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.
Islamic State claims Cairo courthouse bombing which wounded 30
CAIRO (Reuters) – Islamic State’s Egypt affiliate said it was behind a car bombing that wounded 30 people, including 8 policemen, near a state security building and courthouse in a Cairo suburb on Thursday.
Colombia rebels extend unilateral ceasefire
HAVANA (Reuters) – Colombia’s Marxist rebels indefinitely extended a month-old ceasefire on Thursday as peace talks resumed in Havana, with the government still pledging not to conduct air raids on rebel camps.
Slovakia says it prefers Christian refugees under resettlement scheme
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – Slovakia would prefer to accept Christian refugees under a European plan to resettle people who have fled from wars and poverty in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, the Interior Ministry said on Thursday.
Bicycles, tents, guitars: Brits send support to Calais migrants
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Festival lover Emily Jennings was so fed up with seeing abandoned tents, she decided to turn British people’s waste into much needed shelter for the increasing number of migrants living in makeshift camps in Calais…
Venezuela shuts two border crossings with Colombia after shoot-out
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro late Wednesday ordered two border crossings to Colombia closed for 72 hours after a shoot-out left three soldiers injured. The members of the military were attacked during an anti-smuggling opera…
Seventeen hurt in clashes at refugee shelter in Germany
BERLIN (Reuters) – Some 11 refugees and six police officers were hurt on Wednesday night during a fight among asylum seekers at a shelter in the town of Suhl in the eastern state of Thuringia, police said.
Tanzania suspends quarter of job agencies in crackdown on sex, labor trafficking
DAR ES SALAAM (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Tanzania has suspended about a quarter of its recruitment agencies in a bid to crackdown on human trafficking after complaints that girls sent as domestic servants to the Middle East were used as sex slaves …
