Greek cargo ship attacked off Nigeria; one crew member killed
ATHENS (Reuters) – Gunmen attacked a Greek-owned tanker while it was waiting to load off Nigeria late on Tuesday, killing its Greek deputy captain and taking hostage three other crew, Greece’s coastguard said on Wednesday.
Russia leads U.N. initiative to target Islamic State financing
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Russia is leading a U.N. Security Council initiative to ratchet up pressure on countries to cut off the cash flow to Islamic State militants, Russia and council diplomats said on Wednesday.
Anti-Islam group PEGIDA is part of Germany, vice chancellor says
BERLIN (Reuters) – The anti-Islam group PEGIDA, whose weekly rallies have brought up to 25,000 onto the streets in the east German city of Dresden, is a part of Germany and should not be ignored, Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel said in an interview publ…
Italy’s Berlusconi declares end of reform pact with Renzi
ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi lost an important ally on Wednesday when Silvio Berlusconi’s center-right Forza Italia party said it had ended its pact with him on institutional and constitutional reforms.
U.S. official: Guantanamo ‘not on table’ in Cuba talks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department official leading negotiations with the Cuban government said on Wednesday the United States is not considering returning the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay to Havana as it discusses improved ties.
U.N. to Congo: Remove generals accused of abuses or lose support
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations has threatened to withdraw support for a planned Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) military campaign against Rwandan rebels if the government does not remove two generals accused of human rights abuses by …
U.S. board weighs transfer of Yemeni detainee from Guantanamo
ARLINGTON, Va. (Reuters) – A U.S. national security panel weighed on Wednesday whether a suspected al Qaeda fighter from Yemen with a history of disciplinary problems should remain at the Guantanamo Bay military prison.
September 11 conspirator Moussaoui says Saudi royals backed al Qaeda
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former al Qaeda operative imprisoned for life for his role in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks has told lawyers for victims of the attacks that members of the Saudi royal family supported the Islamic militant group.
Ex-presidential candidate’s opposition party to boycott Egypt election
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian opposition party led by a moderate Islamist said on Wednesday it would boycott a long-awaited parliamentary election because it lacked democratic credibility given a clampdown on political freedoms by President Abdel Fatta…
Al Jazeera journalist Greste arrives home in Australia
BRISBANE, Australia (Reuters) – Peter Greste, the Al Jazeera journalist freed after more than a year in an Egyptian prison, arrived back in his Australian homeland on Thursday and called for the release of two colleagues still in custody.
