Nigerian lawmakers defect to opposition coalition
ABUJA (Reuters) – Thirty seven Nigerian lawmakers have defected to Nigeria’s main opposition coalition, giving it a slim majority in the lower house of parliament, in a further blow to President Goodluck Jonathan’s 2015 re-election bid.
Istanbul police chief removed over graft inquiry: local media
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Istanbul’s police chief has been removed from his post, local media reported on Thursday, two days after the sons of cabinet ministers and prominent businessmen close to Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan were detained in a corr…
Secret detention part of Syria ‘campaign of terror:’ U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) – Syrian activists and other citizens have vanished into secret detention as part of a “widespread campaign of terror against the civilian population” by the Damascus government, U.N. investigators said on Thursday.
Syrian Kurds demand their own delegation at Geneva talks
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian Kurds are demanding their own delegation separate from both the government and opposition at next month’s peace talks in Switzerland aimed at halting the conflict in Syria, Kurdish political leaders said on Thursday.
Israeli troops kill wanted Palestinian in West Bank arrest raid
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli troops shot and killed a member of the Palestinian security forces whom they were seeking to arrest in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, the Israeli military said.
Secret detention part of Syria ‘campaign of terror:’ U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) – Syrian activists and other citizens have vanished into secret detention as part of a “widespread campaign of terror against the civilian population” by the Damascus government, U.N. investigators said on Thursday.
Special Report: Why Ukraine spurned the EU and embraced Russia
KIEV (Reuters) – On September 4, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich called a meeting of his political party for the first time in three years, summoning members to an old Soviet-era cinema called Zoryany in Kiev.
Russia signals to Syria’s Assad to stay silent on re-election
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian diplomat signaled on Thursday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should refrain from statements suggesting he might seek re-election because it could fuel tension before planned peace talks.
Egypt court drops charges against Mubarak’s last PM
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court on Thursday dropped the last outstanding corruption case against Hosni Mubarak’s last prime minister, Ahmed Shafik, judicial sources said, possibly clearing the way for him to return from self-imposed exile.
China renews press cards for Bloomberg, several New York Times reporters
BEIJING (Reuters) – The Chinese government has renewed the press accreditations for journalists from Bloomberg News and several New York Times reporters, a journalists’ group said on Thursday.
