Exclusive: U.N.-approved weapons imports resold in Somalia, diplomats say
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Many guns imported by the Somali government with U.N. approval are being resold by arms dealers on the black market in the nation’s capital Mogadishu, two Western diplomats said.
Turkey has right to combat threats in Syria and Iraq: Erdogan
ANKARA (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan warned Iraq’s prime minister he should “know his limits” after he criticized Turkey’s military presence there and said the Turkish army, shaken by a failed coup bid, had not lost so much standing as to take o…
U.S. expects ‘significant’ progress on tougher North Korea sanctions: diplomat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top U.S. diplomat for East Asia said on Tuesday he was confident the United Nations would make “significant” progress on tougher sanctions against North Korea over its nuclear program, despite apparent differences with China …
Peruvian ex-president Humala subject of money laundering inquiry
LIMA (Reuters) – The Peruvian attorney general’s office said on Tuesday it was investigating former president Ollanta Humala and his wife for possible money laundering linked to past campaign contributions.
Escalation in Syria means EU less likely to soften stance on Russia
BRUSSELS/ PARIS (Reuters) – Outraged by Russia’s intensified air strikes on rebels in Syria, the European Union is now less likely to ease sanctions on Moscow over Ukraine, diplomats say, and some in the bloc are raising the prospect of more punitive …
After failed coup, what sort of Turkey does Erdogan want?
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Looking across Istanbul’s skyline, it is impossible not to be struck by the array of red-and-white, star-and-crescent flags fluttering from buildings, monuments, bridges and flagpoles.
Ex-PM Maliki making comeback as Iraq’s most powerful man
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Nuri al-Maliki is once again positioning himself as Iraq’s most powerful man, poised to return as kingmaker in a fight for influence that could decide Iraq’s fate as a unified country after the coming battle to recapture Mosul from …
Turkey orders detention of 125 police officers: media
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A Turkish prosecutor on Tuesday ordered the detention of 125 police officers in the investigation of a religious movement the government blames for an unsuccessful military coup, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported.
South Africa’s Zuma forms team to resolve university fee crisis
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has formed a ministerial team to help bring an end to weeks of clashes at university campuses between police and students demanding free education, the presidency said on Tuesday.
Spanish police arrest three suspected of Islamist militant links
MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish police have arrested two men accused of belonging to Islamic State and a third man accused of spreading Islamist militant messages on social media, the Interior Ministry said on Tuesday.
