Egypt sentences Muslim Brotherhood leader, others to death
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court sentenced Mohamed Badie, leader of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, and 13 other senior members of the group to death for inciting chaos and violence, and gave a life term to a U.S.-Egyptian citizen for ties to the B…
Italy rescues around 1,000 migrants at sea, one dead
ROME (Reuters) – Italian and merchant ships rescued around 1,000 migrants from three overcrowded skiffs near the coast of Libya and found one dead body, Italy’s coast guard said.
India to wait another two years for French Rafale jets: minister
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India will not receive its first Rafale fighter jet from France’s Dassault Aviation for up to two and a half years and tricky issues including pricing must still be worked out, India’s defense minister said on Saturday.
Kenya demands U.N. removes massive Somali refugee camp
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya has given the United Nations three months to remove a camp housing more than half a million Somali refugees, as part of a get-tough response to the killing of 148 people by Somali gunmen at a Kenyan university.
Reuters Iraq bureau chief threatened, denounced over story
LONDON (Reuters) – The Baghdad bureau chief for Reuters has left Iraq after he was threatened on Facebook and denounced by a Shi’ite paramilitary group’s satellite news channel in reaction to a Reuters report last week that detailed lynching and lootin…
China to restrict visits by Shenzhen residents to Hong Kong: NPC deputy
HONG KONG (Reuters) – China will limit visits by residents of the southern city of Shenzhen to neighboring Hong Kong, local media and politicians said on Sunday, following recent tensions in the former British colony caused by growing numbers of mainla…
Father, brother, uncle arrested after Indian teen alleges years of rape
KOLKATA, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The father, uncle and brother of a 16-year-old girl in eastern India have been arrested accused of raping her repeatedly over a period of two years, police said on Saturday.
Afghan aid workers found dead; 100 students hospitalized after meal
KABUL (Reuters) – Authorities in western Afghanistan are investigating whether 100 schoolboys who were hospitalized on Saturday were poisoned, police said, a day after five aid workers kidnapped by the Taliban were found dead.
Supporters of Maldives ex-president hold underwater protest
MALE (Reuters) – Supporters of jailed former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed held an underwater protest on Saturday to push for the release of the tropical archipelago’s first democratically elected leader, after he was sentenced to 13 years in pris…
U.S., allies conduct air strikes in Syria and Iraq: U.S. military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S.-led forces have targeted Islamic State militants with eight air strikes in Syria and nine in Iraq since early on Friday, the U.S. military said on Saturday.
