Turkey purges regulators, state TV in graft probe backlash
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey has extended a purge of official bodies to the banking and telecoms regulators and state TV, firing dozens of executives in moves that appear to broaden Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s backlash against a corruption investigati…
Bombs, mortar fire kill 14 people in Baghdad
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Mortar fire, car bombs and gunfire killed at least 14 people and wounded 55 in Baghdad on Saturday, police and medics said.
South Sudan says regains key town from rebels, Uganda claims credit
JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudanese government forces said they seized the flashpoint town of Bor back from rebels on Saturday and Uganda’s army claimed credit for the operation, highlighting the depth of its involvement in the conflict.
Turkish police fire tear gas on Istanbul protesters
ANKARA (Reuters) – Police fired tear gas on Saturday to disperse hundreds of protesters in Istanbul’s central Taksim Square demonstrating mainly against a government bill that would increase controls over the Internet.
Nine charged in 2000 murder of Haitian journalist Jean Dominique
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – A judge concluded the investigation into one of Haiti’s most notorious political assassinations on Friday, accusing nine people – including several close associates of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide – of having a han…
Hungarian president sets parliamentary election for April 6
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary will hold a parliamentary election on April 6, President Janos Ader announced in a statement on Saturday.
Iran diplomat dead after resisting kidnap attempt in Yemen
SANAA (Reuters) – An Iranian diplomat was killed in Yemen’s capital Sanaa on Saturday when he resisted gunmen who were trying to kidnap him near the ambassador’s residence, the Iranian Foreign Ministry and Yemeni security sources said.
Former Thatcher aide, falsely accused of child abuse, dies aged 71
LONDON (Reuters) – Former aide to Margaret Thatcher and ex-treasurer of Britain’s Conservative Party, Alistair McAlpine, who was wrongly accused of child abuse in a BBC report that led to a major crisis at the broadcaster, has died aged 71, his family …
Two Italian workers kidnapped in eastern Libya: source
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Two Italian construction workers have been abducted in an Islamist stronghold in eastern Libya, a security source said on Saturday.
Seven militant suspects shot dead in Russia’s Dagestan
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Seven suspected militants were killed by security forces in a shootout on Saturday near Makhachkala in Dagestan, Russian news agencies reported, a day after a grenade and bomb attack outside a restaurant in the regional capital injur…
