Ethiopian Airline pilot gets 19 years for hijacking plane
An Ethiopian Airlines pilot who last year hijacked a plane to seek asylum in Switzerland was on Friday jailed in absentia for 19 years by a court in Ethiopia.
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Football: FIFA triples World Cup player compensation
FIFA said Friday it will pay more than $415 million for players who take part in the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, with most of the cash going to top European clubs.
Greece in new race against time to get bailout on track
Greece was in a new race against time on Friday to get its EU-IMF bailout on track, with its international creditors pushing for a clear reform pledge.
Syria’s Assad fires two top spy chiefs: security source
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad has fired two top intelligence chiefs after a fight between the two officials, a high-ranking security source in Damascus told AFP on Friday.
S. Sudan govt, rebels abducted hundreds of children to fight in past month : Unicef
South Sudan's army and rebels have forced hundreds of children to fight in the country's devastating civil war in the past month alone, the UN children's agency said Friday.
At least 30 dead in mosque bombings in Yemen capital: witnesses
At least 30 people were killed Friday in triple suicide bombings that targeted mosques attended by Shiite Huthi militiamen in the Yemeni capital, witnesses said.
Hong Kong man who salted and cooked parents guilty of murder
A Hong Kong man who was accused of killing, dismembering, salting and cooking his parents was found guilty of double murder Friday.
EU leaders discuss Tunis attack, Islamist threat in Libya
EU leaders said they would discuss Friday the attack in Tunis that left many European tourists dead and how unrest in neighbouring Libya threatens broader European security.
Yemen: Shiite, Sunni militants lead slide into chaos
Powerful armed groups have sidelined Yemen's government ever since a 2011 popular uprising forced long-time president Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down.
IS claims beheading of three Iraqi Kurdish fighters
The Islamic State group claimed to have beheaded three Iraqi Kurdish fighters in an online video and threatened to kill more unless the Kurds stop bombardment of jihadist-controlled areas.