BERLIN – The German government says it doesn’t expect questions about its spy agency’s cooperation with the U.S. National Security Agency to damage relations with Washington. The government faces questions over reports that the Federal Intelligence Service, known by its acronym BND, may have known of or even helped U.S. …
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DAKAR, Senegal – Doctors Without Borders says members of an armed militia raped women en masse in Congo earlier this month after attacking a town in the eastern South Kivu province. The charity group said Thursday it had treated 127 rape victims between the ages of 14 to 70 who …
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – An Ethiopian official says 200 human smugglers have been detained as part of the government’s efforts to stem the number of citizens illegally trying to migrate to Europe. Ethiopian Federal Affairs Minister Shiferaw Teklemariam told the Ethiopian News Agency late Sunday that the government is looking …
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KAMPALA, Uganda – South Sudan government troops are setting villages on fire and abusing civilians in an ongoing military assault on rebels loyal to the country’s former vice president, Amnesty International reported Thursday, the latest allegations of serious rights abuses since the resumption of heavy fighting last month. Citing witness …
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BELFAST, Northern Ireland – His political party says Peter Robinson, the Protestant leader of Northern Ireland’s unity government, has been hospitalized after a suspected heart attack. The 66-year-old leader of the Democratic Unionist Party was admitted Monday to the Ulster Hospital east of Belfast. The Democratic Unionist Party says in …
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KATHMANDU, Nepal – The U.N. food agency is hiring thousands of mountain and trekking guides, porters and other workers to carry food, medicine, tents and supplies to Nepal’s mostly inaccessible northern villages where two powerful earthquakes destroyed houses. Richard Regan of the U.N.’s World Food Program said the workers also …
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PARIS – France and Morocco have vowed to strengthen counterterrorism cooperation, four months after they resumed judicial cooperation following a year-long diplomatic rift. After meeting with French president Francois Hollande on Friday, Moroccan Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkilane said: “We had a difficult year of course, now it’s behind us, and …
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JERUSALEM – Israeli police say they forcibly removed dozens of Jewish protesters trying to prevent a Christian ritual from taking place at a holy site revered in both religions. Police spokeswoman Luba Samri says the skirmish took place Monday at a site revered by Jews as the tomb of the …
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With Jimbo Fisher out as Texas A&M’s head football coach amid his sixth season, the university will be looking for his successor. One of their most famous alumni is lending a helping hand if they’d like to use it. Johnny Manziel was on the last Aggies team to secure double-digit …
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Does Paris have too many SUVs? The mayor is putting that question to voters in the runup to next year’s Olympic Games, the latest salvo in her long-running campaign to make the city more friendly to pedestrians and the planet, and less friendly to cars. Voters will be asked on …
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