Burkina Faso’s president back in charge as coup fails
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – The president of Burkina Faso president was back in charge on Wednesday and said he would resume overseeing a transition to democracy, ending a coup by presidential guard soldiers who took him hostage last week.
EU leaders seek unity on refugee plans
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders concluded a summit early on Thursday that was expected to back offers of new aid for Syrian refugees and also patch up bitter divisions over the migration crisis.
Banks must turn over Sudanese assets to USS Cole victims: U.S. court
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Three banks must turn over Sudanese funds to victims of al Qaeda’s deadly 2000 bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen to help satisfy a $315 million judgment, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Wednesday.
Egypt’s Sisi pardons 100 prisoners, including Jazeera journalists
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi pardoned 100 prisoners including three Al Jazeera television journalists, on Wednesday, a day before he plans to head to the annual United Nations summit of world leaders.
Argentina’s Macri would give provinces more mining profits: adviser
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s leading opposition candidate Mauricio Macri would give provinces a bigger share of profits from miners operating there and improve environmental inspections in the industry, an adviser said in an interview on Wednes…
Stick with Spain, urges foreign minister in Catalan secession debate
MADRID (Reuters) – Catalonia should stick with Spain and avoid disaster, Spain’s foreign minister said on Wednesday, becoming the only member of Madrid’s center-right government to debate on television with a secessionist adversary on the heated topic …
Ireland court releases Congo plane grounded in debt row
KINSHASA (Reuters) – An airplane belonging to Democratic Republic of Congo’s new national carrier was released by an Irish court on Tuesday after it was grounded over a debt row with two American investors, Congo’s justice minister said.
Ex-Bissau military chief jailed over plot against president
BISSAU (Reuters) – A former head of Guinea-Bissau’s armed forces, held under house arrest for the past month, was transferred to a military prison on Wednesday over his suspected involvement in an aborted plot to kill President Jose Mario Vaz, his lawy…
In South Korea, Park’s revamp of rigid labor laws faces opposition
SEOUL (Reuters) – In the past year, Kim Yoon-sung applied to about 120 companies for a job, and could not land even one.
Afghan police may face shortage of winter clothing: U.S. watchdog
Washington (Reuters) – Afghanistan forces could face a shortage of more than 90,000 coats this winter, which may affect its ability to fight the Taliban, a U.S. government watchdog said.
