Malawi names new finance minister after graft scandal
LILONGWE (Reuters) – Malawi President Joyce Banda named a former African Union economic commissioner as finance minister on Tuesday in a cabinet reshuffle triggered by a graft scandal that started with the shooting of the national budget director.
Kenya’s Ruto to cooperate with ICC despite African pressure
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Deputy Kenyan President William Ruto said on Tuesday he would continue to cooperate with the International Criminal Court despite a call from African leaders for the prosecution of President Uhuru Kenyatta to be halted.
Iran says powers receptive to ideas for ending nuclear stand-off
GENEVA (Reuters) – Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Tuesday world powers were receptive to Tehran’s proposals for easing the stand-off over its nuclear program and details would be discussed in the afternoon.
Amnesty says hundreds die in Nigerian jails
LAGOS, Oct 15 (Reuters) – Nearly 1,000 people, mostly suspected Islamist militants, died in Nigerian jails in the first half of this year, Amnesty International said on Tuesday.
EU official expects Ukraine’s Tymoshenko to go to Germany soon
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union’s enlargement chief said on Tuesday he expects Ukraine to allow jailed former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko to go to Germany for medical treatment before a November 28-29 meeting, removing an obstacle to an EU-…
Russia says foils plot to attack chemical arms facility
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian authorities said on Tuesday they had foiled a plot by Islamist radicals to bomb a chemical weapons facility and had arrested two suspects from the North Caucasus, where Moscow is battling an Islamist insurgency.
Officials say Egypt arrests Mursi supporter linked to Cairo attack
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian security officials said on Tuesday that authorities had arrested a supporter of deposed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi suspected of involvement in a rocket-propelled grenade attack on a state-owned satellite station in Cair…
Angola’s Dos Santos says relations with Portugal ‘not well’
LUANDA (Reuters) – Angola’s President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos said on Tuesday his country’s relationship with Portugal, its former colonial ruler and one of its main trading partners, was “not well” and not conducive to the creation of a planned strate…
Moscow police tighten security to prevent riots during Eid
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Police stepped up security in Moscow on Tuesday to prevent a repeat of rioting over the killing of an ethnic Russian as crowds of Muslims celebrated the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha.
Mother of missionary jailed in North Korea pleads with U.S. for help
SEOUL (Reuters) – The mother of a U.S. missionary jailed in North Korea for state subversion pleaded on Tuesday for the U.S. government to help secure her ailing son’s release as she ended a trip to see him.
