U.N. refugee chief seeks more money from East Asia, private donors
OTTAWA (Reuters) – The new United Nations refugee chief said on Monday he was seeking more money from East Asian nations as well as private donors to help cope with major refugee crises in the Middle East and Africa.
Bosnia must push ahead with reforms to stay on EU timetable: Hahn
SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Bosnia must press ahead quickly with reforms to keep alive its hopes of being named a candidate to join the European Union by the end of next year, EU enlargement chief Johannes Hahn said on Monday.
ILO to give Qatar a year to ease forced labor before any investigation
GENEVA (Reuters) – Qatar is making progress toward ending forced labor and improving conditions for migrant workers, but the test will be whether it enforces new legislation from December, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said on Monday.
Black-box data retrieved from plane that crashed in Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian investigators said on Monday they had been able to retrieve data from a damaged cockpit voice recorder recovered from the scene of a plane crash at the weekend in southern Russia that killed all 62 people on board.
Russian judge says Ukrainian pilot Savchenko killed reporters
DONETSK, Russia (Reuters) – A Russian judge on Monday said Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko was complicit in the killing of two Russian journalists, an assertion certain to inflame already dire relations between Moscow and Kiev.
Islamic State forces kill 26 Syrian soldiers near Palmyra: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Islamic State fighters killed 26 Syrian soldiers on Monday west of Palmyra, a monitoring group said, after days of advances by government forces backed by Syrian and Russian air cover.
U.S. dismisses Russia call for urgent talks on Syria ceasefire
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United States on Monday rejected Russia’s call for an urgent meeting over violations of Syria’s three-week cessation of hostilities, saying that its concerns were already being handled in a constructive manner.
Pro-Kurdish leader urges peace talks with Turkey, four soldiers killed
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Turkey’s Kurds on Monday marked the annual spring festival of Newroz with a call for the resumption of peace talks between the government and Kurdish militants, but four Turkish soldiers were killed in another rebel attac…
Around 25,000 Rohingya left Myanmar camps in past year: U.N.
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Around 25,000 members of the Rohingya Muslim minority group have left camps for displaced people in western Myanmar and returned to the communities they fled during sectarian violence in 2012, the United Nations said on Monday.
Vladimir Putin’s public trust rating drops 10 percent in a year: poll
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Vladimir Putin’s trust rating among ordinary Russians has fallen by 10 percent in the past year even though the numbers who want to see him re-elected as president have grown, two opinion polls showed on Monday.
