President-elect Weah says Liberia ‘open for business’, vows to fight corruption
MONROVIA (Reuters) – Liberian President-elect George Weah on Saturday declared the country open to investment and pledged to tackle entrenched corruption, in his first speech to the nation since decisively winning an election this week.
Turkey says Greece grants asylum to alleged coup plotter, move will affect ties
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey said on Saturday Greece had granted asylum to a Turkish soldier accused of a role in last year’s coup attempt, a decision it said would affect bilateral relations and cooperation on regional issues.
Egypt security forces kill three suspected militants, arrest 10 others
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian security forces killed three suspected militants in an exchange of gunfire at a farm they believed to be a militant hideout on the outskirts of Giza, the interior ministry said in a statement on Saturday.
Raid on senator’s home reveals divisions in Somali security forces
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Masked men who appeared to be members of the Somali security forces raided the house of a powerful Somali senator on Saturday, but the government initially said it did not know who they were, fuelling political tensions.
Firefighters battle blaze in Manchester apartment block
LONDON (Reuters) – Firefighters battled a blaze in a tower block in central Manchester, northern England, on Saturday with flames engulfing several apartments on the ninth floor.
As Peru president faced impeachment, jailed Fujimori worked to save both
LIMA (Reuters) – Last week, as Peru’s President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski scrambled to survive a bid in Congress to oust him in the wake of a graft scandal, his jailed authoritarian predecessor Alberto Fujimori called on his loyalists in Congress to save t…
Russia says it has detained a suspect in St. Petersburg supermarket blast
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s FSB security service said on Saturday it had detained the individual suspected of organizing and carrying out a bombing that injured 13 people in a St. Petersburg supermarket this week.
Street protests hit Iran for third straight day as pro-government rallies held
DUBAI (Reuters) – Anti-government protests broke out in Iran for the third day running on Saturday as separate state-sponsored rallies were staged to mark the end of unrest that shook the country in 2009, according to Iranian news agencies and state me…
Ten prisoners in eastern Turkey on hunger strike, health worsening: lawyers
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The health of 10 women prisoners in Turkey has deteriorated since they went on hunger strike to protest against a new security measure, a lawyers’ association in the southeastern province of Diyarbakir said on Saturday.
Man with explosives takes 11 hostages in Ukraine
KIEV (Reuters) – A man believed to be strapped with explosives has taken nine adults and two children hostage in a post office in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, police said on Saturday.
