Burkina general says ex-president Compaore not linked to coup
PARIS (Reuters) – Former president Blaise Compaore has no links to a coup in Burkina Faso, junta leader General Gilbert Diendere said on Thursday, suggesting the military acted due to the interim government’s handling of the country and election proces…
Syrian army air raids kill at least 47 in rebel-held areas of Aleppo: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – At least 47 people were killed in air raids by Syrian government forces in rebel-held areas of the northern city of Aleppo on Wednesday and Thursday, a Britain-based monitor said.
Iranian banks that back Hezbollah, Qods Force would be re-sanctioned: U.S. official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Any Iranian bank receiving sanctions relief under a nuclear deal signed in July between Iran and six world powers would see sanctions re-imposed if it were found to be supporting Hezbollah or Iran’s Qods Force, a U.S. Treasury of…
Schools in Dutch city to do away with ‘Black Pete’ on racism grounds
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Elementary schools in the Dutch city of The Hague will stop
Refugee tripped by camerawoman heads for soccer coach job in Madrid
BARCELONA/MADRID (Reuters) – A Syrian refugee who was tripped by a camerawoman as he fled police in Hungary with his young son said on Thursday he was hoping to resettle his family in Spain, after a soccer school offered to help find him work.
Greece’s Tsipras walks political tightrope in search of election win
ATHENS (Reuters) – Alexis Tsipras was elected in January on a far-left platform, promising Greeks an end to five years of financial pain.
Mozambique declared landmine free, healing war wounds
MAPUTO (Reuters) – Mozambique declared itself free of landmines on Thursday, ending two decades of work to rid the country of a legacy of war that killed or maimed thousands of people, many of them civilians.
China President Xi to tour Boeing, Microsoft on U.S. visit
(This Sept 16 story corrects last sentence to say Xi previously visited the U.S. in 2013, instead of saying the last visit by a Chinese president was in 2006 by former President Hu Jintao)
Kurdish militants rule out unilateral ceasefire in Turkey
ANKARA (Reuters) – A commander of the militant Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) ruled out a unilateral ceasefire on Thursday and accused the Turkish government of pursuing war to gain more votes.
Ukraine backtracks on some media sanctions
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has asked his government to remove six European journalists from a newly-published sanctions list, officials said on Thursday, after the list was criticized by the country’s Western allies.
