Northern Ireland rocked by Gerry Adams arrest over 1972 killing
ANTRIM, Northern Ireland/DUBLIN (Reuters) – Northern Irish police questioned Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams on Thursday after arresting him under an investigation into one of the province’s most notorious murders, a move that stirred fierce political rea…
Seven dead after rains cause landslide in central Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – At least seven have died after strong rains caused a landslide in the central Mexican state of Puebla, the state governor tweeted on Thursday.
Republic of Congo expels 50,000 citizens of neighboring Congo
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Republic of Congo has expelled more than 50,000 citizens of the Democratic Republic of Congo over the past month, authorities in Kinshasa said on Thursday, a move rare on this scale in the relations between the two neighbors.
Northern Ireland rocked by Gerry Adams arrest over 1972 killing
ANTRIM, Northern Ireland/DUBLIN (Reuters) – Northern Irish police questioned Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams on Thursday after arresting him under an investigation into one of the province’s most notorious murders, a move that stirred fierce political rea…
Suspected bomb on edge of Nigerian capital kills at least 15
ABUJA (Reuters) – A suspected car bomb exploded on the outskirts of Nigeria’s capital Abuja on Thursday, killing at least 15 people a week before the city was to host a conference of leaders and business executives focused on Africa’s growth prospects,…
U.S. warns of South Sudan genocide risk, raises hope of new forces
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry warned on Thursday that South Sudan’s conflict could descend into genocide, as he renewed threats of sanctions and raised hope that more peacekeeping forces could be deployed swiftly to halt th…
Riot police clash with May Day protesters in Istanbul
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish police fired tear gas, water cannon and rubber pellets on Thursday to stop May Day protesters, some armed with fire bombs, from defying Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and reaching Istanbul’s central Taksim square.
In Iraq and Syria, a resurgence of foreign suicide bombers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Shortly before Abdul Waheed Majeed, a 41-year-old British truck driver, blew himself up in an attack on a Syrian prison, he brushed aside a question in Arabic.
U.S. offers to help Nigeria in hunt for abducted girls
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States said on Thursday it had offered to help Nigeria in its search for around 200 girls abducted by Islamist militants from a school in the northeast of the West African country.
Malaysia releases missing plane report, reveals confusion
KUALA LUMPUR/PARIS (Reuters) – Malaysia on Thursday released its most comprehensive account yet of what happened to missing Flight MH370, in a preliminary report that detailed the route the plane probably took as it veered off course and revealed the c…
