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.
Cameroon says at least six soldiers, 50 Boko Haram insurgents killed
DAKAR (Reuters) – Cameroon’s army killed at least 50 Boko Haram insurgents on Wednesday and lost six of its own soldiers in clashes with the Nigerian Islamist group in the border town of Fotokol, Cameroon’s information minister said.
Argentina’s Fernandez makes diplomatic gaffe on China trip
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentine President Cristina Fernandez, on a tour of China to strengthen ties as the economy teeters on the brink of a recession, appeared to commit a diplomatic blunder on Wednesday by poking fun at how the Chinese speak.
Greece seeks ECB funds, Germany rejects austerity roll-back
FRANKFURT/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Greece’s new leftist government appealed to the European Central Bank on Wednesday to keep its banks afloat as it seeks to negotiate debt relief with its euro zone partners, but Germany rejected any roll-back of agreed au…
Russians present in Ukraine in specialist roles: U.S. envoy
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The U.S. ambassador to NATO said on Wednesday that Russian soldiers were present in eastern Ukraine in a command role and to operate advanced military equipment, but that another large-scale Russian intervention did not appear immi…
FBI says wanted Islamist militant possibly killed in Philippines raid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – DNA tests indicate one of the United States’ “most wanted terrorists,” Zulkifli bin Hir, also known as Marwan, was possibly killed in a raid by police in the Philippines last week, the FBI said on Wednesday.
Ivory Coast to cancel Aeria’s concession to build ‘airport city’
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Ivory Coast will reassign the concession to build and operate a 3,700-hectare commercial district adjacent to the country’s main airport, the government said on Wednesday, after cancelling an agreement with Aeria, the airport’s oper…
German officials to ‘cool off’ before switching to business jobs
BERLIN (Reuters) – Senior German officials from the chancellor to deputy ministers will have to observe a cooling-off period if they want to quit the government for a job in business, according to a draft law designed to avoid potential conflicts of in…
U.S. strike kills senior Shabaab leader in Somalia: government
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – A U.S. missile strike launched in Somalia last week killed Islamist group al Shabaab’s mastermind behind attacks at home and abroad, the Somali government said on Wednesday.
