WFP says serious food shortages in Falluja, besieged by Iraqi army
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Humanitarian disaster is looming in the western Iraq city of Falluja, an Islamic State stronghold under siege by security forces, where tens of thousands of people face food shortages, the United Nations World Food…
Exclusive: U.S. to announce further easing of Cuba restrictions on March 17 – sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s administration will announce further measures to ease travel and trade restrictions on Cuba on March 17, ahead of his historic visit to the Communist-ruled island this month, U.S. congressional sources sa…
Turkish news agency says it was seized by government
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish authorities have seized control of the Cihan news agency, the agency said, widening the crackdown against supporters of U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, an influential foe of President Tayyip Erdogan.
Niger opposition says will boycott run-off election
NIAMEY (Reuters) – Niger’s opposition coalition said on Tuesday its candidate, Hama Amadou, would not contest a run-off election on March 20, effectively ensuring that President Mahamadou Issoufou will win a second term.
Lebanese journalist acquitted of contempt of Hague court on appeal
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Appeals judges at a special court in The Hague quashed the conviction of a Lebanese journalist who was accused of exposing witnesses in the trial of the alleged assassins of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik al-Hariri.
Finland charges two Iraqi men with war crimes
HELSINKI (Reuters) – Two Iraqi men have been charged with war crimes by Finnish prosecutors, the Helsinki prosecutor’s office said on Tuesday.
Turkish authorities end operations in Kurdish town, 114 militants killed
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Turkish authorities said security forces killed 114 militants in the mainly Kurdish town of Idil during three weeks of operations that ended on Tuesday.
Palestinian stabs 10 people, killing one, on Tel Aviv boardwalk
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – At least one person was killed and nine others were wounded by a Palestinian wielding a knife in the popular Jaffa port area of Tel Aviv on Tuesday, authorities said, while U.S. Vice President Joe Biden was in a meeting a few kilom…
Houthis, Saudis discuss ending Yemen war, sources say
CAIRO/DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran-allied Houthis and their Saudi foes have begun talks to try to end Yemen’s war, two officials said, in what appears their most serious bid to close a theater of Saudi-Iranian rivalry deepening political tumult across the Mi…
Syrian Kurds accuse insurgents of shelling district with chemical agents
BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) – The Syrian Kurdish militia YPG on Tuesday accused Islamist and other rebel groups fighting President Bashar al-Assad’s forces of shelling a mainly Kurdish residential district in the northern city of Aleppo with chemical agents…
