Fleeing Boko Haram kill seven in attack on village in Chad
N’DJAMENA (Reuters) – Fighters from Nigeria’s Boko Haram insurgency fleeing an offensive by soldiers from Chad and Niger launched a rare attack on Chadian soil, killing seven people, security sources said on Friday.
After Iraqi forces take Tikrit, a wave of looting and lynching
TIKRIT, Iraq (Reuters) – On April 1, the city of Tikrit was liberated from the extremist group Islamic State. The Shi’ite-led central government and allied militias, after a month-long battle, had expelled the barbarous Sunni radicals.
Iranians celebrate, Obama hails ‘historic’ nuclear framework
BEIRUT/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Iran’s president said on Friday that a framework for a nuclear deal was just the first step toward building a new relationship with the world, after Iranians greeted the announcement of the accord with celebrations in the s…
Yemeni fighters repel Houthis in Aden after arms drop
ADEN (Reuters) – Fighters loyal to Yemen’s president pushed Houthi fighters back from central Aden on Friday after they were reinforced with weapons parachuted into their beleaguered section of the southern port city by Saudi-led warplanes.
Boko Haram, ‘Islam’s worst enemy,’ will be beaten: Niger president
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (Reuters) – Militant group Boko Haram is “the worst enemy of Islam” and will be defeated because West African Muslims reject its violent actions and harsh interpretation of the Koran, Niger’s President Mahamadou Issoufou said on Friday…
On Good Friday, Pope decries persecution of Christians
ROME (Reuters) – Pope Francis presided at two Good Friday services, praying for persecuted Christians a day after Islamist militants attacked a university in Kenya, killing at least 147 people.
Suu Kyi says boycott of Myanmar election an option
NAYPYITAW (Reuters) – Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said boycotting an upcoming historic election was an “option” if a military-drafted constitution that bars her from becoming president remains unchanged.
Iraqi PM orders arrest of lawless gangs looting in Tikrit
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Sunni politicians said looting raged out of control in Tikrit on Friday, hours after Iraqi’s prime minister called on security forces to arrest anyone breaking the law after the city had been wrested back from Islamic State militant…
Germanwings co-pilot increased speed as jet went down
PARIS (Reuters) – The pilot at the controls of a Germanwings jet that crashed in the French Alps accelerated the plane into the mountainside, killing all 150 people on board, according to French investigators.
Big TV debate of British election campaign yields no clear winner
SALFORD, England (Reuters) – The main TV debate of Britain’s national election campaign yielded no clear victor with four opinion polls producing four different winners, but David Cameron’s attempt to appear the most statesman-like appeared to have pai…
