January 18, 2015 - Page 8

A POWERFUL vigilante leader in the Central African Republic, accused of masterminding massacres of minority Muslims in December 2013, has been arrested, prosecutors said Sunday. UN peacekeepers arrested Rodrigue Nagibona, alias General

BRAZIL and the Netherlands have recalled their ambassadors from Indonesia after the execution of two of their nationals for drug trafficking. Brazilian Marco Archer Cardoso Moreira, 53, and Dutch national Ang Kiem

AT least three people have been killed and six churches attacked in Niger amid fresh protests against French magazine Charlie Hebdo’s cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad. Protests began outside Niamey’s grand mosque

PRESIDENT Barack Obama is to use Tuesday’s State of the Union speech to call for tax increases on the wealthy to help the middle class, officials say. The proposals would raise $320

POPE Francis has celebrated an outdoor Mass in front of unprecedented crowds in the Philippine capital Manila. Six million people attended the ceremony or lined the Papal route to Rizal Park, city

AFGAHANISTAN has launched an investigation after it emerged that President Ashraf Ghani’s nominee for agriculture minister was wanted for tax evasion in Estonia, an official said Sunday. According to Interpol’s website, Mohammad