South African court blocks appeal by Zuma over corruption charges
PRETORIA (Reuters) – South African President Jacob Zuma failed on Friday in his appeal against a court ruling that corruption charges against him be reinstated, another setback for the leader who has been facing calls for his resignation.
Three people killed in shootout in Turkish hospital: media
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A hospital technician opened fire in a Turkish teaching hospital in the capital Ankara on Friday, killing three people and seriously wounding another, the governor’s office said.
Obama briefed after Britain votes to leave EU
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama was briefed by his advisers late on Thursday on Britain’s vote to leave the European Union, a result that he had argued passionately against during an April visit to London.
Sinn Fein calls for Irish unity poll as Brexit fallout begins
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Northern Ireland’s deputy leader Martin McGuinness called for a vote to unite the two sides of the Irish border on Friday, as stocks tumbled and the damaging economic and political fallout from Britain’s decision to quit the EU were …
Turkey grants immunity to security forces fighting militants
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s parliament has granted immunity from prosecution to members of the armed forces conducting counter-terrorism operations as security forces battle Kurdish militants in fighting that has killed thousands in the past year.
Indonesia says coal on hold for Philippines after seven sailors abducted
JAKARTA/MANILA (Reuters) – Indonesia said on Friday a halt on coal shipments to the Philippines will remain in place until Manila can secure its waters after seven Indonesian sailors were kidnapped, the latest in a string of abductions.
Philippines’ Duterte says time will come to confront Abu Sayyaf
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President-elect Rodrigo Duterte on Friday the time will come when he will have to confront the al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf Islamist militants in the south of the mainly Catholic country.
Italy PM Renzi says after Brexit EU must become ‘more just and human’
ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Friday called for the European Union to change direction following Britain’s vote to leave the bloc.
UK PM Cameron says will step down by October after Brexit vote
LONDON (Reuters) – David Cameron said he would resign as Prime Minister by October after Britons ignored his pleas to stay in the European Union and voted in a referendum to leave.
Mob destroys mosque as religious, ethnic tension rises in Myanmar
YANGON (Reuters) – A group of men from a village in central Myanmar destroyed a mosque in the first serious outburst of inter-religious violence in months, coinciding with a rise in tensions over how to refer to the Rohingya, the country’s persecuted M…
