Obama, Abadi discuss concern over Saudi Arabia execution in call
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama and Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Wednesday discussed their “mutual concern” over Saudi Arabia’s execution of Shi’ite cleric Nimr al-Nimr and attacks on Saudi Arabia’s embassy in Iran, the White H…
Central African Republic candidates now mostly support vote count: U.N.
BANGUI (Reuters) – Almost all of the 30 candidates running for president of Central African Republic now support the election despite calls this week by 20 of them for the vote count to be stopped, the U.N. peacekeeping mission said on Wednesday.
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…
