Chinese authorities block Sydney academic from boarding flight home
BEIJING/SYDNEY (Reuters) – Chinese authorities have blocked an Australia-based academic from boarding a flight home, Australia said on Sunday, after what sources said was repeated interrogation over his links to liberal intellectuals in mainland China….
U.S. strike kills an al Qaeda ‘leader’ in Afghanistan: Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon said on Saturday a U.S. air strike in Afghanistan this week killed an al Qaeda militant who was responsible for the death of two American service members and accused of involvement in a deadly attack on a bus carryin…
Merkel’s conservatives win Saarland vote in boost for national campaign
BERLIN/SAARBRUECKEN, Germany (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives won a regional election in the western state of Saarland on Sunday, dealing a setback to their Social Democrat rivals and boosting her prospects of winning a fourt…
UK police still believe London attacker was acting alone
LONDON (Reuters) – British anti-terrorism police said on Saturday they still believe the man who launched a deadly attack outside parliament this week was acting alone but conceded they may never understand his motive.
Hong Kong leader-elect pledges smooth transfer of power amid divisions
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s chief executive-elect Carrie Lam met with the city’s incumbent and unpopular leader Leung Chun-ying on Monday, calling for a “smooth and effective” transition of power amidst heightened tensions.
Nigerian lawmakers summon officials, firms over immigration deals
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigerian lawmakers on Saturday summoned the attorney general, accountant general, minister of interior and four companies to appear before a committee of parliamentarians over allegations that revenues were withheld from the immigrati…
French center-right senators back Macron’s presidential bid
(This version of the story has been refiled to make clear the senators belong to the UDI-UC parliamentary group, but not all to the UDI party)
Moroccan prime minister agrees to form coalition government with five other parties
RABAT (Reuters) – Moroccan Prime Minster Saad Eddine El Othmani said on Saturday he had agreed to form a coalition government with five other parties, breaking nearly six months of post-election deadlock.
Pro-Houthi court sentences Yemen president to death for treason
DUBAI (Reuters) – A Yemeni court in territory controlled by the armed Houthi movement sentenced the group’s enemy in a two-year-old civil war President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi and six other top officials in his government to death for “high treason” on …
Turkey summons Swiss envoy over rally it says supported terrorism
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s foreign ministry summoned Switzerland’s charge d’affairs in Ankara on Saturday to complain about a protest in Bern that it said supported terrorism and included a poster calling for the assassination of President Tayyip Er…
