Italy prosecutor to go to Cairo to investigate student’s killing
ROME (Reuters) – Italian prosecutors investigating the torture and killing of an Italian student in Cairo will travel there to meet Egyptian magistrates, Rome’s chief prosecutor said on Thursday.
French navy spots Russian nuclear-armed submarine off coast: Obs magazine
PARIS (Reuters) – The French navy detected a Russian submarine carrying nuclear missiles in the Bay of Biscay in January, Obs magazine reported on Thursday, citing a senior French official.
Saudi Arabia, Iran must shape ‘cold peace,’ Obama says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Wars and chaos in the Middle East will not end until Saudi Arabia and Iran can find a way to “share the neighborhood” and make some kind of peace, U.S. President Barack Obama said in a magazine interview released on Thursday.
Arab League delays decision on new chief after Qatar objections
CAIRO (Reuters) – A vote to choose the Arab League’s new secretary-general was delayed on Thursday after Qatar objected to the nomination of Egypt’s former foreign minister, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, a diplomatic source said.
Kosovo buying body scanner to stop MPs taking teargas into parliament
PRISTINA (Reuters) – Kosovo’s government is buying a body scanner to try to stop opposition legislators smuggling teargas canisters into parliament and releasing them as they have done in every session for the past six months.
How much is that halo? Pope imposes checks on costs of making saints
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Thursday made key changes to the complex and often opaque financial procedures involved in the making of Roman Catholic saints.
Russia registers eight ceasefire violations in Syria in 24 hours: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Thursday it had registered eight ceasefire violations in Syria over the previous 24 hours, RIA news agency reported.
Slovenia to accept first migrants in relocation quota in April
LJUBLJANA (Reuters) – Slovenia expects to receive the first 40 migrants of its EU quota in April, Bostjan Sefic, state secretary at the Interior Ministry, said on Thursday.
China blasts U.S. ‘rape and murder’ at U.N. Human Rights Council
GENEVA (Reuters) – China strongly rejected U.S.-led criticism of its human rights record at the U.N. Human Rights Council on Thursday, saying the United States was hypocritical and guilty of crimes including the rape and murder of civilians.
U.N. labor agency urges Gambia to investigate union leader’s death
DAKAR (Reuters) – The head of the United Nations labor agency ILO has urged Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh to investigate the death of a trade union leader allegedly killed by intelligence agents, a spokesman for the agency said on Thursday.
