Ghana’s opposition leader Akufo-Addo wins presidential election
ACCRA (Reuters) – Opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo won Ghana’s national election, becoming president elect at the third attempt and cementing the country’s reputation as a standard bearer of democracy in a region that has been blighted by civil wars a…
Germans see refugees as biggest problem despite falling numbers
BERLIN (Reuters) – More than half of Germans see refugees and integration as Germany’s biggest problem, a survey showed on Friday, despite the number of newcomers falling significantly on the year.
South Korean parliament votes overwhelmingly to impeach President Park
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean lawmakers voted overwhelmingly on Friday to impeach President Park Geun-hye over an influence-peddling scandal, setting the stage for her to become the country’s first elected leader to be expelled from office in disgrace…
Syrian government forces press attack in east Aleppo
ALEPPO, Syria/BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian army pressed an offensive in Aleppo on Friday with ground fighting and air strikes in an operation to retake all of the city’s rebel-held east that would bring victory in the civil war closer for President Ba…
Drone strike kills militant linked to Charlie Hebdo attack: U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. drone strike in Syria has killed an Islamic State militant linked to the Jan. 7 2015 attack on satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo in Paris, defense officials said on Friday.
Brazil prosecutors say Lula acted for Saab to win jets order
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian federal prosecutors on Friday formally accused former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of having interfered in a government tender to buy new fighter jets in favor of Swedish plane maker Saab AB.
U.S.-led warplanes destroy fleet of Islamic State oil tankers in Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S.-led coalition planes destroyed 168 Islamic State oil tanker trucks in Syria, the coalition said on Friday, in the largest strike of its kind and the latest instance of what U.S. officials say has been a successful effort to …
U.N. council meets on North Korea human rights despite China opposition
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council discussed on Friday what a senior U.N. official described as “appalling human rights violations” in North Korea, despite a failed attempt by China to stop the third annual meeting on the is…
Iraq says it destroys Mosul car bomb factories
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi forces captured a neighborhood in east Mosul on Friday, pushing deeper to the heart of Islamic State’s Iraq stronghold and destroying three sites where it produced car bombs used in waves of suicide attacks, the campaign’s com…
Egypt security forces hit by two bombings in a single day
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian security forces were hit by two roadside bombings in a single day on Friday that killed six policemen and wounded six in Cairo and the north of the country, security sources and officials said.
