Six crew from German ship kidnapped in Nigerian waters
BERLIN (Reuters) – Six crew from a German container vessel have been kidnapped in Nigerian waters, a shipping company said on Tuesday.
Kenya police disperse demonstrators as Odinga tempers poll protest call
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyan police used bullets and teargas on Tuesday to disperse a small demonstration in Nairobi two days before elections, as the main opposition leader appeared to row back from a call for his supporters to hold protests during the …
Families returning to ruined Philippine city taught to identify bombs
MARAWI CITY, Philippines (Reuters) – Philippine teachers on Tuesday gave families returning to the destroyed lakeside city of Marawi a course on how to identify unexploded bombs in their homes and warned them to stay clear.
Former Finance Minister Schaeuble elected to head German parliament
BERLIN (Reuters) – Former German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble was elected president of Germany’s Bundestag or lower house of parliament, on Tuesday at its first session after Sept. 24 elections.
Up to UK to find concrete proposals over Brexit/Irish border issues: Macron
PARIS (Reuters) – Britain must find concrete proposals to tackle issues concerning the border between the United Kingdom and Ireland in the wake of Brexit, said French President Emmanuel Macron during a news conference with Irish Prime Minister Leo Var…
Kenya opposition chief: people should stay home, not protest during polls
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga told a BBC interviewer that he was not calling for protests during repeat presidential elections scheduled for Thursday, but that he wanted supporters to stay at home and boycott the vote.
No ‘bespoke’ Brexit, transition means ‘status quo’: Barnier
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said Britain must accept the full economic and legal status quo in a transition period after it leaves the EU and should expect no tailor-made terms on trade in its future relationship.
Recovering from severe malnutrition in Yemen
HODEIDAH, Yemen (Reuters) – Smiling and sitting down to bread and milk with her family, Yemeni teenager Saida Ahmed Baghili is barely recognizable a year on from the photo of her emaciated frame that came to symbolize the country’s humanitarian crisis….
Attempt to loosen Northern Ireland abortion law reaches UK Supreme Court
LONDON (Reuters) – An attempt to change the law in Northern Ireland to allow abortions in cases of rape, incest or serious malformation of the foetus reaches the UK Supreme Court on Tuesday after years of legal wrangling.
Turkey’s Erdogan says operation in Syria’s Idlib largely completed
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday the country’s military operation in northwest Syria’S Idlib province was largely completed but the neighbouring region of Afrin, controlled by a Kurdish militia, remained an issue.
