Taliban survivor Malala, in Nigeria, pledges to help free girls
ABUJA (Reuters) – Pakistani rights activist Malala Yousafzai, who survived being shot in the head by the Taliban for campaigning for girls’ education, pledged while on a trip to Nigeria to help free a group of schoolgirls abducted by Islamist militants…
Political novice wins power in Slovenia, hints at revisiting economic reform plan
LJUBLJANA (Reuters) – Center-left political novice Miro Cerar led his party to victory in Slovenia’s election on Sunday, indicating he would rewrite a reform package agreed with the European Union to fix the euro zone member’s depleted finances.
Russia warns Ukraine after shell crosses border
DONETSK Ukraine/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia threatened Ukraine on Sunday with “irreversible consequences” after a Russian man was killed by a shell fired across the border, while Kiev said Ukrainian warplanes struck again at separatist positions in the e…
U.S., Iran say disputes remain in nuclear talks as deadline looms
VIENNA (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday major differences persist between Iran and six world powers negotiating on Tehran’s nuclear program, with a week to go before a deadline for a deal.
Yemeni leader demands Shi’ite group give up captured city
SANAA (Reuters) – Yemen’s president on Sunday demanded the withdrawal of Shi’ite Muslim tribesmen from a captured provincial city, in a stand-off that threatens to intensify turmoil in the Arab country.
U.S. concerned foreign fighters in Syria are working with Yemenis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said he is concerned fighters from Europe and the United States who are supporting violent insurgents in the Syrian civil war are joining forces with Yemeni bomb makers.
Roadside bomb kills seven members of Algeria’s security forces
ALGIERS (Reuters) – A roadside bomb killed seven members of Algeria’s security forces as they were patrolling in the west of the country, the second major attack on the military in three months.
South African metalworkers’ union rejects pay offer, threatens wider strike
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s metalworkers’ union NUMSA rejected the latest pay offer from engineering and steel sector employers on Sunday, saying black workers were still underpaid, and threatened to widen its two-week old strike.
Georgia’s ruling party sweeps to victory in local election runoffs
TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgia’s ruling Georgian Dream coalition has won a string of local election runoffs, cementing its control of local councils which had been the last powerbase of former president Mikheil Saakashvili’s party.
In Nigeria, Boko Haram-style violence radiates southwards
ABUJA (Reuters) – As long as violence perpetrated by Islamist militants was more or less contained in Nigeria’s remote northeast, the attitude of many citizens and expatriates in the more prosperous south was a shrug of the shoulders.
