Sri Lanka army defied last minute order to keep Rajapaksa in power: Sirisena ally
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s army defied orders from aides of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa to keep him in power “by force” when it became clear he had lost his bid for a third term, an ally of the newly elected leader said on Saturday.
Blast in market of Nigeria’s Maiduguri kills at least 16
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – A bomb explosion in a market in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Saturday killed at least 16 people and injured more than 20, a security source and witnesses said on Saturday.
Gunmen kill two soldiers in attack on Ivory Coast border town
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Unidentified gunmen crossed over from Liberia and launched a pre-dawn attack on an army base in western Ivory Coast on Saturday, killing at least two soldiers, a local member of parliament said.
U.S.-led air strikes focus on Kobani, Syria: U.S. military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – American-led forces launched 12 air strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria since Friday, all but one of them near the contested city of Kobani, the U.S. military said.
Russia says Ukraine has violated loan terms: agencies
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Ukraine has violated the terms of a $3 billion Russian loan but Moscow has not yet decided whether to demand early repayment, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov was quoted on Saturday as saying.
Cambodia finds 212 with HIV where unlicensed medic operated
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodian health authorities have found 212 villagers infected with HIV in a district where an unlicensed medic has been charged with murder on suspicion of spreading the virus with contaminated equipment.
Pope’s Asia trip to address poverty, dialogue, climate change
COLOMBO/VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis returns to Asia for the second time in less than six months, traveling to Sri Lanka and the Philippines in coming days to underscore his concern for inter-religious dialogue, poverty and the environment.
London cleric Abu Hamza sentenced to life in U.S. prison
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The radical London cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri was sentenced to life in a U.S. prison on Friday for his conviction on terrorism-related charges, including his role in the 1998 kidnapping of Western tourists in Yemen that left four ho…
After string of jet crashes, a struggle to re-train pilots
(Reuters) – As investigators hunt for what caused an AirAsia jet to crash in an equatorial storm on Dec 28, the aviation industry is still struggling to apply the lessons of accidents in similar weather over the past decade.
French forces kill newspaper attack suspects, hostages die in second siege
PARIS/DAMMARTIN-EN-GOELE, France (Reuters) – Two brothers wanted for a bloody attack on the offices of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo were killed on Friday when anti-terrorist police stormed their hideout, while a second siege ended with the …
