Al Qaeda threatens Saudi Arabia over plan to execute prisoners
DUBAI (Reuters) – Al Qaeda’s affiliate in Yemen threatened the Saudi government over its plan to carry out a mass execution of prisoners, including al Qaeda members, the militant group announced in a statement posted on social media.
Turkish newspaper says faces tax inspection after journalists arrested
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyet, whose top two journalists were arrested last week on charges of espionage and terrorist propaganda, is facing an investigation into its tax accounts, its chief executive said.
Brazil sues BHP, Vale for $5 billion in damages for mine disaster
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil filed a lawsuit on Monday against two of the world’s largest mining companies for 20 billion Brazilian reais ($5.2 billion) to clean up what it says was its worst environmental disaster, caused by the collapse of a tailings …
Kabore wins Burkina Faso presidential election
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Roch Marc Kabore was proclaimed the winner of the presidential election in Burkina Faso and will become the country’s first new leader in decades, the Independent National Electoral Commission said on Tuesday.
TV anchor seeks to be Cambodia’s political peacemaker to avoid conflict
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodian TV news anchor Soy Sopheap has again stepped into the role of political peacemaker in an effort to end the feud between Prime Minister Hun Sen and exiled opposition leader Sam Rainsy which threatens to ignite political …
Spain’s Rajoy stays away as candidates hold election debate
MADRID (Reuters) – Three of the candidates vying to become Spain’s next prime minister clashed over the economy, corruption and Catalan independence in an election debate on Monday but a fourth, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, stayed away.
Myanmar’s HIV patients shunned despite progress in treatment
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Shortly after Cho’s husband passed away at his parent’s home his family called to tell her he had died of AIDS and said she should get tested.
With climate at ‘breaking point’, leaders urge breakthrough in Paris
PARIS (Reuters) – World leaders launched an ambitious attempt on Monday to hold back rising temperatures, with the United States and China leading calls for the climate summit in Paris to mark a decisive turn in the fight against global warming.
Iraq blames Iran after thousands of pilgrims storm border crossing
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s interior ministry blamed Iranian authorities on Monday for allowing tens of thousands of Shi’ite Muslim pilgrims to storm a border crossing and enter the country without visas, in a rare public confrontation between the two n…
Boko Haram expanding, chance to stop it is now: U.N. official
GENEVA (Reuters) – West Africa’s Boko Haram Islamist militant group is expanding and there is only a small window of opportunity to stop it, the top U.N. aid official in Cameroon said on Monday.
