Iran’s rising executions dim U.N. hopes for reforms
GENEVA (Reuters) – At least 80 people and perhaps as many as 95 have been executed in Iran already this year, a surge in the use of the death penalty that has dampened hopes for human rights reforms under President Hassan Rouhani, the United Nations sa…
Bulgaria to extradite terrorist suspect to Germany
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria is to extradite a 27-year-old Afghan man to Germany where he faces charges of being a member of a foreign terrorist group, a Bulgarian court said on Tuesday.
Germany to assist Israelis in states where they have no embassy
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany is to offer Israeli citizens consular assistance in states such as Indonesia or Malaysia where Israel has no official diplomatic representation, under a new deal to be signed by Angela Merkel when she visits Jerusalem next we…
Iran’s most sensitive uranium stockpile falls after nuclear deal
VIENNA (Reuters) – The size of Iran’s most contested uranium stockpile has declined significantly for the first time in four years following a landmark nuclear deal with world powers in November, the U.N. atomic watchdog reported on Thursday.
Zimbabwe court orders deportation of former congressman
HARARE (Reuters) – A Zimbabwean court dismissed pornography charges against former congressman Mel Reynolds on Friday but ordered his deportation after he pleaded guilty to staying in the southern African country on an expired visa.
11 die in attack by militants on Somali president’s compound
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – At least 11 people were killed when Islamist militants attacked the Somali presidential compound on Friday, blasting through a gate with a car bomb and fighting a gunbattle with guards.
One killed in south Yemen pro-independence protests: sources
ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) – At least one person was killed and 20 wounded in overnight clashes between police and pro-independence demonstrators in southern Yemen, a local official and witnesses said on Friday.
Turkey scraps coup plot courts in battle over judiciary
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish lawmakers on Friday abolished special courts which had convicted hundreds of alleged military coup plotters, as Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan battles a new foe he sees as using influence in the judiciary to try to unseat him….
Security staff strike brings chaos to Frankfurt airport
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – A strike by security staff at Frankfurt airport caused nearly 50 flight cancellations and delayed thousands of passengers, bringing chaos to Europe’s third largest hub on Friday, the busiest day of the week for travelers.
Nigeria’s central bank governor to challenge suspension in court
LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigeria’s graft-fighting Central Bank Governor Lamido Sanusi said on Friday he would go to court to challenge his suspension by the president – though he does not want his job back, he wants to show that the move was illegal.
