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| Political splits threaten Tunisia's economic reform | |  By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) - Political divisions in Tunisia's ruling coalition risk undermining economic reforms and paralysing the government as it tries to revive the country's post-revolution economy and tackle Islamist militancy. Until recently, compromise between secular and Islamist parties in the governing alliance had helped keep Tunisia's transition on track after the 2011 overthrow of Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali, which inspired uprisings across the Arab world. When lawmakers voted for part of an economic reform package last week, the ruling alliance managed to force the bill through by just two votes after many of its lawmakers opposed the motion or abstained.
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| Bohra Muslim leader speech urging FGM is 'huge disappointment' for India campaign | |  By Rina Chandran MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A speech by the spiritual leader of the Dawoodi Bohra community, in which he appears to be urging followers in India to continue the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM), has angered and upset campaigners trying to end the centuries-old practice. The audio clip of Syedna Muffadal Saifuddin's speech at a mosque in Mumbai, has been authenticated by several members of the community. A person described as a close friend of the Syedna family told the Times of India newspaper that the remarks were a "general comment" and that people were "interpreting it differently".
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| South African court orders review of decision to drop Zuma charges | |  By Tanisha Heiberg PRETORIA (Reuters) - South Africa's High Court ruled on Friday that a decision seven years ago to drop 783 corruption charges against President Jacob Zuma was irrational and should be reviewed, another setback for the scandal-ridden leader who faces calls for his resignation. The decision in April 2009 to set aside the charges allowed Zuma to run for president in elections the same month. The South African leader has been beset by scandal during his tenure.
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| Charleston church shooting suspect's friend to plead guilty to lying | |  By Harriet McLeod CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - A friend of the gunman accused of slaying nine black parishioners in a 2015 attack on a South Carolina church is expected to plead guilty on Friday to lying to investigators and concealing knowledge of the plan, court documents show. Joseph Meek, 21, plans to plead guilty to withholding information about a crime and making false statements to authorities investigating the massacre in Charleston, according to the documents filed earlier this week. Under the terms of a plea agreement, he could be called to testify against his childhood friend Dylann Roof, 22, who has been accused of opening fire during a June 17 Bible study at the historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal church.
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| North Korea sentences Korean American to 10 years hard labour | |  By Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's Supreme Court on Friday sentenced a Korean American man to 10 years of hard labour for subversion, North Korean media reported, in the latest conviction of a foreigner for crimes against the isolated state. Kim Dong Chul, 62, was arrested in North Korea in October and had admitted to committing "unpardonable espionage" including stealing military secrets, the North's official KCNA news agency reported earlier. North Korea, which has been criticized over its human rights record for years, has used detained Americans in the past to extract high-profile visits from the United States, with which it has no formal diplomatic relations.
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| Uber v Ola: How fight for Indian taxi market ended up in court | |  By Aditi Shah and Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A flurry of complaints from Uber drivers about an unusually high number of cancelled bookings was the spark that ignited a bitter legal fight with Ola, Uber's rival for dominance of India's $12 billion taxi market, according to court documents and a source with direct knowledge of Uber's case. A seven-member internal team was set up to investigate the drivers' complaints in November, and its findings are the basis of a lawsuit filed by Uber accusing Ola of a campaign to disrupt its business and poach its drivers, said the source. Ola, an Indian company backed by Japan's SoftBank Group Corp, denies any wrongdoing.
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| Trump praises Sanders but may struggle to win over his voters | |  By Alana Wise and Megan Cassella WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As Donald Trump moves closer to clinching the Republican presidential nomination, he has offered lavish praise for Bernie Sanders, who faces increasingly slim chances in his battle with Hillary Clinton in the Democratic race. Trump has begun calling for Sanders to run as an independent if he does not win the Democratic nomination and said he may borrow talking points from Sanders' speeches criticizing Clinton to use in a possible matchup with the former secretary of state in the Nov. 8 general election. "He said some things about her that were so incredible - incredible - and so incredibly bad," Trump said on Tuesday after sweeping five Northeastern primaries, adding Sanders had "been telling the truth." Yet data and interviews with Sanders supporters suggest that winning over large numbers of them may be difficult for the New York billionaire businessman.
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| Thailand jails eight activists charged with sedition | | | A military court in Thailand on Friday jailed eight activists who posted comments critical of the ruling junta and a military-backed draft constitution, the latest opponents of the government penalised for airing dissent. The activists were detained by the military on Wednesday over Facebook posts criticizing the draft and junta leader Prayuth Chan-ocha. |
| Platini appears before top tribunal to appeal six-year ban | |  By Brian Homewood LAUSANNE (Reuters) - Suspended UEFA president Michel Platini appeared before sport's highest tribunal on Friday to appeal against his six-year ban from soccer and said he was optimistic he would win his case, with FIFA ex-president Sepp Blatter among the witnesses. Platini, who arrived in a taxi for the hearing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), is hoping that the ban will be overturned in time for the Euro 2016 tournament, which will be held in his native France in June and July. "Today, we're at the beginning of the game, a new game, in the final ... I hope the outcome will be good," said Platini, who was the favourite to succeed Blatter as president of soccer's global governing body FIFA before he was banned.
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| Australian aid worker believed kidnapped in Afghanistan | | | Australia is working closely with the Afghan government to secure the safe return of an Australian aid worker believed to have been kidnapped, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Friday. Katherine "Kerry" Jane Wilson, a Perth native who runs an aid agency in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, was abducted from her office early on Thursday by two armed men, officials said. "Four men in government forces' uniform abducted the woman, who is an Australian national and about 70 years old, from her office," said Attahullah Khogyani, spokesman for the governor of Nangarhar province. |
| Western governments, rights groups decry China's tough new NGO law | | | By Megha Rajagopalan and Michael Martina BEIJING (Reuters) - Western governments and rights groups lambasted a new Chinese law governing non-governmental organisations (NGOs) on Friday, saying it treats the groups as a criminal threat and would effectively force many out of the country. The law, which was passed by parliament on Thursday despite months of intense criticism and lobbying by the West, brings NGOs under the Ministry of Public Security, giving police broad authority over their finances and work. "I think this definitely gives the government the legitimate channels and the excuse to kick out civil society organizations if they want," said Shen Tingting, a China-based advocacy director for Asia Catalyst, a group that trains domestic NGOs. |
| Paris police detain dozens after overnight violence | | | French riot police arrested 27 people after running battles with dozens of hooded and masked youths in downtown Paris's Place de la Republique square overnight, after a day of separate protest marches over labour reform that were also marked by violence. The evacuation followed running battles between police and youths who set cars on fire and hurled lumps of concrete and cobblestones ripped up from the streets, the Interior Ministry said in a statement. "These are largely people coming looking for a fight," Interior Ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet said. |
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