Court orders Nigeria to pay $288 million to 1967 war victims
ABUJA (Reuters) – A court on Monday ordered Nigeria to pay 88 billion naira ($288 million) in damages to victims of the 1967 civil war for failure to fully de-mine and clear the land of other weaponry after the end of hostilities.
Asylum seekers defy deadline for closure of Papua New Guinea detention centre
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Hundreds of refugees and asylum seekers were barricading themselves inside a detention centre in Papua New Guinea (PNG) on Tuesday, defying attempts by Australia and PNG authorities to close the facility.
Chile’s Pinera says spending plan would cost $14 billion
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chile’s frontrunning center-right presidential candidate, Sebastian Pinera, on Monday unveiled a $14 billion, four-year spending plan focused on proposed reforms to the country’s tax and pension systems and new investments in infra…
Northern Ireland talks break up without deal
BELFAST (Reuters) – Northern Ireland’s political parties ended talks on Monday with no sign of a deal to restore devolved government, raising the prospect of London imposing a budget on the British province for the first time in a decade.
Czech Babis gains possible support in bid for minority government
PRAGUE (Reuters) – Czech billionaire Andrej Babis gained possible support on Monday for his bid to form a minority government with his ANO movement when the small Communist party said it could “tolerate” the prospect.
At least 15 killed in air strikes in eastern Libya: medical source, witness
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – At least 15 people including women and children were killed in air strikes on eastern Libyan city of Derna late on Monday, a medical source and a witness said.
Major Venezuelan opposition parties to boycott local polls
CARACAS (Reuters) – Three of Venezuela’s largest opposition parties vowed on Monday to boycott mayoral polls later this year in protest at an election system they say is biased in favor of President Nicolas Maduro’s ruling socialists.
German parties start to find common ground in coalition talks
BERLIN (Reuters) – Parties seeking to form Germany’s next government found common ground in areas of social policy and digital infrastructure on Monday, but remain far apart on issues that provoked stormy clashes last week.
U.S. captures suspected Benghazi attack militant
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. forces have captured a militant who is believed to have played a role in a 2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, that killed U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans, U.S. officia…
Wife of Russian accused of Putin assassination plot shot dead in Kiev
KIEV (Reuters) – The Ukrainian wife of a Chechen man accused by Russia of plotting to kill President Vladimir Putin was shot and killed outside Kiev on Monday in an attack that also wounded her husband, Ukrainian interior ministry officials said.
