Sudan rebel leaders, 15 others, condemned to death – lawyer
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Two leaders from the main rebel alliance fighting Sudan’s president and 15 members of their group were sentenced to death in absentia on Thursday, their lawyer said, a move that will raise the stakes in fighting in southern regions…
Gunmen kill at least 40 in Nigerian ethnic violence
KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) – Gunmen have killed at least 40 people in a series of attacks in the northern Nigerian state of Katsina, in violence between rival ethnic groups over farmland and cattle, police said on Thursday.
U.S. suspends some aid to Uganda over anti-gay law
KAMPALA (Reuters) – The United States has suspended some aid to Uganda’s ministry of health, officials said on Thursday, in its first concrete move reported in response to the passing of an anti-homosexuality law.
Former guerrilla wins El Salvador vote; rival protests
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – A former Marxist guerrilla leader won El Salvador’s presidential election by a margin of less than one quarter of 1 percent, final results showed on Thursday, and his right-wing rival continued to press to have the vote annulle…
Princess Diana leaked royal directories to Murdoch tabloid, court hears
LONDON (Reuters) – The former royal editor of Rupert Murdoch’s now defunct British tabloid the News of the World told a court on Thursday the late Princess Diana had given him a directory of royal phone numbers to get back at her then husband Prince Ch…
Islamist rebels in Syria claim kidnapping of 94 civilians – video
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Sunni Islamist rebels in Syria have claimed responsibility for kidnapping at least 94 women and children belonging to President Bashar al-Assad’s minority Alawite sect, according to a video published on Thursday.
Algerian prime minister resigns to run Bouteflika campaign
ALGIERS (Reuters) – Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal resigned on Thursday, state media said, to run the re-election campaign of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the ageing independence leader who is widely expected to win five more years in pow…
Former Berlusconi secretary arrested with 24 kg of cocaine
ROME (Reuters) – Italian police on Thursday arrested Federica Gagliardi, a woman who acted as Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s secretary at two international summits in Canada in 2010, on suspicion of smuggling 24 kg of cocaine on a flight from Venez…
Ukrainian gas oligarch Firtash arrested in Vienna on FBI warrant
VIENNA (Reuters) – Industrialist Dmytro Firtash, one of Ukraine’s most influential oligarchs with close links to Russia through his gas interests, has been arrested in Austria at the request of the United States.
Venezuela says death toll from protests rises to 28
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s state prosecutor said on Thursday the death toll from a month of violent protests had risen to 28, after the nation’s top court ordered opposition mayors to dismantle barricades set up by street protesters.
