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| White suspect charged with murder in attack on black U.S. church | |  By Edward McAllister, Harriet McLeod and Alana Wise CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - A 21-year-old white man has been charged with nine counts of murder for an attack on a historic black South Carolina church, local police said on Friday, with media reporting that he had hoped his actions would incite a race war in the United States. Dylann Roof is due to face a bail hearing later on Friday, where he will appear by video link and also face a charge of possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime, the Charleston Police Department said. The charges come a day after his arrest in North Carolina, 220 miles (354 km) north of the nearly 200-year-old Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church where he shot dead nine black worshippers.
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| Islamic State seen overtaking al Qaeda in S. Asia social media war | | | By Katharine Houreld ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Islamist militant propaganda websites and social media accounts in South Asia are promoting Islamic State at the expense of al Qaeda, analysts said on Friday, highlighting the rivalry between the two global militant groups. Disaffected Taliban factions have started to look towards Islamic State, impressed by its rapid capture of territory in Syria and Iraq, though there is no evidence it is providing substantial material support to the Taliban. The popularity of IS comes at the expense of al Qaeda, whose deep pockets and foreign fighters once readily attracted local commanders. |
| Moscow troupe strives to keep jailed Putin critics from being forgotten | | | By Gabriela Baczynska MOSCOW (Reuters) - Peering at the audience from behind mesh hammocks as if through prison bars, actors at an independent Moscow theatre tell the story of a dozen people still in jail three years after a protest against President Vladimir Putin. The first night of the play, written to remember those arrested on the eve of Putin's third presidential inauguration in May 2012, was almost its last, as state prosecutors came the next day and, shortly afterwards, the landlord told the company he wanted them out, citing pressure from the state. Teatr.doc head, Yelena Gremina, who directed the play, said her company was almost getting used to it, having being evicted from another venue late last year, part of what Putin's critics denounce as a Kremlin crackdown on dissent. |
| Mali militias leave key northern town ahead of peace deal | | | By Tiemoko Diallo BAMAKO (Reuters) - Pro-government militias withdrew from a flashpoint town in northern Mali on Friday, removing a key obstacle to a long-delayed U.N.-backed peace deal due to be signed this weekend. Mali's turbulent desert north is home to secular armed groups who have been battling each other for control of the strategic town of Menaka for the past two months. Western powers are hoping Saturday's peace deal will help focus resources on fighting Islamist militants who are profiting from the chaos to launch attacks on U.N. and Malian targets. |
| Switzerland may tighten anti-money laundering rules | |  By Joshua Franklin and Karolin Schaps ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland may tighten its anti-money laundering laws after a report by a government-appointed group found the country was still subject to financial crime. A report from Switzerland's interdepartmental group on combating money laundering and terrorism financing (CGMT) comes amid a corruption scandal surrounding Zurich-based FIFA, world soccer's governing body. "(The report) shows that Switzerland is not immune to financial crime and is still an attractive location for laundering the proceeds of crime mostly committed abroad," Switzerland's government said in a statement.
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| China rights activists drop lawyers, halt subversion trial | |  Three Chinese rights activists on trial for distributing books advocating a peaceful end to dictatorships on Friday dismissed their lawyers, bringing a halt to the proceedings. The trial in the southern city of Guangzhou comes as President Xi Jinping's government has ratcheted up pressure on dissent, wary of any organised challenge to the rule of the Communist Party. The activists, among them prominent human rights lawyer Tang Jingling, were arrested last June for "inciting subversion", a charge that carries a maximum sentence of 15 years, although lawyers expect they could face terms of up to five years.
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| Supreme Court asks Sahara to deposit $5.7 billion in 1-1/2 yrs | |  The Supreme Court on Friday set tougher terms for Sahara to secure the release of its jailed founder, saying the firm must repay the entire $5.7 billion the court says it owes investors in illegal bonds within the next 18 months. The amount includes the $1.6 billion in bail the court had set for the release of Subrata Roy, who was arrested in March last year after Sahara failed to comply with an earlier court order to refund money it had raised from millions of small investors by selling them the bonds. Sahara has previously said it had repaid 95 percent of the amount due to the investors, which has not been accepted by the court.
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