Venezuela protests arrest of ex-intelligence head wanted in U.S.
CARACAS/MIAMI (Reuters) – Venezuela’s former military intelligence chief, accused of involvement in drug trafficking by the United States, was arrested on a Caribbean island while on diplomatic business, the South American country said on Thursday.
Wreckage of Air Algerie plane carrying 116 people found in Mali
ALGIERS/BAMAKO (Reuters) – Authorities said on Thursday they located the wreckage of an Air Algerie flight after it crashed in northern Mali carrying 116 passengers and crew, nearly half of them French, en route from Burkina Faso to Algeria.
Rival Libyan militias clash in Tripoli, Benghazi
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Heavy black smoke rose over southern Tripoli on Thursday after rival militias exchanged artillery and rocket fire in a battle over the Libyan capital’s airport that has killed around 50 people in nearly a fortnight of fighting.
Death row Christian woman flies out of Sudan, meets Pope
ROME/KHARTOUM (Reuters) – A Sudanese woman who was sentenced to death for converting from Islam to Christianity, then detained after her conviction was quashed, flew into Rome on an Italian government plane on Thursday and hours later met the Pope. Mar…
Venezuelan ex-intelligence head faces drug chrges in U.S
CARACAS/MIAMI (Reuters) – Venezuela’s former military intelligence chief, accused of involvement in drug trafficking by the United States, was arrested on a Caribbean island while on diplomatic business, the South American country said in a sternly wor…
Exclusive: U.N. aviation body to hold safety meeting with IATA, others – sources
MONTREAL (Reuters) – The U.N. civil aviation agency will hold a broad international meeting to discuss airline safety in the industry’s most coordinated response to the downing of a Malaysian airliner, two sources familiar with the matter said on Thurs…
French warplanes search Mali desert for crashed Air Algerie plane
ALGIERS (Reuters) – French warplanes and U.N. helicopters scoured the north of Mali on Thursday for the wreckage of an Air Algerie flight after it crashed carrying 110 passengers, nearly half of them French, from Burkina Faso to Algiers.
Mali, northern rebels agree on ‘roadmap’ for peace talks
ALGIERS (Reuters) – Mali’s government and Tuareg-led rebels on Thursday signed an agreement for a roadmap toward securing a broader peace deal to end decades of uprisings in the north.
Iran detains four journalists, three of them Iranian-American, says CPJ
ANKARA (Reuters) – The Committee to Protect Journalists on Thursday called on the Iranian government to immediately release four detained journalists, three of whom it said had U.S.-Iranian nationality.
Sudanese Salafi group endorses Islamic State’s new caliphate
CAIRO (Reuters) – A Sudanese Salafi group in a statement on Thursday endorsed the Islamic State militant group that declared a caliphate after it swept through northern Iraq last month.
