Former rebels, devout cheer as murdered archbishop beatified in El Salvador
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero was beatified on Saturday, the final step before sainthood, 35 years after he was gunned down at the altar by a right-wing death squad for denouncing the oppression of the poor by the military…
Israel thanks U.S. for stand on Mideast nuclear arms ban at U.N.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked the United States for blocking an Egyptian-led drive on a possible Middle East nuclear weapons ban at a major United Nations conference, an Israeli official said on Saturday.
Dozens killed in al Shabaab fighting in Somalia, attacks in capital
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Fighting in south Somalia between al Shabaab militants and government forces killed at least 24 people, while a rebel attack in the capital killed three Transport Ministry workers and a lawmaker, officials and the group said on Sa…
Nigerian military says killed scores of Boko Haram militants, rescued 20 women and children
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s armed forces killed scores of Boko Haram militants and rescued 20 women and children as part of an operation in the Sambisa forest, the group’s remaining hideout in the northeast of Africa’s most populous nation, the militar…
British anti-slavery chief enlists Vatican in global pact to end slavery
VATICAN CITY (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Britain’s anti-slavery commissioner received the backing of the Catholic Church on Saturday for a campaign to push for a global pact vowing to eradicate slavery in the next 15 years.
Protesters scuffle with men outside China-Taiwan meeting
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Protesters calling for Taiwan not to join the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank clashed with unidentified men in black T-shirts outside a meeting of officials from the two administrations on a Taiwanese island on Saturda…
Egyptian court acquits 17 charged for protest at which activist killed
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court on Saturday acquitted 17 people of violating a strict protest law earlier this year at a march commemorating a 2011 uprising, judicial sources said, a rare decision since Egypt introduced the statute in late 2013.
Dispute over Mideast nuclear arms ban torpedoes U.N. conference
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A month-long review conference on the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty ended in failure on Friday after its members were unable to overcome disagreements on an atomic weapons ban for the Middle East, which the United States b…
Germany declines comment on reported ‘deep freeze’ with U.S. intelligence
BERLIN (Reuters) – The German government declined to comment on a report that U.S. intelligence agencies were reviewing their cooperation with German counterparts and had dropped joint projects due to concerns secret information was being leaked by law…
Five Tunisian migrants die in shipwreck
TUNIS (Reuters) – At least five Tunisian migrants died on Saturday when their boat sailing to Italy capsized off the Tunisian coast, officials said.
