Africa
Awe-inspiring Nadal crushes Del Potro to reach final
NEW YORK Rafa Nadal was at his awe-inspiring best as he recovered from a first set wobble to crush Juan Martin del Potro 4-6 6-0 6-3 6-2 in the U.S. Open semi-finals on Friday and move within reach of a 16th grand slam title.
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Maryland man pleads guilty to U.S. charges of aiding al Shabaab
A Maryland man on Friday pleaded guilty to conspiring to support the Islamist militant group al Shabaab, admitting that he traveled to Somalia to receive military training from the group.
'Ghost boats' drop Tunisian migrants onto sunny Italian tourist beaches
ROME The figures jumping from a small boat into the clear shallow waters and running ashore on an Italian beach look like troops practicing a D-Day-style landing, but this is no drill, and these are not soldiers.
South Africa's Dlamini-Zuma, ANC leadership contender, to become MP
JOHANNESBURG South African veteran politician and anti-apartheid activist Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, a leading contender to take over as head of the ruling ANC in December, will be sworn in as a member of parliament next week, a senior party official said on Friday.
U.N. beefs up guards as it scales up presence in Libya
ROME The United Nations is preparing to deploy 150-250 mostly Nepalese guards to Libya to protect its base in the capital as part of a plan to return its operations to the country, U.N. officials said on Friday.
Zimbabwe to start compiling new voter register next week
HARARE President Robert Mugabe on Friday said Zimbabwe will begin compiling a new voter register next week ahead of the 2018 presidential and parliamentary elections, in which the 93-year-old is seeking to extend his 37-year hold on power.
U.N. rights chief says EU deal on Libya migrants falls short
GENEVA A European and African deal to stem the flow of migrants coming through Libya to Europe fails to tackle the abuses they face, the top U.N. human rights official wrote on Friday.
Kenyan opposition chief to focus on corruption in election re-run
NAIROBI Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga says he will make the mismanagement of last month's annulled presidential vote the focus of his new election campaign, linking it to a series of political scandals.
Red Cross links investors to war zones with first 'humanitarian bond'
YAOUNDE (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A new funding model launched by the Red Cross aims to attract private capital to conflict zones to help some of the world's neediest people, while giving investors a return on their money.
Competing efforts to end South Sudan's war prolong conflict: U.N. panel
NAIROBI Competing efforts to end South Sudan's civil war allow the government to exploit divisions among international brokers and are unlikely to halt the fighting, a confidential U.N. report said.
Mugabe says Zimbabwe's economy recovering despite currency woes
HARARE President Robert Mugabe said on Friday that Zimbabwe's economy, hobbled by foreign currency shortages and a widening budget deficit, was slowly rebounding and would be driven by mining and agriculture.