Niger minister arrested in ‘baby-trafficking’ investigation
NIAMEY (Reuters) – Niger’s agriculture minister has been arrested on suspicion of involvement in a baby-trafficking network, a spokesman for his political party and legal sources said on Saturday.
Forces from Libyan city of Misrata say they seized Tripoli airport
TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI Libya (Reuters) – Forces from the Libyan city of Misrata on Saturday seized Tripoli’s main airport after more than a month of fighting with a rival group, a Misrata spokesman said.
Merkel says tightening Ukraine-Russian border is key to peace deal
KIEV (Reuters) – – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday the standoff over Ukraine could be solved but only if control was tightened over the Ukraine-Russia border across which, the West alleges, Russia has been funnelling arms to help a sep…
Germany has spied on Turkey since 1976: Focus magazine
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s foreign intelligence agency has been spying on Turkey for nearly four decades, Focus magazine said on Saturday in a report which could raise tensions further between the NATO allies.
China rejects U.S. criticism over jet encounter
BEIJING (Reuters) – China on Saturday called US criticism of an approach by one of its jets to a US Navy patrol plane off the Chinese coast earlier this week “completely groundless” and said its pilot had maintained a safe distance from the US aircraft.
India reviews state hospitals to end widespread corruption
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The Indian government on Saturday ordered a review of activities at all state-owned hospitals to end what the health minister called systemic corruption, as part of the new administration’s crackdown on malpractice in the healthca…
Yemen government offers to resign to end Houthi protests: source
SANAA (Reuters) – Yemen’s government offered on Saturday to resign within a month and to review an unpopular decision to cut fuel subsidies, in an attempt to end protests by the Shi’ite Houthi movement, a government source told Reuters.
Canada’s intelligence head says returning Islamist militants pose threat
TORONTO (Reuters) – Canadians who go abroad to join militant groups such as Islamic State pose a threat on their return home and could use their foreign contacts to set up networks in Canada, the country’s intelligence director said on Saturday.
Over a hundred migrants missing after boat sinks off Libyan coast
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – A wooden boat carrying up to 200 migrants has sunk just one kilometer (half a mile) off the Libyan coast, the coast guard said on Saturday, and most passengers were feared drowned.
Twelve dead, 36,000 homeless in Niger flooding
NIAMEY (Reuters) – At least 12 people have been killed and more than 36,000 made homeless in Niger due to flooding caused by heavy seasonal rainfall, the government said.
