U.N. calls on social media giants to control platforms used to lure African migrants
GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N. migration agency called on social media giants on Friday to control their platforms that it said are being used by smugglers to lure West African migrants to Libya where they face detention, torture and slavery.
U.N. warns against any hasty returns of Rohingya to Myanmar
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday that peace and stability must be restored in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine state before any Rohingyas can return from Bangladesh, under international standards on voluntary repatr…
South Africa’s high court rules Zuma appointment of state prosecutor invalid
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s High Court ruled on Friday that President Jacob Zuma’s appointment of a state prosecutor responsible for deciding whether to reinstate corruption charges against him was not valid and should be set aside immediat…
Zimbabwe court postpones U.S. citizen’s subversion case to January
HARARE (Reuters) – A Zimbabwean court has postponed to Jan. 4 the trial of a U.S. citizen accused of attempting to undermine the authority of former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe’s government.
China warns of imminent attacks by “terrorists” in Pakistan
BEIJING (Reuters) – China on Friday warned its nationals in Pakistan of plans for a series of imminent “terrorist attacks” on Chinese targets there, an unusual alert as it pours funds into infrastructure projects into a country plagued by militancy.
Trial over ‘Love Parade’ deaths begins in Germany
BERLIN (Reuters) – Ten people went on trial in Germany on Friday for alleged failures in planning the “Love Parade” music festival in 2010 when 21 people were killed and more than 650 injured in a stampede.
Israel allows Jerusalem mosque access despite Palestinian ‘day of rage’
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli police preparing for a Palestinian “day of rage” increased their presence in Jerusalem on Friday but set no extra restrictions on access for worshippers at the flashpoint Al Aqsa Mosque, saying they had no indication of un…
Britain and EU clinch deal to move Brexit talks forward
BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) – Britain and the European Union struck a deal on Friday to move on to talk about trade and a transition period after they agreed the outline of their divorce, easing the pressure on Prime Minister Theresa May.
The last hours of Yemen’s Saleh
DUBAI (Reuters) – A day before they killed Yemen’s former president, gunmen from the Iran-aligned Houthi militia group overran one of Ali Abdullah Saleh’s fortified compounds in Sanaa.
Muslims in Asia protest against Trump’s Jerusalem plan
JAKARTA/KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Several thousand protesters in Muslim-majority Indonesia and Malaysia rallied on Friday to condemn the U.S. decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, as authorities tightened security outside U.S. embassies.
