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| From the Pope to Malala: Quotes on the U.N.'s new global goals | |  Leaders from 193 nations adopted an ambitious new set of global goals on Friday to combat poverty, inequality and climate change in the most comprehensive effort ever by the United Nations to tackle the world's ills. Following are some key quotes about the U.N's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) approved at a three-day summit that opened on Friday with an address from Pope Francis: POPE FRANCIS: - "We cannot permit ourselves to postpone "certain agendas" for the future.
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| Yazidi teen petitions UK government to save girls from Islamic State | | | By Magdalena Mis LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Rozin Khalil, a Yazidi teenager living in Britain, still remembers harrowing stories about the persecution of her minority group that she heard as a 10-year-old girl in her village in northwestern Iraq. Now the abuse of Yazidis at the hands of Islamic State has prompted her to set up an online campaign to get support for hundreds of women and girls who, according to rights groups, have been captured, raped and tortured, forced to convert to Islam and to marry militants. Khalil hopes that her petition, which has gathered nearly 200,000 signatures in two months, will prompt the British government to act on its pledge to punish the perpetrators of sexual violence in conflict, and help victims. |
| Swiss open criminal investigation of world soccer chief Blatter | |  By Brian Homewood and Mark Hosenball ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into Sepp Blatter, the head of world soccer body FIFA, on suspicion of criminal mismanagement and misappropriation, the Swiss attorney general's office said on Friday. It said Blatter was interrogated after a meeting of FIFA's executive committee in Zurich, and authorities carried out a search at FIFA headquarters on Friday. "The office of the FIFA President has been searched and data seized," the office of the attorney general (OAG) said.
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| FIFA's Blatter cooperating with Swiss criminal probe - lawyer | |  Sepp Blatter, the head of world soccer body FIFA, is cooperating with a Swiss criminal investigation, Blatter's U.S. attorney said on Friday. Attorney Richard Cullen said a contract the Swiss Attorney General said Blatter signed in 2005 with the Caribbean Football Union was "properly prepared and negotiated by the appropriate staff members of FIFA." "Certainly no mismanagement occurred," he said in an emailed statement.
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| Blatter investigation won't affect Russia's World Cup plans - RIA cites minister | |  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Swiss prosecutors opening a criminal investigation into Sepp Blatter, the head of world soccer body FIFA, will not affect plans to hold the World Cup in Russia in 2018, RIA news agency cited Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko as saying on Friday. Mutko added that the investigation into Blatter was an expected move. (Reporting by Alexander Winning; editing by Vladimir Soldatkin)
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| FIFA says it will continue to cooperate with Swiss authorities | |  FIFA said on Friday it would continue to cooperate with Swiss authorities, shortly after Swiss prosecutors announced they had opened a criminal investigation into the global soccer body's president, Sepp Blatter. "Since 27 May 2015, FIFA has been cooperating with the Office of the Swiss Attorney General (OAG) and has complied with all requests for documents, data and other information. "Today, at the home of FIFA, representatives from the Office of the Swiss Attorney General conducted interviews and gathered documents pursuant to its investigation.
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| Obama hosts China's Xi on state visit amid simmering tensions | |  By Matt Spetalnick and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama hosted Chinese President Xi Jinping for his first U.S. state visit on Friday but behind the pomp and pageantry were tensions over alleged Chinese cyber spying, Beijing's economic policies and territorial disputes with its neighbors. Obama greeted Xi on arrival at the White House for an elaborate ceremony on the South Lawn, including a military honor guard and 21-gun salute. U.S. and Chinese officials hope to cast the talks in a favorable light by showcasing at least one area of cooperation - the global fight against climate change - when the leaders officially unveil a deal later on Friday to build on a landmark emissions agreement struck last year.
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| U.S. House Speaker Boehner to quit Congress next month | |  By Susan Cornwell and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner, who struggled with repeated rebellions by conservatives during a tumultuous 5-year reign as the chamber's top Republican, will step down from the speakership and leave the House at the end of October. U.S. Representative Kevin McCarthy of California, the No. 2 House Republican, quickly became the leading contender to replace Boehner as speaker, lawmakers said. Representative Paul Ryan, a former U.S. vice presidential candidate, told reporters in a Capitol hallway that McCarthy would likely be the next speaker.
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| Boko Haram fighters kill at least 15 in Niger village raid - sources | | | Islamist Boko Haram militants operating out of Nigeria raided a village across the border in southern Niger and massacred at least 15 civilians, Niger security sources said on Friday. The overnight attack took place in the village of N'Gourtoua in the Diffa region near the West African nation's border with Nigeria, as residents celebrated Tabaski, or Eid al-Adha, the Muslim festival of sacrifice. Boko Haram also burned down a number of houses and looted shops," one of the sources said. |
| Hungary seeks Austrian support for fencing off Croatian border | |  VIENNA/BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Just two weeks after Austria's chancellor said his treatment of migrants was reminiscent of the Holocaust, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban made a surprise visit to Vienna on Friday, seeking support for further barricading his country's southern border. In an interview with German news magazine Der Spiegel this month, Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann likened the way refugees were treated under Orban's government to the Nazis' deportation of Jews and others to concentration camps. "We are ready to forget everything," Orban told a news conference at his country's embassy in Vienna after a closed-door meeting with Faymann.
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| South Africa recalls troops from Congo for misconduct | |  South Africa is recalling 50 soldiers from United Nations peacekeeping duties in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on charges of misconduct, the Defence Department said on Friday. The troops had broken curfew and been off-base and were being investigated by military police, defence spokesman Brigadier General Xolani Mabanga said. Almost 1,400 South Africans form the backbone of a Force Intervention Brigade acting under the umbrella of U.N. peacekeeping operations in the region, home to rebel militias linked to the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
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| Top Hong Kong judges defend rule of law in face of China pressure | |  By Stella Tsang and Clare Baldwin HONG KONG (Reuters) - Two top Hong Kong judges on Friday defended the rule of law in an apparent rebuke of China's top official in the city who recently stoked controversy by saying Hong Kong's China-backed leader was above the law. The mainland official, Zhang Xiaoming, said this month Hong Kong's chief executive had a "special legal position which is above the executive, legislative and judicial institutions." The controversy highlighted a passionate debate in Hong Kong about the extent of mainland control. The former British colony returned to Chinese rule in 1997 under a "one country, two systems" framework that gave it separate laws and an independent judiciary but reserved ultimate authority for Beijing.
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| Google mobile Android operating system under U.S. antitrust scanner | |  The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is investigating whether Google Inc is using its Android mobile operating system to stifle competition, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday. The Android mobile platform is a key element in Google's strategy to maintain revenue from online advertising as people switch from Web browser searches to smartphone apps, and action by U.S. regulators would be a big problem for the company. Reuters reported in April that some technology companies had complained to the U.S. Department of Justice about Google's anti-competitive practices and urged the regulator to investigate allegations that Google unfairly uses its Android system to win online advertising.
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| UK court postpones "flash crash" trader Navinder Sarao's extradition hearing | |  By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - A decision on whether London-based trader Navinder Sarao should be sent to the United States to stand trial over his alleged role in causing the 2010 Wall Street "flash crash" was delayed until next year in a British court on Friday. Westminster Magistrates' Court postponed Sarao's extradition hearing until Feb. 4 after the United States added new allegations to their request for him and his senior defence lawyer was unable to attend court due to injury. Arrested by British police on a U.S. warrant in April, Sarao has been indicted by a U.S. federal grand jury on 22 criminal counts including wire fraud, commodities fraud, commodity price manipulation and attempted price manipulation.
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