Congo voter registration to delay election beyond Kabila mandate
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Congo’s voter registry will not be complete until July 2017, the electoral commission said on Saturday, signaling a delayed election that will let President Joseph Kabila extend his 15-year rule beyond the end of his mandate in Dec…
Ex-U.S. Navy SEAL author agrees to pay $6.8 million to government: NY Times
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former U.S. Navy SEAL who wrote a book about the daring operation on Osama Bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan has agreed to forfeit $6.8 million in book royalties and speaking fees, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing f…
Tens of thousands of Yemenis rally to support Houthi-led council
RIYADH (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Yemenis rallied in the center of the capital on Saturday to show support for the Houthi-led bloc as the head of the group’s new governing council vowed to form a full government in the coming days.
Tunisian premier names government, appoints new finance minister
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian Prime Minister-designate Youssef Chahed named his new government on Saturday, appointing a former investment official as finance minister and keeping the previous foreign and defense ministers in their posts.
Nicaragua election campaign begins with Ortega as clear favorite
MANAGUA (Reuters) – Nicaragua’s election campaign kicked off on Saturday, with President Daniel Ortega the clear favorite to sweep aside a weakened opposition and win a third consecutive term in a Nov. 6 vote.
Magnitude 6 quake strikes off Japanese coast
LONDON (Reuters) – An earthquake measuring 6.0 struck off the east coast of Japan in the early hours of Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
Brazil’s Temer puts judiciary pay raises on hold: Estado
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s interim President Michel Temer and congressional allies will postpone planned pay raises for judiciary employees that could cost taxpayers 68 billion reais ($21 billion) by the end of 2018, O Estado de S. Paulo newspaper …
Russian cruise missiles target Syria
BEIRUT/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian warships in the Mediterranean Sea fired cruise missiles at targets near Aleppo on Friday, a further sign of Moscow’s broadening military effort in Syria days after it began to fly bombing missions from an airbase in Ir…
Turkey asks Germany for help with Gulen crackdown: report
BERLIN (Reuters) – Turkey’s government has sent German authorities requests for 40 searches and three extraditions linked to supporters of Fethullah Gulen, the U.S-based Muslim cleric it blames for last month’s attempted coup, magazine Der Spiegel repo…
Philippine government agrees new truce with Maoist-led rebels
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has agreed a new ceasefire with Maoist-led guerrillas, who declared a truce several hours before, ahead of fresh peace talks in Norway next week, a senior administration official said on Saturday….
