Boko Haram militants kill eight villagers in Cameroon: government
DOUALA (Reuters) – Eight villagers in Cameroon’s Far North region were killed in a raid by Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram that was followed by a gunbattle between militants and security forces, a government official said on Thursday.
OSCE warns of implications for media pluralism in Georgia
TBILISI (Reuters) – The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) voiced concern on Thursday over an ownership dispute involving Georgia’s biggest independent TV company, Rustavi 2, and said it could harm media freedom.
U.N. council will examine details of Iran’s missile test: Russia
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Russia’s U.N. envoy on Thursday said the United Nations Security Council will examine the technical details of a ballistic missile test by Iran, which the United States and its European allies have said violated U.N. sanction…
Masked man stabs two dead at Swedish school, killed by police
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – A masked man killed a teacher and a boy and wounded two others in a Swedish school on Thursday, stabbing them as he walked from classroom to classroom before being fatally wounded by police marksmen, officers said.
Kyrgyz police in shootout with suspected Islamist escapee
BISHKEK (Reuters) – Shooting broke out on the outskirts of the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek on Thursday between police and a man believed to an Islamist militant who escaped from prison, the Interior Ministry said.
Britain passes lawmaking reforms, deepening divide with Scotland
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain on Thursday approved its biggest constitutional change in decades, giving English lawmakers a veto over legislation that only applies to England, despite fierce opposition from Scottish nationalists.
Polls show muddled outlook for Polish government after election
WARSAW (Reuters) – Two new polls in Poland on Thursday showed diverging trends in the popularity of the frontrunning, nationalist-minded opposition before the Oct. 25 parliamentary election, heightening uncertainty about the shape of the next governmen…
Russia says hits Islamic State supply route from Iraq to Syria
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s military carried out an air strike on a bridge over the Euphrates river in Syria which was being used by Islamic State militants to bring supplies from Iraq into Syria, Russia’s RIA news agency quoted a defense ministry offi…
U.N. criticizes Czech detentions and strip-searches of refugees
GENEVA/PRAGUE (Reuters) – U.N. human rights chief Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein accused the Czech Republic on Thursday of committing systematic human rights violations by detaining refugees for up to 90 days, strip-searching them for money to pay for their own…
Argentine leader’s welfare programs help her party in election
ESCOBAR, Argentina (Reuters) – Argentina’s inflation rate is soaring, state controls shackle the economy and its international bonds are in default, but the ruling party’s candidate is still favored to win the presidential election on Sunday.
