U.S. condemns attacks by Boko Haram in Nigeria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday condemned last week’s attacks in Nigeria by the Islamist group Boko Haram and underscored a commitment to help Nigerian authorities crack down on the militants the United States deems …
The threat of Israel boycotts more bark than bite
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Though voices are getting louder inside and outside Israel about the threat of economic boycotts for its continued occupation of Palestinian territories, there seems little prospect of it facing measures with real bite.
Afghan Taliban kill 21 soldiers, suspend prisoner swap attempt
ASADABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) – The Afghan Taliban killed 21 soldiers in an assault on Sunday in a remote mountainous region, the Afghan government said, and six soldiers were missing after the militants’ most deadly assault on the security forces in…
Militants escape from Bangladesh prison van in bomb ambush
DHAKA (Reuters) – Gunmen opened fire and tossed bombs on Sunday at a prison van carrying militants of a banned Islamist movement to a court house, freeing three of their colleagues and killing a policeman in the ambush, police and witnesses said.
UK says to use Merkel visit to push curbs to ‘welfare shopping’
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said on Sunday it planned to use a visit by German Chancellor Angela Merkel this week to try to persuade Berlin to support measures to discourage people from moving within the European Union to tap welfare benefits.
Yemen stops printing leading southern opposition newspaper
ADEN (Reuters) – Yemeni authorities have prevented a local newspaper linked to southern separatists from being printed at a government-owned press in Aden, editors said on Sunday, in a move that led to a protest in the port city.
Swiss minister says EU threats over immigration overblown
ZURICH (Reuters) – Switzerland’s defense minister said it was “unthinkable” that his country’s accords with the European Union would be terminated as result of a referendum to curb immigration, saying threats of retaliation by the bloc were overblown.
Guinea-Bissau postpones elections again to April
BISSAU (Reuters) – Guinea-Bissau’s long-delayed legislative and presidential election, intended to draw under a 2012 military coup, has been postponed again to April 13 from March 16, according to decree signed by the West African nation’s interim pres…
Car bomb kills 14 in Syrian town on Turkish border: activists
AMMAN (Reuters) – At least 14 people were killed and 70 wounded in a car bombing on Sunday near a field hospital in a Syrian town on the border with Turkey that serves as a main supply line for rebels fighting President Bashar al-Assad, activists said….
Thousands march in Hong Kong against erosion of media freedoms
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Thousands rallied outside Hong Kong’s government headquarters on Sunday demanding the city’s leader uphold media freedoms amid growing anger towards perceived behind-the-scenes intrusions on local media outlets.
