Stampede at Angolan stadium kills 17, injures scores
LUANDA (Reuters) – At least 17 people died and scores were injured in a stampede at an Angolan football match on Friday when hundreds of supporters stormed the stadium gates, a medical official said.
Libya mayors say Europe’s migration crisis should not be dumped on them
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Mayors from Libya’s desert south to its northern shores fear a deal between Tripoli and Rome to fund migrant holding centers in this north African country will simply shift Europe’s migration crisis onto Libyan soil.
Peru asks world to help find fugitive ex-president Toledo
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru asked for international help in finding former president Alejandro Toledo, wanted in connection with a far-reaching bribery probe, saying on Friday that he was likely now in San Francisco and may try to flee to Israel.
Polish PM flown to Warsaw for further checks after car crash
WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo suffered bruising in a car crash on Friday and was being flown from southern Poland to a Warsaw hospital for what her spokesman described as routine checks.
Nigeria’s anti-graft body seizes $9.8 million from state oil firm ex-boss
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s anti-corruption watchdog has seized $9.8 million in cash from the former head of the state oil company, a spokesman said on Friday, as the government continues to battle endemic corruption.
Saudi-led coalition strikes Yemeni port, civilians at risk
GENEVA (Reuters) – The Saudi-led coalition has intensified air strikes on the Yemeni port of Hodeidah, possibly trapping civilians and hampering a humanitarian operation to import vital food and fuel supplies, the United Nations said on Friday.
Russia halted Syrian army, rebel clash in northern Syria: sources
BEIRUT/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Russia intervened to halt a clash between Syrian government forces and Turkey-backed Syrian rebels in northern Syria, sources on both sides said on Friday, the first confrontation between them as both sides fight Islamic Sta…
Boko Haram kills seven Nigerian soldiers in ambush
ABUJA (Reuters) – Boko Haram fighters have killed seven Nigerian soldiers and wounded 19 more in an ambush on a road in the northeastern state of Borno, the military said on Friday.
Suspect in Louvre attack placed under formal investigation: source
PARIS (Reuters) – A man who attacked soldiers with machetes at the Louvre museum in Paris was placed under formal investigation on Friday, a judicial source said.
U.N. Secretary General kicks off Middle East tour
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was in Istanbul on Friday for talks with Turkey’s prime minister, Binali Yildirim, at the start of his first visit to the Middle East as the world body’s leader, his office sa…
