Monaco heiress death: police eye son-in-law’s bank activity
MARSEILLE (Reuters) – French police investigating the shooting death last month of Monaco heiress Helene Pastor have discovered what they said were ‘suspicious’ transactions in the bank accounts of her son-in-law, a prosecutor said on Tuesday.
South Africa platinum union, mines sign wage deal but job cuts loom
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The world’s three biggest platinum firms signed a wage deal with South Africa’s AMCU union on Tuesday but said that fallout from a five-month strike made job cuts and restructuring inevitable, setting the scene for more labor t…
Turkey evacuates hundreds of citizens from Libya after threat from general
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Turkey has been evacuating hundreds of citizens from Libya after a threat from a renegade general fighting Islamists in the east, Ankara’s embassy and airport officials said on Tuesday.
Kenyan opposition leader demands dialogue after spate of attacks
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya’s veteran opposition leader demanded on Tuesday a national dialogue by July 7 and sought a timetable to pull Kenyan troops out of Somalia, hours after a fresh attack on the coast killed five people.
Kenya gang rape trial that triggered protests, petition begins
NAIROBI (Reuters) – The trial of a boy accused of being in a gang that raped a girl began in Kenya on Tuesday after months of campaigning by rights groups seeking justice for the teenager who suffered a broken back when she was dumped in a latrine pit …
Iran expects deal soon on Russia building new nuclear reactors
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran said on Tuesday it expected to sign a deal with Russia in late August on the building of two new 1,000-megawatt nuclear reactors in the Islamic Republic, potentially boosting its case that it is refining uranium for civilian ener…
Sudan re-arrests Christian woman one day after release from death row
CAIRO (Reuters) – Sudanese authorities re-arrested a Sudanese woman on Tuesday hours after she was freed from death row, and detained her and her family as they tried to board a plane in Khartoum, a security source and her lawyer said.
China’s Supreme Court overturns death sentence for victim of domestic violence: lawyer
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s top court has overturned the death sentence of a woman convicted of killing her husband after years of violent abuse, her lawyer said on Tuesday, in a move activists say shows the government could be serious about battling d…
Nigerian security investigating possible mass kidnapping: source
ABUJA/MAIDUGIRI Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigerian security forces are investigating a possible mass kidnapping of villagers in the northeast state of Borno where Boko Haram Islamist militants abducted more than 200 schoolgirls two months ago, a security sou…
Assange lawyers file Swedish court appeal to end arrest warrant
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Julian Assange’s Swedish lawyers on Tuesday filed a court petition to withdraw an arrest warrant for the WikiLeaks founder who has spent two years at Ecuador’s London embassy to avoid extradition to Sweden.
