Chinese oil engineers kidnapped in Sudan freed: Xinhua agency
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Two Chinese engineers kidnapped in Sudan more than a year ago have been released, the official Xinhua media service said on Friday, citing a source at the Chinese embassy in Khartoum.
Indian tribal militants kill 11 Muslims in fresh attack
GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) – Heavily armed tribal guerrillas raided a village in northeastern India on Friday and killed 11 Muslim settlers in a further attack linked to an upsurge in ethnic tensions during a drawn-out general election.
Turkey dismisses corruption case that has dogged PM Erdogan
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish prosecutors have dismissed a corruption case against 60 suspects, among them a former minister’s son and a construction tycoon, burying part of a scandal that has dogged Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s inner circle for mont…
Ex-Chicago comptroller arrested in Pakistan, may be extradited to U.S.
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – A former aide to Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel who fled to Pakistan while awaiting sentencing in the United States on corruption convictions has been arrested in Pakistan and authorities there are deciding whether to hand him …
Nigeria says gathering of rich and powerful will not be cowed by bombings
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria on Friday urged delegates due for the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Abjua next week “not to let terror win” by staying away after a second bombing in the capital in less than three weeks.
Libya blames Ansar al-Shariya Islamists for Benghazi violence
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – The Libyan government blamed Islamist militants of the Ansar al-Shariya group for an attack on Friday on the government security forces’ headquarters in Benghazi city.
Ukraine crisis highlights NATO defense spending problem: Hagel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Russia’s actions in Ukraine have shattered the myth of European security in the post-Cold War era and underscored the danger NATO allies have created by failing to meet their defense spending pledges, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck…
German government warns against inviting Snowden to testify in parliamentary inquiry
BERLIN (Reuters) – The German government advised against calling former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden to Berlin as a witness in a parliamentary inquiry into U.S. spying, saying this would cause damage to relations with Washing…
Eleven Muslims killed in sectarian attacks in India’s Assam
GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) – Suspected tribal rebels have shot dead 11 Muslims in attacks in India’s northeasterly tea-growing state of Assam, where tension has run high during a drawn-out general election, officials said on Friday.
Greenland commission will probe Danish colonial abuses
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Greenland plans to force former colonial ruler Denmark to confront past human rights abuses against the island’s indigenous Inuit people such as the confiscation of ancestral hunting grounds, its prime minister said.
