Burkina Faso ex-PM detained on charges of killing protesters
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Burkina Faso authorities detained a former prime minister on Friday in connection with the violent attempts to put down a protest that ousted ex-President Blaise Compaore, the High Court prosecutor said.
Suicide bomber kills at least 25 in Pakistani mosque
MOHMAND AGENCY/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – A suicide bomber shouted “Allahu akbar” and blew himself up in a packed mosque in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 25 people and wounding 30 during Friday prayers, a local official said.
Insurgency, migration create food emergency in Lake Chad basin: U.N.
LONDON (Reuters) – Nine million people urgently need aid in northeast Nigeria and nearby countries, as political violence and mass migration have caused a humanitarian emergency, a United Nations official said on Friday.
Autistic Briton can be extradited to U.S. on hacking charges, court rules
LONDON (Reuters) – A London court on Friday approved the extradition of an autistic British man to the United States to face trial for hacking high-security state computers, despite warnings he might kill himself if sent to a U.S. jail.
Exclusive: U.N. inquiry blames Syrian military for chlorine bomb attacks – source
THE HAGUE/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – An international inquiry has identified two Syrian Air Force helicopter squadrons and two other military units it holds responsible for chlorine gas attacks on civilians, a Western diplomat told Reuters.
South Africa’s Zuma, Gordhan appear together to ease talk of power struggle
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African President Jacob Zuma and Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan sat side-by-side on Friday in a show of solidarity after weeks of speculation that the pair are locked in a bitter power struggle.
Switzerland expects fewer refugees after border clampdown
ZURICH (Reuters) – The Swiss government expects fewer asylum requests in 2016 than last year, after a clampdown on migrants crossing the Italian border.
Paper license plates leave Kosovan drivers fuming
PRISTINA (Reuters) – Kosovo’s drivers are in uproar after an administrative slip-up led to the country running out of new license plates, forcing it to issue paper substitutes that are mostly invalid abroad.
Portugal’s Socialists could now rule just with Left Bloc: poll
LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal’s ruling Socialists extended their lead in an opinion poll published on Friday which also showed that they could now govern with just one of their two far-left partners, the Left Bloc, if a new election were held.
Between reckless ally and old rival, China in a bind over North Korea
BEIJING/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – China is in a bind over what to do about North Korea’s stepped-up nuclear and missile tests, even though it is annoyed with its ally and has started talks with other U.N. Security Council members on a new sanctions re…
