Senegal’s top court rejects appeal to free ex-president’s son
DAKAR (Reuters) – Senegal’s highest court rejected on Thursday an appeal by the son of former president Abdoulaye Wade against a six-year prison term for corruption, a setback to his hopes of contesting the next presidential election.
Germany charges suspected U.S. and Russian spy with treason
BERLIN (Reuters) – German prosecutors said on Thursday they had charged a former employee of the BND foreign intelligence agency with treason and suspect he gave secrets to both the United States and Russia up until last year.
Britain to help fund Calais migrants aid, asylum processing
CALAIS, France (Reuters) – Britain will contribute 10 million euros ($11.2 million) to increased French humanitarian assistance and a fast-track asylum process for thousands of migrants camped in Calais in the hope of crossing the Channel, both countri…
Ukraine leader looks to summit with Germany, France, to curb Russian ‘aggression’
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Thursday he wanted next week’s summit talks with German and French leaders to curb Russian “aggression” and force Moscow to comply with a February peace plan for east Ukraine.
Congo to investigate soldier rape charges in Central African Republic
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo will investigate three of its soldiers accused of rape while serving in the U.N. peacekeeping mission in neighboring Central African Republic, the justice minister said on Thursday.
Greek PM poised to seek snap election to quell party rebellion
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is set to seek early elections, state television said on Thursday, hoping to quell a rebellion in his leftist Syriza party and seal support to implement a tough bailout program.
Syrian refugee ship arrives on Greek mainland, migrants move on
PIRAEUS, Greece (Reuters) – A car ferry carrying just over 2,400 Syrian refugees arrived on the Greek mainland on Thursday as a wave of migrants fleeing conflict and poverty continued unabated, straining a country already in economic crisis.
Four Palestinian Hamas militants abducted in Egypt’s Sinai: sources
GAZA/ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) – Four members of Hamas’ armed wing were abducted in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula on Wednesday after the bus they were on was stopped by unidentified gunmen, sources close to the Palestinian group and Egyptian security officia…
Videos show Libyan officials threatening jailed Gaddafi son
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – New videos show Libyan security officials threatening Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saadi in an effort to force him to talk, two weeks after footage emerged showing guards beating him in the same Tripoli jail.
Kurdish civilians under fire as Turkey bombs PKK in Iraq
SIGIRE, Iraq (Reuters) – When Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan called a ceasefire with Turkey two years ago, residents of the village of Sigire slaughtered a sheep to celebrate what they believed was the start of a new era of peace.
