U.N. demands Syria ceasefire as air strikes pound rebel areas
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The United Nations called on Tuesday for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Syria of at least a month, as heavy air strikes were reported to have killed scores of people in the last major rebel stronghold near Damascus.
Italian right’s election promise to deport migrants will be hard to keep
ROME (Reuters) – The leaders of Italy’s right-wing parties have pledged to deport hundreds of thousands of migrants if they win the March 4 parliamentary election, a promise that may win votes but will be hard to keep.
U.S. could lift aid suspension if Pakistan takes steps: State Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States could consider ending a suspension of security assistance to Pakistan, if Islamabad takes “decisive and sustained” actions against militant groups in the country, the State Department’s No. 2 official said on Tu…
UK’s May hails women in politics: be yourself, not a ‘stereotype of a man’
LONDON (Reuters) – “Be yourself” and not a “stereotype of a man” is the advice British Prime Minister Theresa May would have given her younger self, she said on Tuesday, calling for more women to enter politics 100 years after they first won the vote.
Netanyahu visits Golan Heights, near Syrian border, and cautions Israel’s enemies
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu paid a rare visit to the occupied Golan Heights on Tuesday, peering across the nearby border into Syria and warning Israel’s enemies not to “test” its resolve.
Hundreds protest against U.S. arms embargo in South Sudan, journalists attacked
JUBA (Reuters) – Hundreds of protesters massed outside the U.S. embassy and U.N. headquarters in South Sudan’s capital on Tuesday, chanting slogans against an arms embargo imposed by Washington, before some attacked journalists at the scene.
North Korea ‘months away’ from ability to hit U.S. with nuclear weapon: U.S. envoy
GENEVA (Reuters) – North Korea is only months away from obtaining the capability to hit U.S. territory with a nuclear weapon and must be disarmed, a U.S. envoy said on Tuesday, dismissing Pyonyang’s diplomatic thaw with South Korea as a “charm offensiv…
EU throws open door to Balkans with 2025 target for membership
STRASBOURG/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union sought on Tuesday to reinvigorate the membership ambitions of six Balkan states and reclaim the region as its own amid growing Russian and Chinese influence, setting 2025 as a goal for Serbia and Monte…
Body of Russian airman killed in Syria returned home: agencies
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The body of Russian air force pilot Roman Fillipov, who was killed after his aircraft was shot down over rebel-held territory in Syria, has been returned to Russia, Russian news agencies quoted the Russian defense ministry as saying….
Pope decries anti-migrant violence after neo-Nazi shooting shakes Italy
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis urged Catholics on Tuesday to reflect on the causes of violence against migrants during the approaching season of Lent, in an appeal days after a shooting attack on Africans further inflamed Italy’s election campai…
