Wikileaks’ founder Assange says stands by U.S. extradition offer
LONDON (Reuters) – WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange, who has been holed up at Ecuador’s London embassy since 2012, said on Thursday he stood by his offer to be extradited to the United States providing his rights were protected.
Deadly Nigeria air strike hit densely populated areas, says rights group
LAGOS (Reuters) – A Nigerian air strike that killed more than 70 people and wounded at least 120 in a refugee camp hit areas of a town that were densely populated, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Thursday, citing reviews of satellite images.
Gangs clash inside Brazil prison, site of recent massacre
RIO DE JANEIRO/SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Hundreds of inmates from rival drug gangs clashed on Thursday in a Brazilian prison where 26 inmates were killed in the latest of a string of bloody uprisings, television images showed.
Most Islamic State commanders in Mosul already killed, Iraqi general says
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – Most Islamic State (IS) commanders in Mosul have been killed in battles with Iraqi government forces that raged over the past three months in the eastern side of the city, an Iraqi general said on Thursday.
Egypt PM says cabinet reshuffle likely to be approved by month-end: MENA
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s prime minister said on Thursday he expects parliament to approve nominations for ministers in a cabinet reshuffle by the end of the month, state news agency MENA reported.
Trump spokesman says of possibility of U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem: ‘Stay tuned’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump’s spokesman said on Thursday there will be an announcement on whether the United States will move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
Exclusive: Kremlin plans special clinic for Putin’s top officials
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin is planning to build an exclusive health clinic for President Vladimir Putin and senior officials, according to documents seen by Reuters and to medical sources familiar with the project.
After Iran’s nuclear pact, state firms win most foreign deals
By Yeganeh Torbati, Bozorgmehr Sharafedin and Babak Dehghanpisheh
Army mutiny exposes cracks in Ivory Coast success story
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara has seduced foreign investors with his single-minded focus on economic reform and growth but entrenched problems within the security forces threaten to undermine a much-lauded recovery.
Iraq counts on U.S. advisers, mostly out of sight, in war on Islamic State
BARTELLA, Iraq (Reuters) – When Iraqi forces faced a fierce Islamic State counter-attack last month at a hospital in Mosul they had stormed without enough troops to hold it, U.S. advisers behind the front lines shepherded them to safety.
