Nigerian village buries 45 after Boko Haram ‘slaughter’
MAIDUGURI (Reuters) – At least 45 people were killed in a Boko Haram reprisal attack on a village in northeastern Nigeria, the epicenter of the Islamists’ five-year insurgency, the head of the local government and a military source said on Friday.
Morocco says Burkina Faso’s Compaore to stay for limited period
RABAT (Reuters) – Burkina Faso’s former president Blaise Compaore, who was toppled in a popular uprising last month, will stay in Morocco for a limited period after fleeing his country, the Moroccan government said on Friday.
Israel rejects EU states’ appeal over razing militant homes
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel has rejected an appeal by the five biggest members of the European Union not to raze the homes of Palestinians who carried out lethal attacks in Jerusalem, saying on Friday that the tactic was designed to deter further viol…
Militants launch attacks around Iraq’s western Ramadi city
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Suspected Islamic State militants launched coordinated attacks on Friday around the western Iraqi city of Ramadi, overrunning a village to the east and clashing with tribal fighters to the west, a local official and a tribal leader …
Egypt closes schools in Sinai towns as area inches toward open war
ISMAILIA Egypt (Reuters) – Egypt has indefinitely shut schools in two border towns in northern Sinai as the army prepares to intensify a battle with Islamist militants that turned the daily trip to lessons into a “journey of death”.
Mongolia gets new prime minister as economy slumps
ULAN BATOR (Reuters) – Mongolia’s parliament has appointed Chimed Saikhanbileg as prime minister, it said on Friday, more than two weeks after it ousted his predecessor for failing to get to grips with a slumping economy and foreign investment.
Mosque raids provoke clashes in Kenya’s Mombasa port
MOMBASA Kenya (Reuters) – Armed police patrolled streets in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa on Friday and many businesses were shut after clashes broke out with Moslem youths following a raid on a mosque.
Eight people die in helicopter crash in Romania
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – A helicopter carrying 10 people crashed in the central Romanian county of Sibiu on Friday, killing eight, the country’s emergency response agency said.
Israel says Hamas planned to assassinate Lieberman in West Bank
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel has arrested four Palestinians suspected of planning to kill Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman with an anti-tank rocket while he drove to his Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank, Israeli officials say.
France tempers Iran nuclear stance in nod to wider diplomatic needs
PARIS (Reuters) – A year after France scuppered a deal on Iran’s nuclear program it is taking a softer stance in current talks, encouraged by a more inclusive U.S. approach and the knowledge that failure this year could have grim repercussions across t…
