Nigeria Boko Haram victories may not boost Jonathan in poll
LAGOS (Reuters) – A spate of victories against Boko Haram has pushed the militants out of much of the territory they controlled in Nigeria, but that is unlikely to do much to boost President Goodluck Jonathan’s bid for re-election by divided voters nex…
French comedian fined for anti-Semitic jibe
PARIS (Reuters) – French comedian Dieudonne M’bala M’bala was fined 22,500 euros ($24,000) on Thursday for a jibe against a radio journalist in 2013 suggesting that hearing the broadcaster speak made him think of Nazi gas chambers.
Poland clears four soldiers of war crimes over Afghanistan killings
WARSAW (Reuters) – Four Polish soldiers were on Thursday cleared of war crimes over the killing of six civilians during a patrol in Afghanistan in 2007, but were convicted of lesser charges for which three of them were given suspended sentences.
Brazil’s Rousseff says not planning to shuffle cabinet
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff said on Thursday she was not planning to reshuffle her cabinet, rebuffing questions in a tense press conference following the sudden resignation of her education minister on Wednesday.
Egyptian court adjourns Al Jazeera trial after witnesses admit lapses
CAIRO (Reuters) – The trial of two Al Jazeera television journalists was adjourned until March 25 on Thursday after the court ordered the creation of a new technical committee to review their work
Colombian rebels threaten to end unilateral truce
HAVANA (Reuters) – Colombia’s Marxist-led FARC guerrillas on Thursday threatened to end a unilateral truce that has been in place since December unless the government of President Juan Manuel Santos calls off military attacks on rebel positions.
Saudi Arabia stops business visas to Swedes in diplomatic row
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia has refused to issue any business visas to Swedes, Stockholm’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday, in the latest move in a diplomatic row over Swedish criticism of Riyadh’s human rights record.
With ‘no-state’ pledge, Netanyahu reignites Palestine debate
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The day before Israel’s election, with polls showing he could lose, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that the Palestinians would never have a state on his watch.
Armenian soldiers killed in clashes with Azeri troops near Karabakh
YEREVAN/BAKU (Reuters) – At least three Armenian soldiers were killed and four wounded in clashes with troops from Azerbaijan on Thursday near the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region, but the two sides gave conflicting death tolls and disputed who was to…
Planes flying over Yemen president’s Aden base come under fire
ADEN (Reuters) – Anti-aircraft guns opened fire at an unidentified warplanes flying over the presidential palace in the southern city of Aden on Thursday after sounds of two explosions were heard, witnesses said.
