Saudi Arabia jails seven men for up to 20 years for demonstrating
DUBAI (Reuters) – A Riyadh court sentenced seven men to between six and 20 years in jail on Wednesday for offences that included taking part in protests in the town of Qatif, in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province, state news agency SPA said.
Niger hosts U.S.-organized exercises to strengthen African security
NIAMEY (Reuters) – Over 1,000 soldiers from 18 African and Western nations launched a U.S. organized counter-terrorism training exercise in Niger on Wednesday aimed at improving security capabilities across Africa’s Sahara-Sahel zone.
Libya to compensate women raped during 2011 uprising
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya will offer compensation to women raped during the 2011 NATO-backed uprising which toppled Muammar Gaddafi, its justice minister said on Wednesday, touching a taboo subject.
Russia, Britain, France say possible U.N. Syria aid vote this week
MOSCOW/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A U.N. Security Council resolution to boost humanitarian aid access in war-torn Syria could be approved within days, Russia, Britain and France said on Wednesday, but Moscow warned against any attempts to “politicize” …
Britain sets out new test to limit EU migrant benefits
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain laid out new rules on Wednesday designed to limit the access that migrants from other European Union states have to the country’s welfare system.
Pussy Riot say Cossacks beat them with whips in Sochi
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – Members of the all-women Russian protest group Pussy Riot said they were beaten with whips on Wednesday by Cossacks who are helping patrol Sochi during the Winter Olympics.
Islamists attack Nigerian general’s house, one soldier killed
MAIDUGURI (Reuters) – Islamist group Boko Haram attacked the house of an army general in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state overnight, killing one of the soldiers guarding it, police said on Wednesday.
Prosecutor not sure man held in French Alps murder was involved
ANNECY, France (Reuters) – A French prosecutor said on Wednesday there was no certainty a man being questioned over the 2012 killing of a British family had played a role in it and said a second man had also been detained in the investigation.
South African platinum bosses may seek to have strike outlawed
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The chief executive of Anglo American Platinum said on Wednesday court action might be taken to have a four-week strike against it and other platinum producers declared illegal given alleged violence by the AMCU union.
United Kingdom’s fate hinges on a tale of two referendums
LONDON (Reuters) – The United Kingdom has existed for more than three centuries, and its territorial integrity has buckled only once – when Irish nationalists created a breakaway republic almost 100 years ago.
