U.S. asks Saudis to cancel 1,000-lash sentence for liberal activist
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States asked Saudi Arabian authorities on Thursday to cancel a sentence of 1,000 lashes given to a liberal activist.
Merkel’s conservatives call for broader immigration debate
BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives are calling for a broader debate and changes to immigration law after criticism that her government has not done enough to explain to Germans the need for immigrants and let too many unskilled…
Chad appeals for aid for refugees who fled Boko Haram attacks
N’DJAMENA (Reuters) – Chad’s prime minister has appealed for international aid for thousands of Nigerian refugees who fled attacks by Islamist militant group Boko Haram across the border into the Lake Chad region.
Yemeni police arrest six suspects in police college bombing: TV
SANAA (Reuters) – Police in Yemen have arrested six people suspected of involvement in Wednesday’s bombing of a police college in Sanaa, the capital’s police chief told Yemeni television on Thursday.
U.N. envoy meets representatives of Libya factions: officials
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – The United Nations envoy to Libya on Thursday held talks with factions in the country’s conflict, including with a former army general carrying out a campaign against Islamist militants, Libyan officials said.
Egypt to hold two-phase parliamentary election in March and April
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt will hold a long-awaited parliamentary election in two phases starting on March 22-23, the election commission said on Thursday, something the government hopes will deliver political and economic stability after nearly four year…
More than one million flee, Ukraine close to ‘humanitarian catastrophe’
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – More than one million people have been driven from their homes by the conflict in Ukraine, hampering aid efforts and leaving the country on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe, aid agencies said on Thursday.
Police investigating suspicious parcel at Madrid train station
MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish police were investigating a suspicious parcel found at Madrid’s Nuevos Ministerios local and metro line station, a police source told Reuters.
Cuba frees five more political prisoners, dissidents say
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba has freed five more detainees, dissidents said on Thursday, as Havana begins to release 53 people the United States considers political prisoners as part of an agreement aimed at ending decades of hostility between the two natio…
Two suspected Syria jihadists go on trial in Berlin
BERLIN (Reuters) – A 36-year-old German man and a 27-year-old Turkish citizen went on trial in Berlin on Thursday charged with membership of a foreign terror group in Syria.
