Gambia charges six women for protesting trial of opposition figures
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Gambia has charged six women with offences including rioting, unlawful assembly and inciting violence for demonstrating against the prosecution of dozens of opposition activists, a defense lawyer and court official said on Saturday….
UK’s Cameron struggles to make Britons believe his EU message: poll
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron is struggling to convince voters he is telling the truth about why Britain should stay in the European Union and his main “Out” rival Boris Johnson is doing a better job, an opinion poll found.
U.N. experts accuse Congo general of aiding attacks on civilians
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A Congolese general recruited, financed and armed elements of a Ugandan Islamist group to kill civilians while he was in charge of a military operation targeting the rebels, according to a confidential report to the United Na…
Hezbollah blames rebel shelling for death of top commander in Syria
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Hezbollah said on Saturday its top military commander, whose death it announced on Friday, was killed in Syria by Sunni Islamist artillery fire and not by an Israeli air strike as one member of the Lebanese Shi’ite movement had said….
Three killed in fights at Moscow’s largest cemetery
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Three people were killed and two dozen injured at Moscow’s largest cemetery on Saturday in a brawl between ethnic groups, and witnesses said the battle was for control over the lucrative businesses of providing burial services.
Mexican military personnel acquitted of killing 15 gang suspects
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A Mexican judge has acquitted three military personnel of the extrajudicial killing of 15 suspected gang members during a confrontation in June 2014, the attorney general’s office said late on Friday.
Iraqi leader says political crisis helps Islamic State attack
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A political crisis in Iraq is hampering the fight against Islamic State, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Saturday after some of the bloodiest attacks on Baghdad this year.
German government plans to spend 93.6 billion euros on refugees by end 2020: Spiegel
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s government expects to spend around 93.6 billion euros by the end of 2020 on costs related to the refugee crisis, a magazine said on Saturday, citing a draft from the federal finance ministry for negotiations with the countr…
Pakistan opposition leader Khan admits using off-shore company
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani opposition leader Imran Khan, who tried to oust Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in a row over offshore wealth, has acknowledged using an off-shore company to avoid paying British tax on a London property sale.
Congo police arrest at least four activists protesting massacres
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Police in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo arrested at least four people on Saturday who were protesting the failure of government and U.N. peacekeeping forces to prevent repeated massacres, the United Nations said.
