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| UN threatens to cut Afghanistan aid if election staff harassed |
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 KABUL (Reuters) - The United Nations threatened on Saturday to cut aid to Afghanistan if its staff are harassed, responding to tensions surrounding its participation in a drawn-out and bitter investigation into fraud in the still-unresolved presidential election. The warning came a day after dozens of demonstrators gathered outside the Kabul headquarters of the world body and accused it of aiding vote-rigging. It was another sign of heightened anxiety in the run-up to the release of final election results over the next week. ...
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| Family of British hostage appeal to Islamic State to make contact |
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| LONDON (Reuters) - The family of a British aid worker being held hostage by Islamic State (IS) jihadists have appealed to his captors to respond to their messages. David Haines, a 44-year-old father of two from Perth in Scotland, was kidnapped last year while working for the French agency ACTED. Earlier this month, he was shown kneeling in the sand wearing an orange jumpsuit in an IS video which showed the beheading of U.S. hostage Steven Sotloff. ... |
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