Sierra Leone declares emergency as Ebola death toll hits 729
FREETOWN (Reuters) – Sierra Leone has declared a state of emergency and called in troops to quarantine Ebola victims, joining neighboring Liberia in imposing controls as the death toll from the outbreak of the virus hit 729 in West Africa.
North Korea accuses U.N. Security Council of double standards
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – North Korea accused the United Nations Security Council on Friday of double standards by condemning Pyongyang’s recent ballistic missiles launches while ignoring “provocative” joint military exercises between the United State…
Ten killed in clashes between Azeris, ethnic Armenians
BAKU/YEREVAN (Reuters) – At least 10 people were killed in skirmishes between Azeri government forces and ethnic Armenian separatists controlling the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh enclave of Azerbaijan, officials from both sides said on Friday.
Post-Obama visit, Honduras president sees child migrant stalemate
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – After meeting U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington, Honduran President Juan Hernandez sees little hope of an immediate solution to stemming a wave of child migrants fleeing misery and violence in Central America for the Uni…
Final tally for Air Algerie crash 116: Burkinabe official
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Two people originally believed to have traveled on an Air Algerie plane that crashed in Mali last week did not board the flight, reducing the official death toll to 116, a senior official in Burkina Faso said on Friday.
Doubts surface about India’s Modi after trade deal scuppered
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to office with a reputation as a business-friendly leader ready to open up one of the world’s biggest markets and sweep away the remnants of the country’s socialist past.
Nine more killed after week of violence in China’s Xinjiang
BEIJING (Reuters) – Nine militants were shot dead and one captured in China’s restive far western region of Xinjiang on Friday, state media said, the latest bout of violence in a week in which dozens have been killed there.
Ugandan court overturns anti-gay law that halted Western aid
KAMPALA (Reuters) – Uganda’s constitutional court on Friday overturned an anti-homosexuality law that punished gay sex with long prison sentences and was condemned by Western and other donors, some of whom withheld aid in protest.
Jailed Indian tycoon gets office to negotiate hotel sales
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s Supreme Court has granted a jailed business tycoon an office, a phone, Internet connection and three secretaries in the Delhi prison that has been his home for five months so he can sell two of his company’s iconic hotels …
Exclusive: China’s Xi likely to promote army general who exposed graft – sources
BEIJING (Reuters) – President Xi Jinping is likely to promote a corruption whistleblower to China’s top military decision-making body to underscore his determination to tackle graft inside the country’s rapidly modernizing armed forces, two sources sai…
