RUSSIA: Moscow says will ditch U.S. securities amid sanctions
Russia will further decrease its holdings of U.S. securities in response to new sanctions against Moscow but has no plans to shut down U.S. comp
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SYRIA: Arms depot in Idlib province kills 39 – monitor
At least 39 people – including 12 children – have been killed in a blast that brought down a building in Syria’s mainly rebel-
MALI: Election run-off takes place amid heavy security
Malians voted in a run-off presidential election under heavy security on Sunday, with incumbent Ibrahim Boubacar Keita expected to win a second term d
EGYPT: Court jails Muslim Brotherhood leader for life
The head of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood and other leaders of the banned group were sentenced to life in prison on Sunday, judicial sources
In Uganda’s refugee camps, South Sudanese children seek the families they’ve lost
On a pale dirt road in the Palorinya refugee camp in northern Uganda, Raida Ijo clung to her 16-year-old son, Charles Abu. They sobbed quietly into ea