Suspected Boko Haram fighters kidnap 25 girls in northeast Nigeria
YOLA/ABUJA (Reuters) – Suspected Boko Haram militants kidnapped at least 25 girls in an attack on a remote town in northeastern Nigeria, witnesses said, despite talks on freeing over 200 other female hostages they seized in April.
Families of executed French monks say Algiers obstructing justice
PARIS (Reuters) – The families of seven French Trappist monks killed in Algeria during Islamist-linked violence in 1996 accused Algiers of obstructionism on Thursday in refusing to send samples of their remains to Paris where they could be further test…
Turkey’s U.S. relations show strain as Washington’s patience wears thin
ANKARA (Reuters) – The U.S. decision to air-drop weapons to Kurdish forces in Syria on the same day Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan dismissed them as terrorists is the latest false note in the increasingly discordant mood music coming out of Washingto…
Don’t prejudge Egypt’s new draft NGO law, says minister
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s minister of social solidarity has urged civil society groups not to prejudge a new draft law for non-government organizations (NGOs), which they fear will roll back freedoms won in the 2011 uprising and could threaten their ex…
Italy deputy speaker favorite as new foreign minister: sources
ROME (Reuters) – The deputy speaker of Italy’s lower house of parliament is the leading candidate to replace Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini when she moves to Brussels to become the European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs, two poli…
India’s Modi announces relief package for flood-hit Kashmir
SRINAGAR India (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday announced a 7.5 billion rupee ($120 million) relief package for flood-hit Kashmir as his Bharatiya Janata Party seeks to expand support beyond the mainly Hindu lowlands of Jammu…
Eight Pakistani Shi’ites killed in sectarian attack
QUETTA Pakistan (Reuters) – Eight Shi’ite members of Pakistan’s ethnic Hazara minority were killed and one wounded on Thursday, after gunmen opened fire on a bus in the volatile province of Baluchistan, police said.
Saudi Arabia warns women not to join protest against ban on driving
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry on Thursday issued a warning to women not to get behind the wheel in defiance of the kingdom’s men-only road rules after a renewed social media campaign to challenge the law by driving in public.
Exclusive: Charred tanks in Ukraine point to Russian involvement
HORBATENKO Ukraine (Reuters) – The burnt-out remains of dozens of tanks and armored vehicles in fields near this small village bear witness to the ferocity of a battle that turned the tide of the conflict in eastern Ukraine.
Eyeing 2015 vote, UK’s opposition Labour promises immigration curbs
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s opposition Labour leader Ed Miliband promised to crack down on immigration if his party is elected next year, seeking to woo voters tempted by the anti-EU UK Independence Party (UKIP), which could threaten his chances of wi…
