A year after ‘Je suis Charlie’, a divided France struggles
PARIS (Reuters) – One year on, an anxious, fragmented France is paying tribute to the victims of the killings at Charlie Hebdo magazine, with old divisions made worse by what President Francois Hollande has called “a terrible year”.
Fires rage at Libyan oil ports after Islamic State attacks
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Three days of Islamic State attacks on Libya’s biggest oil terminals have started fires that have spread to five massive oil storage tanks, a guards spokesman said on Wednesday.
El Salvador to help arrest soldiers accused in 1989 murder of priests
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – El Salvador said on Wednesday it would cooperate in the arrest of 17 former soldiers accused of killing six Jesuit priests in one of the most notorious atrocities of the country’s bloody civil war.
Pugnacious septuagenarian is new face of buoyant Venezuela opposition
CARACAS (Reuters) – A U.S. ambassador described him as abrasive and arrogant. President Nicolas Maduro called him a fascist dinosaur. And a blogger likened him to Machiavellian anti-hero Frank Underwood in TV series House of Cards.
Gunfire celebration in Kabul after dramatic Afghanistan win
KABUL (Reuters) – Heavy gunfire rang out in celebration in Kabul after Afghanistan’s cricket team secured a last-gasp victory over Zimbabwe on Wednesday to win a one-day series in Sharjah.
Rouhani shows determination to end embassy attacks in Iran
DUBAI (Reuters) – President Hassan Rouhani asked Iran’s judiciary on Wednesday to urgently prosecute the people who attacked the Saudi embassy in Tehran in protest at the kingdom’s execution of a prominent Shi’ite cleric.
Tunisian PM reshuffles cabinet amid security, economic challenges
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid named 12 new ministers on Wednesday in a cabinet reshuffle he hopes will boost the effectiveness of his government as it battles jihadist violence and tries to revive the economy.
Germany identifies three suspects in New Year attacks on women
DUESSELDORF/BERLIN, Germany (Reuters) – German police have identified three suspects in connection with attacks on women at New Year celebrations in the city of Cologne but have not yet made any arrests, the interior minister of the state of North Rhin…
Anger grows in Saudi Arabia’s Shi’ite areas after executions
RIYADH (Reuters) – Since Saturday’s execution of four Shi’ite Muslims in Saudi Arabia, hundreds or thousands of the minority sect have marched nightly in protest, and their anger could herald wider unrest.
Ivory Coast president vows ‘more efficient government’, reappoints PM
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara promised “a new departure” for French-speaking Africa’s largest economy on Wednesday as he started to reshuffle the government following his landslide re-election last October.
