Italy ruling party says deal on new electoral law ‘dead,’ blames 5-Star
ROME (Reuters) – A deal struck among Italy’s main political parties over a new electoral law has unraveled, a senior figure from the ruling Democratic Party said on Thursday after his group lost a parliamentary vote on a proposed amendment.
Boko Haram make biggest raid on Nigeria’s Maiduguri in 18 months
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Boko Haram insurgents launched their biggest attack on the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri in 18 months on Wednesday night, the eve of a visit by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo to war refugees sheltering there.
Iran attackers fought for Islamic State in Syria, Iraq: ministry
ANKARA (Reuters) – Iran said on Thursday that gunmen and bombers who attacked Tehran were Iranian members of Islamic State who had fought in the militants’ strongholds in Syria and Iraq – deepening the regional ramifications of the assaults.
Qatar vows no surrender in Gulf crisis as U.S., Kuwait seek solution
DOHA (Reuters) – Qatar vowed on Thursday to ride out the isolation imposed on it by fellow Arab states over its alleged support for terrorism and said it would not compromise its sovereignty over foreign policy to resolve the region’s biggest diplomati…
Al Shabaab kills 38 in Somalia’s Puntland: military
BOSASO, Somalia (Reuters) – Al Shabaab militants killed 38 people, mostly soldiers, in an attack on a military base in Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region on Thursday, an army officer said.
Norway Supreme Court turns down mass murderer Breivik’s appeal
OSLO (Reuters) – The Norwegian Supreme Court will not take up an appeal lodged by Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik protesting against his prison conditions, the court said on Thursday.
Chinese exam authorities use facial recognition, drones to catch cheats
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese education authorities have gone high-tech to catch cheaters as millions of high-school students take their “gaokao”, the annual university entrance exam seen as key to landing a lucrative white-collar job.
Rough justice in Iraq: one man’s path to mass execution by the roadside
SOUTH OF MOSUL (Reuters) – The killers made no attempt to hide the bodies of the 15 men they shot dead by the side of a road cutting across wheat fields in northern Iraq.
‘What will we eat?’ – Myanmar Muslims struggle after camp closures
YANGON/RAMREE, Myanmar (Reuters) – When Nwe Nwe Oo left Myanmar’s restive Rakhine State for the commercial hub of Yangon with a $590 government stipend in her pocket, she hoped to escape persecution against minority Muslims and start a new life.
U.N. warns of increasing civilian deaths in battle for Iraqi city of Mosul
GENEVA (Reuters) – Children trying to flee western Mosul have been shot dead by Islamic State militants, the U.N. human rights office said on Thursday, saying it had reports of a “significant escalation” in civilians deaths in the battle for the Iraqi …
