATO coalition convoy struck in Kabul .



Suicide attack 'targets Turkish embassy car' in Kabul .



Afghans in frantic search for avalanche survivors . Avalanches kill scores in Afghanistan's northeast .



Detained Maldives' ex-leader denies ordering judge's arrest.



US: China is expanding its South China Sea outposts . China doing 'large scale' reclamation in disputed islands: media .



China investors top U.S. list of 2013 national security reviews .



Sexual revolution: S. Korean court abolishes punishment for extramarital affairs .



AFRICA



Boko Haram attacks force Canadian withdrawal in Niger .



Nigeria Boko Haram: Many killed in bus station bombings . Bomb attacks kill at least 23 in north, central Nigeria.



Goodluck Jonathan visits site of Boko Haram massacre.



Nigeria's opposition will not tolerate any more vote delays: Buhari .



Somalia's al Shabaab say fire mortars at presidential palace .



NATO ready to advise Libya on security, eyes more drones .



Coalition partners threaten to challenge Ivory Coast president at polls .



Sudan's Bashir says will quit in 2020 if re-elected president . Sudanese leader says being hounded by ICC, West.



EUROPE



Ukrainian military pulls back heavy weaponry from eastern front . Ukraine, rebels start pulling back heavy weapons in the east . Ukraine begins artillery withdrawal, recognizing truce is holding .



Ukraine may lose IMF aid if conflict escalates — media .



EU-Russia-Ukraine gas talks to be held on Monday: EU .



Georgia says Russia bent on 'creeping annexation' of breakaway regions .



Greek protesters clash with police in first backlash against Syriza .



Suspected European arms traffickers extradited from Montenegro to U.S. .



Spain blasts ex-PM meeting with Castro in Cuba.



France unveils reforms to tackle Muslim radicalisation .



AMERICAS



Kofi Annan in Cuba to boost Colombia-FARC peace talks .



Emergency responders investigate possible Virginia Ebola case .



Venezuela clamps down further on dissent amid deepening economic woes .



Obama to ban bullets by executive action, threatens top-selling AR-15 rifle .



Victory for Argentine leader: Judge rejects cover-up case . Argentina: President Cristina Fernandez case dismissed.



Argentina replaces head of Cabinet amid political turmoil .



UN chief backs efforts to re-launch dialogue in Venezuela .



Canada considers sending troops to Ukraine .



Mexico president in crisis is losing support of big business .



What a Homeland Security shutdown would mean: Who works & who won’t .



US inflation rate remains negative .



TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR



UK man behind Isis beheadings identified as Mohammed Emwazi . 'Jihadi John' raised in UK, studied computers, reports say .



Paradise jihadis: Maldives sees surge in young Muslims leaving for Syria .



US: 3 accused in Islamic State plot had vocalized beliefs .



ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS



Google's quiet dominance over the 'ad tech' industry .



China's loans to Latin America 'rose to $22bn in 2014' .



Net neutrality rules passed by US regulator . Telecom industry slams FCC net neutrality move .

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