Indonesia executes drug convicts, sparks anger from Australia, Brazil
CILACAP, Indonesia (Reuters) – An Indonesian firing squad executed eight convicted drug-traffickers from several countries on Wednesday, prompting Australia to recall its envoy to Jakarta and bringing an angry reaction from Brazil.
Nigerian army says rescues hundreds of girls from Boko Haram camps
BAUCHI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigeria’s army has rescued 200 girls and 93 women during a military operation to wrest back the Sambisa Forest from the Boko Haram Islamist militant group, it said on Tuesday.
More than 200 killed in Niger, Boko Haram weekend battle
NIAMEY (Reuters) – Around 230 people were killed, including at least 74 from Niger, at the weekend in the country’s bloodiest battle yet with Boko Haram militants from neighbouring Nigeria, the government said on Tuesday.
Red Cross ‘lost moral compass’ in war but says drew lessons
GENEVA (Reuters) – The Red Cross “lost its moral compass” during World War Two, turning a blind eye to atrocities committed by the Nazis, but is speaking out more now about conflicts including Syria, its president said on Tuesday.
Venezuela opposition leader says Jan-April inflation 50 percent
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela opposition leader Henrique Capriles said on Tuesday that the OPEC member’s accumulated inflation rate was 50 percent during the first four months of 2015.
Houthis, tribesmen battle in central Yemen, 15 killed
CAIRO (Reuters) – Heavy fighting between Iranian-allied Houthi militia and local tribesmen killed at least 15 people in Yemen’s oil-producing Marib province and an air strike targeted the home of a senior Houthi official, residents and tribal and medic…
EU’s Juncker sees wiggle room to keep Britain in
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU chief executive Jean-Claude Juncker said he believed Britain could find a compromise on reforming the European Union to keep it in the bloc but ruled out big changes to the open border policy that worries many Britons.
Russian Justice Ministry annuls opposition party registration
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Justice Ministry has canceled the legal registration of the Party of Progress, the ministry said on Tuesday, blocking the group’s plan to run for parliament in alliance with another anti-Kremlin party.
UN renews Western Sahara force without changes Africans wanted
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council renewed for another year the U.N. peacekeeping mission in the disputed North African territory of Western Sahara but failed to accept African Union recommendations for changes to the force’…
Sri Lanka parliament passes diluted reforms
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s parliament overwhelmingly passed reforms on Tuesday reducing some of the president’s powers, in a move that did not go as far as President Maithripala Sirisena had promised but is nevertheless seen as a victory for the leader.
