Iraqi forces drive Islamic State out of central Tikrit: PM
TIKRIT, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraqi troops aided by Shi’ite paramilitaries have driven Islamic State out of central Tikrit, Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi said on Tuesday, but the fight to retake all of Saddam Hussein’s hometown continued.
Nigeria’s Buhari wins historic election landslide
ABUJA (Reuters) – Three decades after seizing power in a military coup, Muhammadu Buhari became the first Nigerian to oust a president through the ballot box, putting him in charge of Africa’s biggest economy and one of its most turbulent democracies.
Morocco court jails investigative reporter on adultery charges
RABAT (Reuters) – A Moroccan court has sentenced an investigative reporter to 10 months of prison for “taking part in adultery”, his lawyers said, but rights groups said it was another blow to freedom of speech in the North African kingdom.
Syria, Iraq a ‘finishing school’ for foreign fighters: U.N. report
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – More than 25,000 foreign fighters from some 100 countries are linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State, with Syria and Iraq comprising a “veritable international finishing school for extremists,” United Nations experts reported t…
Chad, Niger troops retake Nigeria border town from Boko Haram
N’DJAMENA (Reuters) – Soldiers from Chad and Niger on Tuesday drove Boko Haram Islamist militants from a border town that was one of the insurgency’s last footholds in northeastern Nigeria, Chad’s government and army spokesmen said.
Prosecutor dies of wounds after Istanbul hostage shootout
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – An Istanbul prosecutor died from his wounds after security forces stormed the office where members of a far-left Turkish group took him hostage on Tuesday, killing his two captors.
As many Americans fear pilot crashes as they do hijacking
(Reuters) – Americans fear pilots purposely crashing an airliner as much as they are afraid of a hijacking, and over a quarter are more scared of flying than they were before a copilot crashed a jet in France last week, killing 150 people, a Reuters/Ip…
Hamleys opens its largest toy store in Moscow despite economic crisis
MOSCOW (Reuters) – British toy store Hamleys opened its largest shop in the world on Tuesday in central Moscow despite an economic downturn in Russia that is forcing buyers to cut back on spending.
Azerbaijan expels visiting Human Rights Watch representative
TBILISI (Reuters) – Azerbaijan expelled a Human Rights Watch researcher on Tuesday after barring him from entering the country to attend the trial of two Azeri rights activists and holding him for 31 hours, the rights group said.
EU must do more to block terror financing, France and Germany say
PARIS (Reuters) – Europe needs to step up its fight to block the flow of money destined to fund terrorism, the finance ministers of France and Germany said in a letter to European Commissioners on Tuesday.
