Uganda minister says Congo’s former M23 rebels not welcome in Uganda
KAMPALA (Reuters) – Former Congolese rebels who have lived in disarmament camps in Uganda for years are not welcome and are not Uganda’s problem, a state minister told Reuters on Tuesday.
Fighting halts food air drops to Syria’s Deir-al-Zor: WFP
GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N.’s World Food Programme has temporarily suspended air drops of vital supplies to the eastern Syrian city of Deir al-Zor due to heavy fighting there, a spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
Amnesty International: ‘draconian’ EU anti-terror laws target Muslims
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A raft of new counterterrorism laws across Europe discriminate against Muslims and refugees, spreading fear and alienation, Amnesty International said in a report on Tuesday.
Macron momentum threatens French election frontrunners
PARIS (Reuters) – In May last year, then French Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron sat down with Socialist lawmaker Christophe Sirugue in the steel town of Le Creusot and asked him to join his new political movement. He said No. Eight months on, others a…
Trump’s criticism only draws Europeans closer, says French minister
PARIS (Reuters) – Criticism of Europe by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump only serves to reinforce European solidarity, French Finance Minister Michel Sapin said on Tuesday.
Russia expects dialogue with Trump on nuclear weapons: Lavrov
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia expects to have a dialogue with the Trump administration on strategic stability, including on nuclear weapons, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday.
Boko Haram claims Nigeria university attack
BAUCHI/MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Islamist militant group Boko Haram has said it was behind Monday’s twin suicide bombing at a university in north eastern Nigeria which killed two people.
Germany’s top court rejects ban for far-right NPD party
KARLSRUHE, Germany (Reuters) – Germany’s Constitutional Court on Tuesday rejected an attempt by the country’s 16 federal states to ban the far-right National Democratic Party (NPD), described by the intelligence agency as racist and anti-Semitic, sayin…
Russia’s Lavrov says aim for Astana talks is consolidating Syria truce
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The aim for upcoming peace talks on the Syria crisis in Astana, Kazakhstan, is to consolidate a ceasefire and involve opposition field commanders, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday.
Egypt’s Sisi says cabinet reshuffle ‘very soon’
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will reshuffle his cabinet soon, he told state newspapers in an interview published on Tuesday.
