Boko Haram kills dozens in fresh raids in Nigerian town
BAUCHI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Boko Haram militants have killed dozens of people and burned down homes in the northeast Nigerian town of Baga in the past two days, in a second killing spree since seizing control there at the weekend, witnesses said on Thu…
Armed French gendarmes swoop on villages in manhunt for newspaper attackers
CORCY, France (Reuters) – Armed and masked anti-terrorism police swooped on woodland villages northeast of Paris on Thursday in a manhunt for two brothers suspected of being the Islamist gunmen who killed 12 people at a French satirical weekly.
Sri Lanka on edge as voting ends in tight presidential election
COLOMBO (Reuters) – A night of suspense lay ahead for Sri Lanka as voting ended in a presidential election that could hand Mahinda Rajapaksa a third term or bring to power a rival who has vowed to root out corruption and political decay.
Ethnic cleansing in Central African Republic, no genocide: U.N. inquiry
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Christian militia in Central African Republic have carried out ethnic cleansing of the Muslim population during the country’s ongoing civil war, but there is no proof there was genocidal intent, a United Nations commission of…
Islamic State targeted in 13 strikes by U.S., allies: U.S. military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies conducted 13 air strikes against Islamic State in Syria and Iraq in the past two days, the Combined Joint Task Force said on Thursday.
Israeli general says not worried by Palestinian move to join ICC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Israel’s top military officer said on Thursday he was disappointed rather than worried about a Palestinian move to join the International Criminal Court, calling it unnecessary because Israel could investigate complaints itself.
Peru’s Fujimori, already jailed, slapped with another prison term
LIMA (Reuters) – Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, in jail for human rights abuses, was handed a new eight-year prison sentence on Thursday for siphoning public funds to help finance his re-election in 2000.
Britain’s MI5 chief warns al Qaeda in Syria planning mass attacks on West
LONDON (Reuters) – Al Qaeda militants in Syria are plotting attacks to inflict mass casualties in the West, possibly against transport systems or “iconic targets”, the head of Britain’s MI5 Security Service said on Thursday.
No such thing as a child prostitute, anti-trafficking groups say
WASHINGTON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Children sold for sex are crime victims and should not be branded as prostitutes, anti-slavery advocates said on Thursday in launching a U.S. campaign to raise awareness of child sex trafficking and to change h…
Boko Haram kills dozens in fresh raids in Nigerian town
BAUCHI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Boko Haram militants have killed dozens of people and burned down homes in the northeast Nigerian town of Baga in the past two days, in a second killing spree since seizing control there at the weekend, witnesses said on Thu…
