Egypt extends state of emergency in northern Sinai by three months
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt said on Saturday it had extended by three months a state of emergency imposed on parts of northern Sinai in October after Islamist militants stepped up attacks in the peninsula bordering Israel, Gaza and the Suez Canal.
Biggest Serb party in Bosnia threatens 2018 secession
SARAJEVO (Reuters) – The largest Serb party in Bosnia said on Saturday it would push for a referendum on independence for the country’s autonomous Serb Republic in 2018, setting it on a collision course with the West, unless the region is granted great…
Exclusive: Brother says accused Tunisian was forced to captain migrant boat at gunpoint
TUNIS (Reuters) – The Tunisian man accused of piloting a migrant boat that sank off Libya, killing more than 700 people, is himself a migrant who was forced at gunpoint to captain the ship because of his experience as a fisherman, his brother said on S…
Dutch detain three in French-led horsemeat investigation
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Netherlands’ national prosecutor’s office said on Saturday it had detained three suspects as part of a French-led investigation into illegal trading in horse meat.
Two Nigerian soldiers die in accidental explosion: spokesman
ABUJA (Reuters) – Two Nigerian soldiers were killed accidentally in an explosion in the central Plateau state on Saturday as they transported ammunition meant to be destroyed, a military spokesman said.
Burundi ruling party nominates president for third term, risking unrest
BUJUMBURA (Reuters) – Burundi’s ruling party chose President Pierre Nkurunziza to run for a third five-year term on Saturday, a move critics say is unconstitutional and may trigger unrest in the east African country.
Moscow to investigate amid struggle over Chechen authority
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia announced on Saturday it would investigate the shooting dead of a Chechen that has highlighted tensions between central police authorities and a hardline Chechen regional leader brought in by President Vladimir Putin to quell …
Australians get 72-hour notice of execution in Indonesia: source
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Two Australian drug convicts were notified on Saturday that they will be executed by firing squad in 72 hours at the Indonesian prison island of Nusakambangan, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said.
Tribunal tells Ghana to stop oil work in Ivory Coast dispute
HAMBURG (Reuters) – An international maritime tribunal on Saturday ruled that Ghana should suspend a multi-billion dollar offshore oil development program in sea areas involved in a boundary dispute with Ivory Coast.
UK’s Lib Dems rule out Scottish deal, potentially shunning Labour
LONDON (Reuters) – The leader of Britain’s Liberal Democrats ruled out joining a government that relied on support from Scotland’s nationalists, raising a potential obstacle to a coalition deal with the opposition Labour Party after a national election…
