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Nigeria: Nigeria arrests businessman in connection with girls’ abductions

YoopyaJul 2, 2014July 16, 20230

(Reuters) – Nigerian troops have arrested a businessman suspected of being at the head of a Boko Haram intelligence network that helped plan the abduction

Africa: Conflict minerals law starts working despite poor industry response

YoopyaJul 1, 2014July 16, 20230

(Reuters) – A U.S. law on conflict minerals is curbing African warlords’ presence around mines in Congo, campaigners say, but its full impact remains unclear,

Europe: European Court of Human Rights upholds French law banning veil

YoopyaJul 1, 2014July 16, 20230

(Reuters) – The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday upheld France’s 2010 ban on full-face veils in public, dismissing a case brought by a

Africa: Around 30 migrants found dead on boat near Sicily

YoopyaJul 1, 2014July 16, 20230

(Reuters) – As many as 30 corpses were found on a boat packed with migrants off the coast of Sicily, Italy’s navy said on Monday

Religion: Pope says communists are closet Christians

YoopyaJun 30, 2014July 16, 20230

(Reuters) – Pope Francis, whose criticisms of unbridled capitalism have prompted some to label him a Marxist, said in an interview published on Sunday that

Asia news: Rescuers dig for survivors in India building ruins

YoopyaJun 30, 2014July 29, 20230

NEW DELHI (AP) — Rescuers pulled two survivors Monday from the huge pile of broken concrete left by the collapse of an 11-story apartment building

World news: After Iraq gains, Qaeda offshoot claims Islamic “caliphate”

YoopyaJun 30, 2014September 7, 20230

(Reuters) – An offshoot of al Qaeda which has seized territory in Iraq and Syria has declared itself an Islamic caliphate and called on factions

US politics: Benghazi suspect expected to arrive in U.S. this weekend: sources

YoopyaJun 27, 2014July 25, 20230

(Reuters) – A suspected leader of the 2012 attack on the U.S. compound in Benghazi, captured by U.S. forces and spirited out of Libya, is

Africa news: African leaders’ summit urges action on rising militant threat

YoopyaJun 27, 2014July 16, 20230

(Reuters) – African leaders called on Thursday for firm action against a rising Islamist militant threat stretching across the continent from Kenya to Mali and

Africa news: Abuja bomb cuts short Nigeria president’s trip to AU summit

YoopyaJun 27, 2014July 16, 20230

(Reuters) – Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has cut short a trip to an African Union summit in Gabon a day after a bomb blast in