U.N. seeks to resettle one-tenth of 4.8 million Syrian refugees by 2018
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations said on Tuesday it aimed to re-settle more than 450,000 Syrian refugees, about one-tenth of those now in neighboring countries, by the end of 2018, but conceded it needed to overcome widespread fear and political m…
Putin: Russian arms exports hit $14.5 billion in 2015, more than planned – agencies
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s arms exports totaled $14.5 billion last year, more than originally planned, Russian news agencies quoted President Vladimir Putin as saying on Tuesday.
U.S. agency freezes $473 million aid to Tanzania over Zanzibar election
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – A U.S. aid agency has canceled nearly $500 million of funding for Tanzania after disputed elections in the Zanzibar archipelago of the east African country.
Kenya charges six over attack on Uber vehicle
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya charged six men with attempted murder and malicious damage to property on Tuesday, saying they were involved in a February attack on a taxi driver working for ride hailing company Uber [UBER.UL].
Pakistan detained more than 5,000 after Easter bombing killed 72
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan has rounded up more than 5,000 militant suspects, then released most of them, in the two days since a suicide bomber killed at least 72 people in a park in Lahore at Easter, a provincial minister said on Tuesday.
Family of slain Italian student demands strong response to Egypt
ROME (Reuters) – The parents of Italian graduate student Giulio Regeni, who was tortured and killed in Cairo, demanded on Tuesday a tough response from Rome if Egypt fails to uncover the truth behind their son’s murder.
Brussels airport aims for limited reopening this week
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Brussels airport on Tuesday began trying out a make-shift check-in area that could allow a limited restart of passenger flights in the coming days after the attacks last week.
Moscow’s call not to discuss Assad’s fate may halt Syria peace talks: agency
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s future should be the main topic of Syrian peace talks in Geneva, and Moscow’s call not to discuss this aims at undermining the negotiations, Interfax news agency quoted a Syrian opposition figure as…
France calls for urgent set-up of Libya unity government
ALGIERS (Reuters) – France said on Tuesday it was urgent for Libyan factions to set up a new U.N.-backed national unity cabinet to end factional anarchy and help stop any expansion of Islamic State militants in the North African country.
Sweden ready to declare war hero Wallenberg dead 70 years after disappearance
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – The Swedish Tax Authority said it is ready to declare Raoul Wallenberg dead, more than 70 years after the diplomat, who helped rescue thousands of Hungarian Jews at the end of the Second World War, was captured by Soviet forces in…
