Nigeria says retakes Bama, blocks Boko Haram move on Borno state capital
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s military has recaptured the flashpoint town of Bama in northeast Borno state from Boko Haram and blocked the Islamist militants’ advance towards the state capital Maiduguri, a senior official said on Monday.
Obama expands air strikes against Islamic State
BAGHDAD/TBILISI (Reuters) – U.S. warplanes carried out five strikes on Islamic State insurgents menacing Iraq’s Haditha Dam on Sunday, witnesses and officials said, widening what President Barack Obama called a campaign to curb and ultimately defeat th…
Pope accepts resignation of head of scandal-plagued Irish church
ROME (Reuters) – Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of the head of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland, the Vatican said on Monday, drawing a line under a career plagued by accusations that he kept quiet about the sexual abuse of children by cl…
Libyan armed groups may have committed war crimes in Tripoli: HRW
CAIRO (Reuters) – Libyan armed factions’ attacks on civilians and destruction of property over five weeks of fighting to control Tripoli may amount to war crimes, Human Rights Watch said on Monday.
Ebola map shows people in more African regions at risk of animal infection
Scientists have created the newest map of places most at risk of an Ebola outbreak and say regions likely to be home to animals harboring the virus are more widespread than previously feared, particularly in West Africa.
Pakistan opposition says making progress in government talks to end protests
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Leaders of Pakistani protests demanding Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s resignation are making progress in talks with the government, officials said on Monday, trying to find a solution to a crisis that has destabilized the coup-pro…
Britain says not making contingency plans for Scottish independence
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain is not making contingency plans for the possibility that Scots will vote for independence on Sept. 18, a spokesman for Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday.
Russia, U.S. to hold talks on 1987 arms accord
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian and U.S. officials will meet in Moscow on Thursday to discuss a 1987 arms control treaty whose future could be in doubt.
Peacekeepers in Somalia use aid to rape women and buy sex for $5: HRW
NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – African Union (AU) peacekeepers in Somalia rape women seeking medicine on their bases and routinely pay teenage girls for sex, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Monday.
Israeli cult leader convicted of sexual crimes
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli cult leader alleged by prosecutors to have kept 21 wives under his spell for years was convicted on Monday of sexual crimes but acquitted of charges of enslavement.
