Dozens missing after Congo boat collision
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Dozens of people were missing on Saturday after a collision between two boats on the Congo River in western Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization (WHO) and a local official said.
Kurds regain Syrian villages from Islamic State: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Kurdish forces backed by U.S.-led air strikes have regained control of at least 163 villages around the Syrian town of Kobani after driving back Islamic State militants in the past three weeks, a group monitoring the conflict said on…
South Sudan calls off elections, aims to extend president’s term: government spokesman
JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudan has called off elections due in June and its cabinet plans to ask parliament to extend President Salva Kiir’s term, a government spokesman said, as a violent power struggle between Kiir and former vice president Riek Machar…
South Africa’s Zuma pushes ahead with curbs on foreign land rights
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Foreigners will be barred from owning land in South Africa and no individual will be able to own more than 12,000 hectares, the equivalent of two farms, under legislation currently in the works, President Jacob Zuma said on Sat…
Bomb hits pipeline from Libya’s El Sarir oilfield
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – A bomb exploded at an oil pipeline from Libya’s El Sarir field to Hariga port on Saturday, halting flows to the terminal as the North African OPEC nation struggles to restore crude exports battered by fighting.
Six wounded in bomb attack on police station in Egypt’s Sinai: sources
CAIRO (Reuters) – Six people including two policemen were wounded on Saturday when two car bombs detonated near a police station in the Sinai Peninsula, an Islamist militant hotbed, security sources and the state news agency said.
Pipeline blast halts oil flows from Libya’s El Sarir field to port: official
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – A blast at a pipeline has halted oil flows from Libya’s El Sarir oilfield to the Hariga port, a spokesman for the state-run NOC oil company said on Saturday.
Canadian police say Valentine’s Day mass shooting plot foiled
TORONTO (Reuters) – Canadian police said on Friday they foiled a plot in which at least two people allegedly planned to commit a mass shooting in the East Coast province of Nova Scotia on Valentine’s Day.
Congo fails to meet U.N. deadline to remove generals linked to abuses
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo failed to meet a U.N. deadline to remove two generals accused of rights abuses and will now be formally notified that peacekeepers will not support its offensive against Rwandan rebels, a U.N. off…
U.N. chief appeals to Indonesia to stop death row executions
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appealed to Indonesia on Friday not to execute prisoners on death row for drug crimes, including citizens of Australia, Brazil, France, Ghana, Indonesia, Nigeria and the Philippine…
