Ex-president’s backers in power struggle before Ivory Coast polls
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Two years ago, Pascal Affi N’Guessan was in jail after backing the losing side in Ivory Coast’s civil war. Now he is running for president, provoking a power struggle within the opposition whose outcome will help decide the country’…
Car bomb kills 10 in coastal stronghold of Syria’s Assad
AMMAN (Reuters) – At least 10 people were killed and dozens wounded when a car bomb exploded in the Syrian city of Latakia on Wednesday, state television said, in a rare attack in a coastal stronghold of President Bashar al-Assad.
Red Cross says two staff members shot dead in northern Yemen
DUBAI (Reuters) – Two Red Cross employees were shot dead in the northern Yemeni province of Amran by an unknown attacker on Wednesday, the international aid group said, in a rare case of violence against humanitarian workers in a five-month war.
Saudi Arabia, U.S. near deal for two Lockheed warships: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia is in advanced discussions with the U.S. government about buying two frigates based on a coastal warship that Lockheed Martin Corp is building for the U.S. Navy, and could reach agreement by the end of the year, acco…
Sudanese poachers kill elephants amid Central Africa chaos: UN experts
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Sudanese poachers have been taking advantage of the chaos in conflict-torn Central African Republic and are killing elephants for their ivory and other wild animals, an expert panel that monitors U.N. sanctions said in a conf…
British doctor in northern Yemen unfazed by ‘crazy warfare’
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Windows shattered next to Natalie Roberts as air strikes rained down around a hospital in northwest Yemen, but the British doctor focused only on keeping her war-wounded patients alive while the warplanes circled o…
Greek coast guard seizes Libya-bound ship carrying weapons
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek authorities have seized a freighter carrying an undeclared shipment of weapons en route from Turkey to Libya, coast guard officials said on Wednesday.
Former ICC chief prosecutor pushes for Yazidi genocide case
ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – The former chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) is pushing for a case to be opened into the “ongoing genocide” against Iraq’s Yazidi community at the hands of Islamic State militants.
Chilean President Bachelet’s disapproval rating hits new high-poll
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – The proportion of Chileans who disapprove of President Michelle Bachelet rose to a new high as a sluggish economy complicates key reforms and a campaign financing scandal stokes resentment toward the political class, a poll showed …
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen on horseback kill at least 24 in northern Nigeria
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Suspected Boko Haram gunmen on horseback killed at least 24 people in two separate attacks on villages in northeast Nigeria, military and vigilante sources said on Wednesday.
