A police raid, viral videos and the broken lives of Nigerian gay law suspects
The 57 men stumbled out of the back of a dark police truck into the glare of a sunny courtyard and a phalanx of cameras. Some clutched another’s hand, as if for comfort. They lined up on wooden benches in the dirt, almost all of them trying to hide the…
Sixth Italian dies from coronavirus in Europe’s worst flare-up
A sixth person infected with the coronavirus has died in Italy, officials said on Monday as the government battled to contain Europe’s worst outbreak of the illness and Italian shares tumbled nearly 5% on fears over the economic impact.
Eastern Libyan lawmakers not to join Geneva talks
Lawmakers based in areas of eastern Libya controlled by military commander Khalifa Haftar said on Monday they would not participate for now in peace talks with politicians allied to the internationally recognized government.
Virus can still be beaten, too early to declare pandemic: WHO
The coronavirus outbreak can still be beaten, the World Health Organization said on Monday, insisting it was premature to declare it a pandemic even though it had the potential to reach that level.
German police after carnival crash: No indication of danger elsewhere
German police, who said carnival parades in the state of Hesse had been canceled after a car drove into one such event in the town of Volkmarsen, said on Twitter they did not have any indication of a threat anywhere else in Germany at the moment.
Officials can’t rule out German carnival crash was an attack: Welt
The Interior Ministry in the state of Hesse cannot rule out that a car crash at a German carnival parade on Monday was an attack, newspaper Welt reported.
Lesotho PM seeks immunity from charge of murdering second wife
Lesotho’s high court will rule on whether Prime Minister Thomas Thabane can claim immunity from a charge he murdered his wife prior to marrying his present spouse, a lower court decided on Monday, in a case gripping the tiny southern African kingdom.
U.N. in talks with Turkey to boost Syria aid amid offensive
The United Nations is in talks with Turkey to boost cross-border aid flows into northwest Syria and allow more evacuations of those in urgent need of medical help, such as babies in incubators, as shelling draws closer.
Germany’s Altmaier: Still too early to quantify coronavirus impact on economy
The coronavirus epidemic will have a “slight impact” on the world economy, but it is still too early to quantify how much growth it will cost in the end, German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said on Monday.
Togo president declares landslide election win, opponent slams ‘masquerade’
Togo President Faure Gnassingbe declared an electoral victory on Monday as official preliminary results showed him re-elected in a landslide, though an opposition candidate also claimed victory and called Monday’s result a “masquerade”.
