France seeks relative of Charlie Hebdo killer stopped in Turkey: source
PARIS (Reuters) – French prosecutors are seeking a European arrest warrant for a relative of one the islamist militants who attacked the Paris satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo last year, a judicial source said on Sunday.
Bangladesh issues arrest warrants over killing of Japanese citizen
DHAKA (Reuters) – A court in Bangladesh issued warrants on Sunday for the arrest of four suspected members of a banned group, Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), in connection with the killing of a Japanese citizen last year, a prosecutor said.
Armed man barricades himself in restaurant in southwest Germany
BERLIN (Reuters) – An armed man drenched in blood barricaded himself into a restaurant in Saarbruecken in southwest Germany on Sunday, a police official said.
Return of Congo’s Tshisekedi jolts opposition to life
KINSHASA (Reuters) – In 1991, then Congolese President Mobutu Sese Seko made his long-time nemesis Etienne Tshisekedi prime minister, hoping to neutralize opposition to a dictatorship beset by economic and political crises.
Appointment of Boko Haram leader exposes divisions in Nigerian group
ABUJA (Reuters) – Boko Haram’s appointment of a new leader and his apparent rejection by the group’s figurehead exposes wide divisions among the Nigerian jihadists as they come under pressure from the country’s military.
South African’s ANC suffers worst election since taking power
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The African National Congress lost its grip on local government in Tshwane, home of the South African capital Pretoria, as results on Saturday gave the opposition Democratic Alliance a second big win in the ANC’s worst election…
Philippines president Duterte steps up name-and-shame anti-drugs campaign
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday identified about 160 serving and former town mayors and executives, judges, and policemen allegedly linked to the illegal drugs trade, stepping up a name-and-shame campaign in his five …
Australian man charged with planning terror attack following raids
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – A 31-year-old man appeared in an Australian court on Sunday charged with planning a terror attack, following a series of counter-terrorism police raids.
Japan protests over China’s radar unit near disputed waters
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan has filed a protest to Beijing after the discovery that China installed radar equipment in a gas exploration platform close to disputed waters in the East China Sea, a Japanese foreign ministry spokesman said on Sunday.
Brazil’s Odebrecht gave illegal funds to Temer campaign: report
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Jailed Brazilian construction magnate Marcelo Odebrecht has told prosecutors he contributed illegally to the election campaign of now-interim President Michel Temer in 2014, Veja newsweekly reported on Saturday.
