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Terror state title spurs faith in nukes: N Korea

Bloomberg US President Donald Trump’s designation of North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism is a severe provocation that reminds the country it should keep hold of its “precious nuclear sword,” the nation’s foreign ministry said through its official Korean Central News Agency. In the Korean language statement on Wednesday, Pyongyang said it opposed any form of support for ...

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Mosque attack kills 50 in Northeast Nigeria

Bloomberg At least 50 people were killed in a suicide blast in a northeastern Nigerian town, the deadliest mosque bombing in three years by suspected Boko Haram militants. The teenage male assailant entered a mosque in the town of Mubi strapped with improvised explosives and detonated them as people gathered at dawn for prayers, Adam-awa state police spokesman Othman Abubakar ...

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Key ally to S Africa’s ANC seeks to limit president’s powers to reshuffle cabinet

Bloomberg The Congress of South African Trade Unions is seeking to alter the balance of power in its alliance with the ruling African National Congress and wants the party to change its constitution to limit the president’s power to reshuffle the nation’s cabinet. “The ANC constitution must be amended to tell the president of the ANC what he can do,” ...

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