Algeria set for presidential election denounced by protesters as charade
Algeria holds a presidential election on Thursday which protesters say offers no real choice and will keep in power the ruling hierarchy they have been trying to oust in 10 months of demonstrations.
Gunman kills six in Czech hospital waiting room before shooting himself
A 42-year-old gunman killed six people on Tuesday at a hospital waiting room in the eastern Czech city of Ostrava before fleeing and fatally shooting himself in the head, police said.
Timeline: Algeria’s year of protest and turmoil
Mass protests this year in Algeria, which holds a presidential election on Thursday, have caused the biggest political crisis since the end of its 1990s civil war that killed 200,000 people.
Bosnia moves migrants from freezing forest camp
Bosnian authorities, bowing to international pressure, begun moving migrants on Tuesday from a freezing makeshift camp in a forest to more appropriate shelter.
Japanese former defense minister shot near home: Sankei
A former Japanese defense minister has been shot in the leg near his home in northern Japan, Sankei newspaper reported on Tuesday citing police sources.
Nobel peace laureate Abiy to say militants, global powers threaten Horn of Africa
The world’s leading military powers and militant groups are both threatening peace and stability in the Horn of Africa, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed will say on Tuesday at a ceremony to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
France’s unions bring pensions battle back onto the streets
Public sector workers marched peacefully through cities across France on Tuesday, heeding a call by trade unions to stage one of the biggest protests in decades in a revolt against President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform.
As Suu Kyi looks on, Gambia details mass rapes, killings in Myanmar
Gambia’s legal team described mass rapes, the burning of families in their homes and killing of dozens of Muslim Rohingya children with knives as it set out its genocide case against Myanmar at the U.N.’s International Court of Justice on Tuesday.
Qatar sends premier to Gulf summit in prospective thaw in rift
Qatar sent its prime minister to a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, its highest level of representation at the annual meeting in two years and the most concrete sign yet of a possible thaw in a regional dispute.
Gunman kills six in Czech hospital before shooting himself
A 42-year-old gunman killed six people on Tuesday at a hospital waiting room in the eastern Czech city of Ostrava before fleeing and fatally shooting himself in the head, police said.
