World looks to Ethiopia to break deadlock over financing new development goals
NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Negotiators locked horns until 2 a.m. some nights in New York this past month, trying to agree on a way to finance the United Nation’s bold new global development agenda — without success.
Turkey detains 21 on suspicion of belonging to Islamic State
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish police launched raids across the country on Friday, detaining 21 people, most suspected of belonging to Islamic State, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported.
Pipeline blast in Nigeria kills 12 people at repair site
YENAGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) – An explosion at an Eni pipeline in Nigeria killed at least 12 people and injured three others, the Italian oil major said in a statement on Friday.
France jails group chief after raids uncover Jewish targets
PARIS (Reuters) – The leader of a banned French group was sentenced to nine years in jail on Friday on terrorism charges after police raids found weapons and a list of Jewish targets in his personal files.
Tunisian security forces kill five militants in mountain region: source
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian security forces have killed five Islamist militants in clashes in the mountains near the central town of Gafsa, and military helicopters were pursuing more in the area, a security source said on Friday.
Syria says Islamic State bomb set fire to government HQ in north
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A mortar round fired by Islamic State militants caused a major blaze at a Syrian government headquarters building in the northeastern city of Hasaka and firefighters had put it out, state television said on Friday.
China anti-graft chief calls for stricter punishments: Xinhua
BEIJING (Reuters) – The chief of China’s anti-graft watchdog called for more severe punishments and stronger discipline for ruling Communist Party members, state media reported on Friday, as President Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption drive enters its third…
Malaysian investigators say looking into PM’s wife bank account
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian investigators are looking into bank transactions by the prime minister’s wife, a statement by a special task force said on Friday, following media reports that large sums of cash were deposited into her account.
Sexually abused girls face pipeline to prison in U.S.: report
WASHINGTON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – What landed Mia Paz in jail was the sexual abuse she had suffered as a child.
China gains semi-submersible ship for South China Sea fleet
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has added a semi-submersible ship to its naval fleet to strengthen the country’s presence in the disputed South China Sea, state television reported on Friday.
