Almost 40,000 flee Burundi amid political crisis: U.N.
BUJUMBURA (Reuters) – Nearly 40,000 refugees have fled Burundi to neighboring Rwanda, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the last month, amid protests against President Pierre Nkurunziza’s bid for a third term, the United Nations said…
Somali Islamist militants shoot government official dead in Mogadishu
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Al Shabaab Islamist militants shot dead a government official in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Wednesday, police and a spokesman for the group said.
Thai army finds six more bodies near suspected human trafficking camp
PADANG BESAR, Thailand (Reuters) – Authorities in Thailand have dug up the bodies of six suspected Rohingya migrants from Myanmar at a rubber plantation near a mountain where a mass grave was found at the weekend, the military said on Wednesday.
German police detain four over planned attacks on Muslims, refugees
BERLIN (Reuters) – German police have detained four people suspected of setting up a new right-wing extremist group calling itself the “Old School Society” with the aim of carrying out bomb attacks on mosques, Salafist Muslims and shelters for asylum-s…
Top EU official confident of Britain’s future in bloc
BEIJING (Reuters) – The European Union’s foreign policy chief said that she was confident Britain would remain within the bloc as it was in the interests of both the EU and Britain, which goes to the polls on Thursday.
Turkish electoral body rejects Kurdish complaint against Erdogan
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s electoral commission has rejected a complaint from the Kurdish opposition that accused President Tayyip Erdogan of breaching the constitution with speeches backing the ruling AK Party ahead of a June election.
Aid agencies warn fuel shortages may end their work in Yemen
ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Twenty-two aid agencies working in Yemen have warned that their help could end unless land, sea and air routes are opened to allow for the import of fuel into the country, where an Arab coalition has been attacking Houthi forces s…
Afghan judge sentences four to death for mob killing of woman
KABUL (Reuters) – An Afghan judge sentenced four men to death on Wednesday for the mob killing of 27-year-old woman accused of burning a Koran in Kabul, a case that sparked outrage and rare street protests against religious extremism in the capital.
Arsonists carry out new attack on German asylum-seekers’ refuge
BERLIN (Reuters) – Police in western Germany said on Wednesday that unidentified arsonists had set fire overnight to housing being prepared for aslyum-seekers, causing 50,000 euros worth of damage, before fleeing the scene in a car.
Pakistan army accuses India of backing terrorism in rare rebuke
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s military has accused India’s main intelligence agency of whipping up terrorism in Pakistan in rare public criticism that could increase tension between the nuclear-armed rivals.
