Blasts, gunfire heard in Nigerian city of Maiduguri, witnesses say
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Blasts and gunfire were heard on Thursday in Maiduguri, the city in northeastern Nigeria that has been the hardest hit by the Boko Haram insurgency, witnesses said.
Peru top court says ex-president Humala must be freed from jail
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s top court ruled that ex-President Ollanta Humala and his wife must be freed from jail, where they have been spent the past nine months awaiting trial over money laundering allegations that they deny, the president of the court s…
Blasts and gunfire heard in northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri: witnesses
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Blasts and gunfire were heard on Thursday in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, the city worst hit by the Islamist militant Boko Haram insurgency, witnesses said.
Libyan commander Haftar back in Benghazi after medical treatment
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Veteran military commander Khalifa Haftar, the most powerful figure in eastern Libya, returned to Benghazi on Thursday after a two-week absence during which he received medical treatment in Paris.
Madagascar opposition calls on president to resign in election law dispute
ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) – Madagascar’s opposition called on Thursday for the president and prime minister to resign and said it would no longer negotiate in a deepening dispute over new election laws.
Lebanon vote under new rules likely to keep old guard in power
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese will have a first opportunity in nine years to vote in a general election on May 6 under new rules, expected to bring some changes to parliament but preserve a unity government combining its main political blocs.
Facing jail, staff from Turkey’s Cumhuriyet newspaper vow to keep working
ANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The editor-in-chief of Turkey’s opposition Cumhuriyet newspaper said on Thursday he was unbowed by a government crackdown and would not abandon journalism, a day after a court sentenced him and more than a dozen colleagues t…
Armistice and axe murders: Korea’s DMZ summit site full of diplomatic, military history
SEOUL (Reuters) – The “peace village” of Panmunjom, with its cluster of distinctive bright blue buildings and chequered history of defections, tension and murder, is an apt choice for the first inter-Korean summit in more than a decade.
Trump to visit Britain, hold talks with UK’s May July 13
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will travel to Britain in July for a working visit with Prime Minister Theresa May, after months of back-and-forth over when the U.S. president would visit what traditionally has been the United States…
Mattis expects ‘re-energized’ effort against Islamic State in Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Thursday that he expected a “re-energized” effort against Islamic State militants in eastern Syria in the coming days.
