Dozens of young Swazi women die on road to royal ceremony
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – At least 38 young women have died in a road accident in Swaziland on their way to an annual ceremony where the king might have chosen one of them as his wife, an advocacy group said on Saturday.
French journalists probed on suspicion of blackmailing Moroccan king
PARIS (Reuters) – Two French journalists have been placed under formal investigation after Morocco’s King Mohammed filed a complaint accusing them of attempting blackmail by threatening to publish a book about him, a judicial source said.
Controlled explosions shake Afganistan’s Kabul
KABUL (Reuters) – Two large explosions heard in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Saturday were controlled blasts by deminers, the city’s deputy police chief said.
North Korea agrees to talks with South on family reunions
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea has agreed to Red Cross talks with South Korea to discuss reunions of families separated during the 1950-53 Korean War, a South Korean official said on Saturday, setting up the first meeting under a recent accord aimed at …
Anguish of ‘disappearance’ continues across the world, say campaigners
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – For Ariel Dulitzky, the horror of the disappearance of his two cousins in 1970s Argentina remains a painful backdrop to his work to end a practice still used by many governments to silence critics.
Local Syrian ceasefires break down as shelling resumes
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A ceasefire in a Syrian town near the Lebanese border and in two villages to the north has broken down after renewed heavy shelling, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said on Saturday.
Nigeria says uncovers Boko Haram spy ring at Abuja airport
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria has uncovered a spy cell run by militant Islamist group Boko Haram at the international airport in the capital Abuja apparently aimed at selecting targets for attack, the country’s national security agency said.
Pensioner killed in Venezuela supermarket melee, opposition says
CARACAS (Reuters) – An 80-year-old Venezuelan woman died, possibly from trampling, in a scrum outside a state supermarket selling subsidized goods, the opposition and media said on Friday.
U.N.’s Ban defends China parade trip after Japanese concern: Xinhua
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese state news agency Xinhua said on Saturday U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has defended his trip to Beijing next week to watch a military parade marking the end of World War Two following concern from Japan.
U.S. confirms Islamic State computer expert killed in air strike
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military confirmed on Friday that a British hacker who was one of the Islamic State movement’s top computer experts and active in encouraging people abroad to carry out “lone wolf” attacks was killed in Syria by a U.S. a…
