Nigerian opposition candidate Abubakar picks 2019 election running mate
The main opposition challenger to Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari in next year’s election has selected a former governor from the southeast of the country to be his running mate, the candidate’s spokesman said on Friday.
U.S. pastor Brunson released by Turkish court, set to fly home
An American evangelical Christian pastor at the centre of a row between Ankara and Washington looked set to fly home on Friday after a Turkish court freed him, a move that may signal a step towards mending ties between the allies.
Plane carrying U.S. pastor Brunson leaves Turkey, heads to Germany then U.S.: lawyer
A plane carrying the U.S. pastor at the centre of a row between Ankara and Washington, took off from the airport in Turkey’s western Izmir province late on Friday, a witness said, hours after a court ruled he could go free.
Seven Palestinians killed in border protests: Gaza health officials
Israeli forces killed seven Palestinians on Friday in protests along Gaza’s border, Gaza health officials said. Israel said its troops had shot a group who broke through the fence with a bomb and attacked an army post.
U.N. says 833 children released by Nigerian militia group
A militia fighting against the Islamist militant group Boko Haram in northeast Nigeria has released 833 children from its own ranks, some as young as 11, the U.N. children’s agency UNICEF said on Friday.
U.S. pastor Brunson arrives at airport in Turkey’s Izmir after release
U.S. pastor Andrew Brunson, at the centre of a row between Ankara and Washington, arrived at the airport in Turkey’s western Izmir province on Friday, a Reuters photographer at the scene said, hours after a court ruled he could go free.
World Bank chief exits planned Saudi investment conference
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim will not attend a Saudi Arabian investment conference later this month, a World Bank official told Reuters on Friday citing a scheduling conflict.
U.S. weapons makers rattled over Saudi Arabia deals
Major U.S. defense contractors have expressed concern to the Trump administration that lawmakers angered by the disappearance of a Saudi journalist in Turkey will block further arms deals with Saudi Arabia, a senior U.S. official told Reuters on Friday…
U.S. pastor Brunson leaves his home in Turkey after release
The American evangelical Christian pastor at the center of a row between Ankara and Washington left his home in Turkey’s western Izmir province on Friday, a Reuters cameraman said, hours after he was released from detention.
Hundreds attend funeral of murdered Bulgarian journalist
Hundreds of Bulgarians queued silently at a church in Ruse on Friday to pay their last respects to Viktoria Marinova, the television journalist whose brutal rape and murder shocked the country and triggered debates over freedom of the press.
