Boko Haram to increase cooperation if Islamic State boosts Libya presence: UK
ABUJA (Reuters) – Boko Haram jihadists are likely to step up cooperation with Islamic State should the latter extremist group gain a stronger foothold in Libya, a senior British official said on Saturday.
Brexit leader Johnson says EU on same doomed path as Hitler
LONDON (Reuters) – Boris Johnson, who is leading the “Out” campaign ahead of Britain’s European Union membership referendum, said in an interview that the bloc was following the path of Adolf Hitler and Napoleon by trying to create a European superstat…
Nigeria’s Buhari needs to address grievances in Delta after militant attacks: UK
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari needs to address grievances in the Delta region where militants have been blowing up oil pipelines in a conflict that has become a “major concern”, a senior British official said on Saturday.
Egyptian court jails 152 people over islands protest
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court sentenced 152 protesters on Saturday to between two and five years in prison each after they demonstrated against a decision to transfer two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia, judicial sources and state media said.
Syrian forces retake Deir al-Zor hospital after ‘major’ Islamic State offensive
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian government forces retook a hospital in Deir al-Zor after Islamic State attacked it on Saturday following a dawn offensive by the militants on the besieged eastern Syrian city, a war monitor and state media said.
Thai king, in hospital for a year, has swollen lung: palace
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s 88-year-old King Bhumobol Adulyadej, who has been in hospital for a year, has a swollen lung and knees and is recovering from a fever, the Royal Household Bureau said in a statement on Saturday.
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….
