Former Cuban president indicted by US, Dublin voters consider gangster candidate, Ebola prompts postponement of India-African Union summit (opens in new tab)

The Justice Department yesterday charged Raúl Castro, the younger brother of Fidel, with murder and a conspiracy to kill American citizens over a 1996 incident in which the Cuban military shot down two civilian planes belonging to Cuban exiles off the coast of the communist-run island. The indictment creates potential scope for the US to seize the 94-year-old from Cuba, akin to how Special Forces captured Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro. Why charge an ex-leader, though? It appears to be a...