ICC says Kenyatta need not attend whole trial for crimes against humanity
NAIROBI/AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Judges at the International Criminal Court on Friday excused Uhuru Kenyatta from “continuous presence” at his impending trial for crimes against humanity, a move analysts said would prolong the Kenyan president’s co-operat…
Mozambique army launches retaliatory attack on Renamo
MAPUTO (Reuters) – Mozambique’s army launched a retaliatory attack on the mountain headquarters of the opposition Renamo movement on Friday, a day after a rebel ambush in which seven soldiers were killed, senior Renamo and government officials said.
Ukraine’s jailed Tymoshenko offered ticket abroad but no pardon
KIEV (Reuters) – Jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko would have to return to Ukraine to complete her prison sentence after receiving any medical treatment abroad, according to the text of a draft law made public on Friday.
Saudis reject Security Council seat, angry over Mideast inaction
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia turned down a coveted seat on the United Nations Security Council on Friday in a rare display of anger at the failure of the international community to end the war in Syria and act on other Middle East issues.
Thousands march for Mursi across Egypt, policeman killed in Sinai
CAIRO (Reuters) – Thousands of supporters of Egypt’s deposed President Mohamed Mursi protested in Cairo on Friday, shouting slogans against army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who removed him on July 3.
Charred bodies from Kenya mall ‘highly likely’ to be gunmen: lawmaker
NAIROBI/OSLO (Reuters) – Two charred bodies recovered from Nairobi’s Westgate shopping mall are highly likely to be two of the gunmen who killed dozens of people last month in one of the worst militant strikes on Kenyan soil, a lawmaker probing the att…
China outraged as Japanese lawmakers visit shrine to war dead
TOKYO (Reuters) – A Japanese minister and more than 100 other lawmakers visited the Yasukuni Shrine for war dead on Friday, prompting China to accuse Japan of undermining ties and trying to overturn the post-World War Two order.
Fire engulfs up to 300,000 tons of sugar at Brazil terminal
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – A fire on Friday destroyed up to 300,000 tons of sugar and much of the Santos Port warehouses owned by Copersucar, the world’s largest trader of the sweetener, the port authority of Santos said.
Kyrgyz crowd attacks Australian gold miner’s office
ALMATY (Reuters) – A crowd of about 200 people on Friday attacked the local office of Z-Explorer, an Australian company developing a gold field in southern Kyrgyzstan, in what appeared to be another violent conflict over the privatization of the countr…
South African union official at Lonmin mine shot dead
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – A senior member of South Africa’s National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) was shot dead overnight in the restive platinum belt town of Marikana, a union spokesman said on Friday.
