China to prosecute former aide to retired president
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will prosecute a former senior aide to retired president Hu Jintao after an investigation found that he took bribes and engaged in other corrupt behavior, the government said on Monday, the latest top official to fall in a gra…
Syria Kurds say in near complete control of Hasaka city
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A Syrian Kurdish militia said on Monday it was in near full control of the northeastern city of Hasaka, expanding its sway at the expense of the Damascus government in the wake of an Islamic State attack in the area.
UK journalists take court action over police phone spying
LONDON (Reuters) – London police were accused on Monday of breaching the human rights of three journalists working for Britain’s top-selling newspaper by accessing their phone records in a bid to find the source for a story which brought down a senior …
Victims hail ‘end of nightmare’ as Chad’s Habre stands trial
DAKAR (Reuters) – A lawyer for victims of Chad’s former president Hissene Habre welcomed his trial in Senegal on Monday as “the end of a nightmare” after he was forced to appear before an African Union-backed court for crimes committed in his 1982-1990…
Two killed in suicide bomb on edge of Nigeria’s Damaturu city
BAUCHI, Nigeria (Reuters) – At least two people were killed on Monday by a car suicide bomb at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Damaturu, capital of Yobe state in northern Nigeria, witnesses and a hospital source said.
UAE, concerned about militant Islam, passes law against race, faith hate
DUBAI (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates has outlawed religious or racial discrimination, the state news agency WAM said on Monday, citing a royal decree by President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Europe backs Iran nuclear deal in signal to U.S. Congress
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union approved the Iran nuclear deal with world powers on Monday, a first step toward lifting Europe’s economic sanctions against Tehran that the bloc hopes will send a signal that the U.S. Congress will follow.
Search for justice lags post-war boom in Ivory Coast
BLOLEQUIN, Ivory Coast (Reuters) – Four years after the civil war ended in Ivory Coast the economy is booming, but for men like Yaboua Assie, who lost two young daughters in one of the conflict’s most notorious massacres, the justice they seek remains …
Ugandan rights groups say proposed law could gag them for polls
KAMPALA (Reuters) – Civil society organizations in Uganda say a proposed new law to regulate their activities is intended to stifle freedoms and blunt criticism of government ahead of presidential elections next year.
Kenya to welcome Obama ‘home’ to a continent that feels ignored
KOGELO, Kenya (Reuters) – When Barack Obama visits Africa this month, he will be welcomed by a continent that had expected closer attention from a man they claim as their son, a sentiment felt acutely in the Kenyan village where the 44th U.S. president…
