Lithuania accuses Russia of harassing ships in Baltic Sea
VILNIUS (Reuters) – Lithuania accused Russian warships of harassing civilian vessels in Lithuanian waters in the Baltic Sea on Friday in a protest amid worries in the region about Moscow’s assertiveness in Ukraine.
Egypt’s Sabahi contests presidential elections results
CAIRO (Reuters) – The defeated candidate in Egypt’s presidential election, Hamdeen Sabahi, appealed on Friday against results that gave former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi victory, saying election rules had been broken.
North Korea sentences South Korean to life of hard labor for spying
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea sentenced a South Korean missionary to life with hard labor on Friday after convicting him of espionage and setting up an underground church.
Two aid workers killed in roadside explosion in Mali
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Two Malian humanitarian workers employed by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) were killed when their vehicle struck an improvised explosive device near the city of Timbuktu in northern Mali, the aid agency and the United Nations sa…
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kill emir, policemen in Nigeria
MAIDUGURI Nigeria/ACCRA (Reuters) – Suspected members of the Boko Haram Islamist group, which kidnapped 276 schoolgirls last month, gunned down a traditional Muslim emir in an attack on a convoy in northeastern Nigeria on Friday, the Borno state govern…
Tanker with piped Iraqi Kurdish oil U-turns away from U.S.
LONDON (Reuters) – A crude oil tanker at the center of a dispute between Iraqi Kurdistan and Baghdad has reversed course from its route towards the United States, ship-tracking data showed on Friday, indicating that the shipper may not have a buyer.
Dark tale of love and murder in Pakistan’s rural heartland
MOZA SIAL Pakistan (Reuters) – A Pakistani man whose pregnant wife was bludgeoned to death by angry family members who did not approve of the marriage fondly recalled a brief life together with the woman he fell in love with at first sight.
Stumbling Thai economy lends urgency to junta’s revival efforts
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s junta leader said on Friday a process of reconciliation between political factions and reforms would take about one year and only after that would a general election would be held.
Exclusive: U.N. experts wary of Somaliland plan for armed oil protection unit
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. experts warn that plans by Somalia’s breakaway enclave Somaliland to deploy special forces to protect foreign oil companies could worsen conflicts in the long unstable Horn of Africa.
IMF to double funding for Bosnia over flooding
SARAJEVO (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund is ready to double funding for Bosnia under its standby loan deal to help it cope with the effects of the worst flooding in living memory, an IMF official told Reuters on Friday.
