Germany arrests 3 Syrians, sees same network as Paris attacks
BERLIN (Reuters) – Three young Syrian men arrested in Germany on Tuesday were Islamic State members brought into the country by the same network that smuggled militants into France to carry out deadly attacks last November, the German government said.
Congolese warlord on hunger strike says he is ‘ready to die’
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A former Congolese rebel commander who started a hunger strike last week to protest the conditions of his detention at the International Criminal Court (ICC) told judges on Tuesday he is “ready to die”.
Newly married in a Mogadishu camp
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – To loud cheers from their family and friends, newlyweds Mohamed Noor and Huda Omar walk arm-in-arm through the place that will be their home – a camp for the internally displaced in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu.
Iraqi child drowns when boat sinks in Bulgarian Danube
SOFIA (Reuters) – A six-year-old Iraqi boy and a young man have drowned and three children and a man are missing after a boat carrying 10 migrants sank in the Bulgarian waters of the Danube River, a police official said on Tuesday.
Bulgaria says sticking to its U.N. candidate for now after talk of change
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria said on Tuesday it was sticking to its candidate for the top U.N. job, Irina Bokova, for now, after speculation that it was considering switching to backing EU commissioner Kristalina Georgieva.
China removes half of province’s legislators for fraud: report
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s largely rubber stamp parliament has declared invalid the election of about half a province’s legislators after it said they obtained their positions through fraud, the state news agency Xinhua said on Tuesday.
Iran launches new navy ship as tensions rise with U.S. in Gulf
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Iran’s Revolutionary Guard launched a new 55-metre-long naval ship on Tuesday that is capable of transporting a helicopter and up to 100 men, according to the website of state TV.
Austria blames ballot card printer for ‘gluegate’ election fiasco
VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria’s interior minister put the blame for yet another delay to the presidential election – termed “gluegate” by local reporters – on the company that made the postal ballots, many of which fell apart due to faulty adhesive.
German Foreign Minister says on Hungary: We should not push out EU partner
RIGA (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Tuesday he did not share a view expressed by his Luxembourg counterpart in a newspaper interview that Hungary should be excluded from the European Union because of its tough anti-…
EU lawmakers back Briton Julian King for security commissioner
STRASBOURG (Reuters) – A European Parliament committee endorsed Julian King on Tuesday as Britain’s new member of the European Commission with responsibility for security, the committee chairman said.
