Philippine Christian group ends protest blocking Manila highway
MANILA (Reuters) – An influential Christian group in the Philippines ended a protest on Monday over the prosecution of its leaders, calling off a blockade by 20,000 members of a main road in the capital after talks with the government.
‘The Storm Makers’ puts Cambodia’s sex-trafficking under spotlight
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Cambodians say that when human traffickers arrive in a village, they bring a storm and tears with them, an experience that Aya, sold into slavery when she was 16, will never forget.
Clan warfare trumps diplomacy in Mali’s fragile north
GAO (Reuters) – The United Nations has deployed 10,000 peacekeepers and poured more than $1 billion into Mali but its efforts to end a three-year conflict are threatened by the reemergence of a centuries-old rivalry between Tuareg clans.
Egypt sets Oct election date, after three years without parliament
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt will hold a long-awaited parliamentary election, starting on Oct. 18-19, the election commission said on Sunday, the final step in a process to bring back democracy that critics say has been tainted by widespread repression.
Four Libyan soldiers killed in new battle with Islamist fighters in Benghazi: medics
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Four Libyan soldiers were killed and six wounded in fresh fighting with Islamist groups in the eastern city of Benghazi on Sunday, medics and military officials said.
Unprecedented migrant crisis forces EU to seek answers
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union ministers were summoned on Sunday to meet in two weeks’ time to seek urgent solutions to a migration crisis unprecedented in the bloc’s history, as the mounting death toll on land and sea forced governments to respon…
Islamic State destroys part of Syria’s Temple of Bel: monitors
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The hardline Islamic State group has destroyed part of an ancient temple in Syria’s Palmyra city, a group monitoring the conflict said on Sunday.
US national security advisor warns Pakistan on recent militant attacks
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – U.S. National Security Adviser Susan Rice warned Pakistani political and military leaders on Sunday that recent attacks in Afghanistan by militants based in Pakistan threaten regional security, an official said.
Nigeria’s security agency says arrested 20 suspected Boko Haram chiefs
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s security agency said on Sunday it had made significant breakthroughs in the fight against Boko Haram and arrested 20 prominent members of the militant Islamist group accused of orchestrating deadly attacks.
Egypt sets Oct election date, after three years without parliament
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt will hold a long-awaited parliamentary election, starting on Oct. 18-19, the election commission said on Sunday, the final step in a process to bring back democracy that critics say has been tainted by widespread repression.
