Buhari vows to restore Nigeria’s financial ‘sanity’
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s president vowed on Tuesday to recover billions of dollars allegedly stolen by officials and restore financial “sanity”, accusing previous governments in Africa’s biggest economy of throwing the rulebooks “to the dogs”.
Businessman sought in China graft probe seeks Canada refugee status
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) – A businessman who is on China’s 100 most wanted list of people accused of corruption argued in a Canadian court on Tuesday that he deserves refugee protection while he fights Beijing’s efforts to find expatriates it accus…
Soldier’s heroics lift gloom for Afghans tired of Taliban attacks
KABUL (Reuters) – On Monday morning, Essa Khan was an just another Afghan soldier earning about $200 a month to guard national institutions in Kabul from militant attack.
Guinea opposition seeks alliance with former coup leader
CONAKRY (Reuters) – The head of Guinea’s main opposition party is seeking an alliance with the former leader of a 2008 military coup in an effort to defeat President Alpha Conde at elections in October, his spokesman said on Tuesday.
South Africa’s Zuma defends police before ‘Marikana massacre’ report
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday defended the actions of police who shot dead 34 striking workers in 2012 at Lonmin’s Marikana mine.
Organizers threaten to cancel Srebrenica anniversary event over Swiss arrest
SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Organizers of the 20th anniversary commemoration of the Srebrenica massacre in Bosnia threatened on Tuesday to call off the event unless Swiss authorities release the region’s Muslim wartime defender.
Assad troops and rebels targeting civilians in Syria: U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) – Syrian government forces have dropped barrel bombs on Aleppo nearly daily this year, amounting to the war crime of targeting civilians, and insurgent shelling has caused mass casualties, U.N. investigators said on Tuesday.
Druze violence over Syria poses dilemma for Israel
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Throughout Syria’s civil war, Israel has contended with bullets and mortars straying across its northern border. But now it faces a new spillover, with sectarian violence and regional loyalties threatening to drag it into the conf…
South Korea ‘spies’ sentenced to hard labor for life in North Korea
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea’s highest court on Tuesday sentenced two South Koreans accused of spying to hard labor for life, its state media said, calling the punishment a lesson for those who conspire with Washington and Seoul.
Islamic State fight requires new tactics: Iraqi commanders
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi army and police commanders leading an ongoing battle for control of the country’s biggest refinery say they cannot defeat Islamic State unless they change tactics to better cope with the insurgents’ guerrilla warfare technique…
