BANGUI (Reuters) - Prosecutors in Central African Republic say they have detained a European employee of a U.S.-based non-governmental organisation on suspicion of being a threat to state security and seeking to incite revolt against security forces.
In a statement read on state television on Friday, the public prosecutor in the capital Bangui said Martin Joseph Figueira had Portuguese and Belgian passports and had been detained on May 25 after an... (continue reading...)
(Reuters) - A Russian missile hit residences in Balakliia in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region on Saturday, injuring 13 people including eight children, prosecutors said.
Pictures posted online showed homes in the town southeast of Kharkiv reduced to rubble.
Reuters could not independently verify accounts from either side. Russia denies deliberately targeting civilians. Thousands have been killed and injured since Russia's February... (continue reading...)
CAIRO (Reuters) - Kuwait's emir has appointed Sheikh Sabah Khalid al-Sabah as crown prince, the state news agency KUNA said on Saturday.
(Reporting by Enas Alashray; Editing by Kevin Liffey)
CAIRO (Reuters) -The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) on Saturday reported an incident 48 nautical miles southwest of Yemen's Hodeidah where the vessel's master witnessed an explosion a significant distance from the ship.
The Houthi militia, which controls the most populous parts of Yemen and is aligned with Iran, has attacked ships off its coast for months, saying it is acting in solidarity with Palestinians fighting Israel in Gaza.
... (continue reading...)CAIRO (Reuters) - Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said on Saturday that mediators hope all parties will deal positively with the principles of a Gaza ceasefire proposal that U.S. President Joe Biden laid out on Friday.
Al Thani made the remarks during a phone call with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Qatar's state news agency said.
The principles in the ceasefire proposal "include the withdrawal of... (continue reading...)
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