Four civilians killed, 19 people wounded by blast in southeast Turkey
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Four civilians were killed and 19 people were wounded by an explosion in the town of Silopi in Turkey’s mainly Kurdish southeast on Monday, security sources said.
Pilots, oil workers strike as France seeks way out of crisis
PARIS (Reuters) – Air France pilots voted on Monday to go on strike and oil storage workers extended a job walkout, compounding the French government’s woes as it scrambled to calm rolling protests against labor reforms ahead of the Euro soccer tournam…
Somalia sentences two to life in prison for February airline blast
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – A Somali military court sentenced 10 people it said were behind a bomb blast that blew a hole in the fuselage of a plane bound for Djibouti in February, a senior government official said on Monday.
Turkey’s Erdogan accuses Russia of arming PKK militants
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has accused Russia of providing anti-aircraft weaponry and rockets to militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), government officials said on Monday, confirming reports in local media.
Leadership row in Turkey’s nationalist opposition helps Erdogan
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s nationalist opposition on Monday blocked a move by party dissidents to hold a special congress next month to try to oust its veteran leader, dragging out a dispute that is key to President Tayyip Erdogan’s ambitions for grea…
Leadership row in Turkey’s nationalist opposition helps Erdogan
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s nationalist opposition on Monday blocked a move by party dissidents to hold a special congress next month to try to oust its veteran leader, dragging out a dispute that is key to President Tayyip Erdogan’s ambitions for grea…
Chad’s ex-leader Habre, Cold War-era ally of West, gets life in prison for atrocities
DAKAR (Reuters) – Former Chad president Hissene Habre, a Cold War ally of the West, was convicted on Monday of war crimes and crimes against humanity for ordering the killing and torture of thousands of political opponents during his eight-year rule.
UAE acquits two Libyan-Americans and Canadian of militancy charges
DUBAI (Reuters) – A security court in the United Arab Emirates on Monday acquitted two Libyan-American businessmen and a Libyan-Canadian charged with supporting Libyan militants, a lawyer and a family representative said.
Bahrain more than doubles jail sentence of top opposition leader
DUBAI (Reuters) – A Bahraini appeals court on Monday more than doubled the prison term imposed on the country’s most prominent opposition leader, Sheikh Ali Salman, to nine years from four, a ruling that could increase political tensions in the Gulf ki…
Philippine Congress proclaims Duterte winner of presidential election
MANILA (Reuters) – Rodrigo Duterte became the 16th president of the Philippines on Monday when a joint session of Congress declared him winner of a May 9 election, succeeding Benigno Aquino who steps down next month after six years in office.
