Belgian charged with terrorism over foiled attack plot
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A Belgian national named only as Y.A. was charged on Saturday with participating in the activities of a terrorist group in connection with a joint Belgian-French investigation into an apparently foiled attack plot.
Anti-apartheid activist jailed with Mandela urges Zuma to resign
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – An anti-apartheid activist jailed alongside Nelson Mandela called on Jacob Zuma to step down, adding pressure on South Africa’s president to quit after a court ruled he acted dishonestly over improper state spending at his priv…
U.N. investigating sex abuse allegations against Tanzanian peacekeepers in Congo
KINSHASA (Reuters) – The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Democratic Republic of Congo said late on Friday that it has received allegations of sexual abuse against Tanzanian peacekeepers based in Congo’s northeast, the latest in a series of such accusation…
Finnish Finance Minister Stubb challenged for party chair
HELSINKI (Reuters) – After weeks of growing criticism from the right wing of his National Coalition Party, Finnish Finance Minister Alexander Stubb faces a challenge for the party’s leadership.
Libya’s NOC says working with unity government, hopeful for recovery
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya’s National Oil Corporation says it is working with the U.N.-backed unity government that arrived in Tripoli this week to coordinate future oil sales and “put a period of divisions and rivalry behind us”.
Obama to delay Spain visit until government is formed: foreign minister
MADRID (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama will not visit Spain until its parties manage to form a government and end over 100 days of political deadlock, delaying a trip that had been under consideration for July.
China Party journal denounces critics seeking to discredit anti-graft drive
BEIJING (Reuters) – A top magazine of China’s ruling Communist Party lashed out at critics of its ongoing anti-corruption campaign, saying foreign media and individuals from home and abroad were intentionally trying to discredit the effort as a politic…
Salah Abdeslam refused to blow himself up, brother says: BFM TV
PARIS (Reuters) – Salah Abdeslam, the Paris attacks suspect who was arrested in Brussels last month, refused to blow himself up on the day of the attacks, his brother Mohamed told French news channel BFM TV.
Turkish police capture suspected car bomber who targeted police
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Turkish authorities on Saturday detained a key suspect in a bombing that killed seven people and wounded 23 in the biggest attack of its kind in months in the strife-hit southeast, security sources said.
Protests mount before EU-Turkey migrant deal takes effect
ISTANBUL/ATHENS (Reuters) – Migrants protested on a Greek island and rights groups raised legal objections on Friday three days before a disputed EU deal to return rejected asylum seekers from Greece to Turkey was due to go into action, with neither si…
