Rouhani says 10 countries offered to mediate between Saudi and Iran
DUBAI (Reuters) – At least 10 countries have offered to mediate in the escalating feud between Saudi Arabia and Iran, President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday, noting that Tehran would restore ties with Riyadh if Saudi Arabia changes it regional polic…
Norwegians shun Breivik hearing; killer’s only visitor is paid “friend”
OSLO (Reuters) – Anders Behring Breivik’s massacre of 77 people still haunts Norwegians, yet ever fewer care about the neo-Nazi locked in a cell where his only “friend” is paid to visit.
East Libyan forces claim control of Islamist holdout in Benghazi
BENGHAZI (Reuters) – Forces loyal to Libya’s eastern government said on Tuesday they had gained control over one of the last pockets of resistance held by Islamist-dominated opponents in Benghazi.
In U.N. lawsuit, Ukraine demands Russia end support for separatists
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Ukraine filed a lawsuit at the United Nations’ highest court demanding that Russia immediately halt its support for pro-Moscow separatists fighting in eastern Ukraine.
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.
