U.N. says first aid convoy enters Syria without government consent
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations said on Thursday the first humanitarian aid convoy had entered Syria from Turkey without Syrian government consent and under the authorization of a new U.N. Security Council resolution.
Bahrain asks court to temporarily suspend two more opposition groups
MANAMA (Reuters) – Bahrain has asked a court to temporarily suspend the activities of two more opposition groups, state news agency BNA said on Thursday, in a move that could further deepen political tensions in the Gulf Arab state.
Bomb hidden in fridge kills 1, wounds 8 in bus park in Nigeria’s Kano
KANO (Reuters) – A bomb hidden in a refrigerator killed one and wounded eight at a crowded bus park in northern Nigeria’s biggest city of Kano on Thursday, police said.
Tourist killed in Mombasa, second in July: police
NAIROBI (Reuters) – A German female tourist was killed in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa on Thursday in the same area where a Russian visitor was murdered earlier in July by a criminal gang, police sources said.
Spanish judge requests EU help in Iraq death probe
MADRID (Reuters) – A Spanish High Court judge has asked for assistance from the European Union in his investigation into the killing of Spanish cameraman Jose Couso by a U.S. tank shell in Iraq in 2003, court documents showed on Thursday.
Purge of minorities re-draws Iraq map
KABERLI Iraq (Reuters) – A new map is being drawn across the plains of northern Iraq as Sunni militants of the Islamic State purge the rural landscape of religious and ethnic minorities that have co-existed for hundreds of years.
Militants order female genital mutilation in Iraq: U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations, expressing deep concern, said on Thursday that militant group Islamic State had ordered all girls and women in and around Iraq’s northern city of Mosul to undergo female genital mutilation.
Afghan vote recount moves at snail’s pace, rival sides far apart
KABUL (Reuters) – The dusty ballot box from the disputed Afghan presidential election was supposed to contain 550 votes. When auditors cut the seal they found barely 30 votes inside.
Iraq parliament elects senior Kurdish politician president
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s parliament elected senior Kurdish lawmaker Fouad Masoum as president on Thursday, a long-awaited step in creating a new government capable of countering a Sunni Muslim insurgency.
Mediterranean boat people numbers soar to near 100,000 this year
GENEVA (Reuters) – Almost 100,000 boat people have made the dangerous journey across the Mediterranean to Europe this year, a roughly 60 percent increase on the whole of last year, and about 800 have died in the attempt, the U.N. refugee agency said on…
