Purported Boko Haram video shows execution of alleged Nigerian spies
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Islamist militant sect Boko Haram on Tuesday released a video purporting to show the execution of three men the group accused of being Nigerian military spies.
South Sudan, African Union stalling on human rights court: U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) – The African Union and South Sudan are failing in their joint responsibility to set up a court to prosecute atrocities in the central African country and are not cooperating with a United Nations inquiry, a U.N. investigator said on T…
Netanyahu and wife testify in libel suit against Israeli journalist
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife testified in court on Tuesday that a journalist had invented a story that Sara Netanyahu once ordered her husband out of their car during a row.
Kenya doctors end three-month strike after deal with government
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyan doctors ended a three-month strike in public hospitals on Tuesday after reaching agreement on pay and working conditions, ending a standoff that threatened to embarrass the government before August’s elections.
Moscow moves to absorb rebel Georgian region’s military
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday ordered his officials to seal an agreement which will, in effect, incorporate the armed forces of Georgia’s breakaway South Ossetia region into the Russian military’s command structure.
One dead, three missing in Sikorsky helicopter crash off Irish coast
DUBLIN (Reuters) – One person died and three were missing after a Sikorsky S-92 helicopter crashed off the coast of Ireland during a rescue operation, the Irish Coast Guard said on Tuesday.
Turkey’s Erdogan warns Dutch, minister floats economic sanctions
ANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday warned the Netherlands that he could take further steps in a deepening diplomatic row, while a government spokesman in Ankara said economic sanctions could be coming.
France’s Fillon is placed under formal fraud investigation
PARIS (Reuters) – French presidential candidate Francois Fillon was put under formal investigation on Tuesday over misuse of public funds in the fake jobs scandal involving his wife, the prosecutor’s office said.
South Sudan aid group says detained workers released
JUBA (Reuters) – Eight local staff with a U.S. aid group in South Sudan were released safely on Tuesday after being detained by armed men, the agency said, calming fears that such workers could become a new target in the famine-hit nation’s civil war.
Christian Democrat Buma could be unexpected winner of Dutch vote
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Dutch election has centered on the fight between the two hard right candidates, anti-Islam maverick Geert Wilders and Prime Minister Mark Rutte, but the leader of the Christian Democrats has crept to within striking distance o…
