Nigeria: surging bloodshed strains ‘marriage of irreconcilables’
UNGWAN GATA/ABUJA Nigeria (Reuters) – When Fulani raiders carrying rifles, machetes and clubs stormed his village one night last month, Pius Nna was stunned to see his teenage nephew among them.
China party mouthpiece says no Internet freedom without order, as U.S. TV shows pulled
BEIJING (Reuters) – There can be no Internet freedom without order, China’s top Communist Party newspaper said on Monday after several U.S. television shows were pulled from Chinese video sites, the latest signs of Beijing’s tightening grip on online c…
Search for missing Malaysia plane enters new phase
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The chance of finding floating debris from a missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner has become highly unlikely, and a new phase of the search will focus on a far larger area of the Indian Ocean floor, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbot…
Death of witness may stymie probe into Brazil dictatorship
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – A month ago, retired army colonel Paulo Malhães proudly declared that during Brazil’s 1964-85 military dictatorship he had tortured leftists until they died and then cut off their hands to prevent their bodies from ever being identified.
End game nears on South Africa’s strike-hit platinum belt
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The end game to South Africa’s big platinum strike is drawing near after the producers said they would take their latest wage offer directly to employees after marathon wage talks to end the 13-week strike collapsed on Thursday…
Macedonia’s conservatives re-elected; opposition condemns vote
SKOPJE (Reuters) – Macedonia’s conservative ruling party has secured a third term in office, winning both parliamentary and presidential elections on Sunday, based on preliminary results of the ballot that the opposition said it would not recognize.
Chinese spies read Australian MPs’ emails for a year: report
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A cyber attack on the Australian parliamentary computer network in 2011 may have given Chinese intelligence agencies access to lawmakers’ private emails for an entire year, the Australian Financial Review reported on Monday.
London braced for travel disruption on underground rail workers strike plan
LONDON (Reuters) – Millions of commuters were preparing for transport chaos from Monday evening as workers on the London Underground rail network plan to hold a two-day strike in a dispute over plans to cut jobs and close ticket offices.
Ukraine rebels free Swedish hostage; Obama seeks unity against Russia
KUALA LUMPUR/SLAVIANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Pro-Russian rebels paraded European monitors they are holding in eastern Ukraine on Sunday, freeing one but saying they had no plans to release another seven as the United States and Europe prepared new sanct…
End game nears on South Africa’s strike-hit platinum belt
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The end game to South Africa’s big platinum strike is drawing near after the producers said they would take their latest wage offer directly to employees after marathon wage talks to end the 13-week strike collapsed on Thursday…
