Gambia frees more than 200 prisoners including past coup plotters
BANJUL (Reuters) – Gambia released more than 200 prisoners on Friday, including 31 jailed for treason during multiple plots to overthrow long-ruling President Yahya Jammeh, prison officials said.
U.N. asks South Sudan to allow aid flows on Nile
JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudan should lift restrictions on transporting aid supplies using the River Nile, a vital mode of movement in the war-torn country that has almost no proper roads, the United Nations’ humanitarian chief said on Saturday.
Syria’s Assad’s announces amnesty for army deserters: Syrian TV
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad issued a decree announcing a general amnesty for military deserters who violated the country’s compulsory military conscription law, state television said on Saturday.
Illegal migration clearly linked with terror threat: Hungary PM
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Saturday there was a clear link between illegal migrants heading to Europe and a rising threat of terrorism, justifying his conservative government’s tough anti-immigration stance.
Syria’s Assad’s announces amnesty for army deserters – Syrian TV
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad issued a decree announcing a general amnesty for military deserters who violated the country’s compulsory military conscription law, state television said on Saturday.
U.S. troops to train regular Ukrainian military troops: State Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. troops will begin training regular Ukrainian military forces later this year in an expansion of their current mission, which so far has been limited to instructing Interior Ministry national guard units, the State Department…
China jails five cult members in northeast province: Xinhua
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – A court in China’s northeast Liaoning province has sentenced five members of a banned religious cult to prison for trying to spread rumors and recruit believers, state media reported on Saturday.
U.S. calls Burundi vote ‘deeply flawed’, urges dialogue
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called Burundi’s election this week “deeply flawed” and urged President Pierre Nkurunziza to hold a “meaningful, serious” dialogue with the African country’s opposition, the State Department sai…
Turkey confirms attacks on PKK militant camps in Iraq: statement
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish fighter jets launched attacks on camps of the militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq overnight, the prime minister’s office said in a statement on Saturday, confirming earlier media reports.
Saudis land in Aden with equipment to re-open airport: Arabiya TV
ADEN (Reuters) – Two Saudi aircraft landed at Aden on Friday bringing equipment needed to re-open the city’s airport four months after the Yemeni civil war shut it down, Saudi-owned Al Arabiya TV reported.
