Suspected Boko Haram militants take over northeast Nigeria town: residents
BAUCHI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Suspected members of Islamist militant group Boko Haram took over a town in the restive state of Borno in northeast Nigeria on Saturday, residents said.
Five migrants wounded as shots fired in Calais brawl
LILLE, France (Reuters) – Five migrants were wounded on Saturday when shots were fired during a brawl in the northern French port of Calais, the local prefect’s office said.
Argentina faces ‘hope and hopelessness’ in submarine search
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – No sign of the Argentine submarine lost in the South Atlantic since Nov. 15 has been found despite a massive international search effort, while families of the 44 crew members face the increasing likelihood that their loved one…
Support for Irish PM’s party falls as snap election nears
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Support for Ireland’s governing Fine Gael party fell in a poll on Saturday as a political crisis that has left the country three days away from the calling of a snap election showed no sign of being resolved.
Pakistan government calls in army after police, Islamists clash
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s government on Saturday called on the army to help clear a sit-in by Islamist hard-liners blockading the capital after police clashed with activists and religious protests spread to other cities.
Ousted Zimbabwe finance minister Chombo faces corruption charges
HARARE (Reuters) – Former Zimbabwe finance minister Ignatius Chombo, among those detained by the military before Robert Mugabe resigned as president, was charged on Saturday with corruption, including trying to defraud the central bank in 2004.
U.S. warns of repercussions for Pakistan over freed militant
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House said on Saturday there would be repercussions for U.S.-Pakistan relations unless Islamabad took action to detain and charge a newly freed Islamist accused of masterminding a 2008 assault in Mumbai, India.
Iran’s Rouhani says Sochi summit ‘right step, at right time’ for Syria
LONDON (Reuters) – The trilateral meeting between Iran, Russia and Turkey in the Russian resort of Sochi this week was “a right step, at the right time” for stability in Syria, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad.
Lebanon’s Hariri takes critical line on Hezbollah
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said on Saturday that he would not accept Iran-backed Hezbollah’s positions that “affect our Arab brothers or target the security and stability of their countries”, a statement from his press of…
Merkel points to grand coalition with Social Democrats
BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday welcomed the prospect of talks on a “grand coalition” with her Social Democrat (SPD) rivals and defended the record of the previous such government, saying it had worked well.
