Berlusconi says president should pardon him, slams ‘coup d’etat’
ROME (Reuters) – Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi called on Saturday for a presidential pardon following his conviction for tax fraud and said his expulsion from parliament in a vote next week would be a “coup d’etat”.
Gunmen kill 12 in Nigerian Islamist stronghold
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Gunmen killed 12 people in a raid on a northeastern Nigerian village on Saturday, the police said, in a region where troops are battling an Islamist militant insurgency.
Egypt expels Turkish ambassador, Turkey retaliates
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt said on Saturday it was expelling Turkey’s ambassador and accused Ankara of backing organizations bent on undermining the country – an apparent reference to the Muslim Brotherhood of ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi.
Women enslaved in London joined a ‘collective’ with captors: police
LONDON (Reuters) – Three women enslaved in London for 30 years lived in some kind of “collective” where they were controlled by their captors – a couple now in their 60s – through brainwashing and beatings, police said on Saturday.
Islamists poised to enter parliament as Mauritania goes to polls
NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) – Voters in Mauritania went to the polls in Saturday in legislative and local elections expected to bring a once-outlawed Islamist party into parliament for the first time.
Kerry to fly to London Sunday to meet British, Libyan officials
GENEVA (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will fly to London from Geneva on Sunday to meet British and Libyan officials, the U.S. State Department said.
Rich vs poor deadlock broken at U.N. climate talks
WARSAW (Reuters) – Almost 200 nations kept a plan to reach a new U.N. climate pact in 2015 alive on Saturday when rich and poor countries reached a compromise on sharing out the efforts needed to slow global warming.
Australian PM writes to Indonesian president over spy row
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Saturday he had written a letter to Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono over a spying row that has knocked relations between the neighbors to their lowest point since the late 1…
Angolan police fire teargas to disperse opposition protest
LUANDA (Reuters) – Angolan police fired teargas and warning shots on Saturday to disperse hundreds of opposition supporters demonstrating in the capital against the disappearance and possible murder of two anti-government activists.
Islamist rebels capture Syria’s largest oilfield: activists
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Islamist rebels led by al Qaeda-linked fighters seized Syria’s largest oilfield on Saturday, cutting off President Bashar al-Assad’s access to almost all local crude reserves, activists said.
