Turkey’s Erdogan seeks closure of Gulen-linked schools in Africa
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday Turkey would seek the closure of schools in Africa linked to his ally-turned-foe Fethullah Gulen, opening a new front in his battle with the U.S.-based Muslim cleric.
In Mosul, Islamic State turns captured city into fortress
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – In a government building in Mosul, a handful of Iraqi contractors gathered to compete for a tender last month.
Antwerp cancels PEGIDA Flanders demonstration over security fears
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The city of Antwerp has banned a demonstration by the Belgian branch of the German anti-Muslim movement PEGIDA because of security fears, the mayor said.
Saudi Arabia to delay activist’s flogging for second time: Amnesty
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia plans to delay the public flogging of a rights activist on medical grounds, Amnesty International said on Thursday, raising the possibility that Riyadh may be trying to quietly drop the punishment that has drawn internati…
Sri Lanka anti-graft body bars ex-central bank head, Rajapaksa ally from leaving country
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka has barred former central bank governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal and an ally of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa from leaving the country due to corruption complaints, officials said on Thursday.
Egypt’s Sisi calls for global effort to counter militancy
DAVOS (Reuters) – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi called on world leaders gathered at the World Economic Forum on Thursday to unite against the global threat of terrorism.
Litvinenko’s wife says inquiry will finally reveal facts of ex-KGB spy’s death
LONDON (Reuters) – Nine years after former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned in a plush London hotel in what has been described as Russian “state-sponsored nuclear terrorism”, a public inquiry into his death finally begins in the British capita…
Modi launches campaign to tackle India’s dwindling number of girls
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Prime Minister Narendra Modi condemned the blight of India’s dwindling number of girls on Thursday, launching a campaign to address the problem the United Nations has said amounts to a national emergency.
Thai junta caught between rock and hard place over ex-PM impeachment
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s army-stacked parliament will vote in an impeachment hearing against ousted Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Friday, testing a fragile calm between the rural poor and the royalist establishment backed by the Bangkok m…
UK’s Prince Andrew makes first appearance since sex claims
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Andrew will make his first public appearance on Thursday since he was accused in court documents of having sex with an underage girl introduced to him by a disgraced U.S. financier.
