NAIROBI, Kenya – Kenyan police say they have arrested more than 100 Ethiopian nationals suspected of traveling illegally through Kenya on their way to South Africa. Noah Katumo, the head of Kenya’s Special Crimes Prevention Unit, said Tuesday 101 Ethiopian men were arrested along with three Kenyans suspected of trying …
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ULAN BATOR, Mongolia – Mongolia’s president says he has pardoned an American mining executive and two Filipinos sentenced to jail for tax evasion in a case that raised questions about the Asian nation’s reputation as an investment destination. A statement Thursday from Elbegdorj Tsakhia’s office said Justin Kapla, Hillarion Cajucom …
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DAKAR, Senegal – A human rights group says Gambia has sentenced three soldiers to death after a secret trial in which they were convicted of participating in an attempted coup. Amnesty International said Wednesday that the death sentences were handed down Monday, along with life sentences for three other soldiers. …
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ISTANBUL – Turkey on Monday blocked access to social networking sites, including Twitter and YouTube, over photos showing a militant pointing a gun at a prosecutor who died last week in a failed hostage rescue operation. Access to Twitter was restored several hours later. A spokesman for President Recep Tayyip …
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JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Iran will be able to swiftly get nuclear weapons after the emerging deal expires, echoing similar remarks by U.S. President Barack Obama. Netanyahu said Wednesday that “Israel shares the view” that when the deal expires “the breakout time for Iran to obtain …
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MEXICO CITY – Mexican marines and police have arrested a man authorities describe as a leading cocaine trafficker for Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel, authorities said Sunday. Monte Alejandro Rubido, Mexico’s national security commissioner, said Cesar Gastelum Serrano was arrested Saturday in the resort city of Cancun. Gastelum Serrano was carrying …
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BEIJING – China accused the Dalai Lama on Wednesday of inciting a wave of self-immolations among Tibetans that are widely seen as desperate protests against Chinese rule in the Himalayan region. Similar accusations have been denied in the past, and the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader has called the deaths sad …
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JOHANNESBURG – Fearful immigrants in South Africa who fled their homes because of threats and deadly attacks by South Africans said Sunday they were targeted in some cases by longtime neighbors and people who warned they would assault anyone carrying a foreign passport. The immigrants spoke in interviews with The …
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SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea formally approved a plan on Wednesday to salvage a ferry that sank last year, killing 304 people in one of the country’s deadliest disasters in decades. Raising the Sewol is one of the demands of bereaved families, who hope to discover more details about …
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ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey’s president has lashed out at country leaders who have recognized the killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as genocide on the centenary of the massacres. Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday accused France, Germany, Russia and Austria — whose leaders or parliaments recently described the killings as …
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